Netflix UK / Blu-ray film review: Stalingrad

Director: Fedor Bondarchuk Cast: Petr Fedorov, Dmitriy Lysenkov, Thomas Kretschmann, Yanina Studilina Certificate: 15 Watch Stalingrad online in the UK: Netflix UK / TalkTalk TV / Apple TV (iTunes) / Eircom / Virgin Movies / EE / TalkTalk

Filmed not … Read More

VOD film review: Everybody’s Fine

Everybody’s Fine. This overly sentimental remake of an Italian family drama is not.Read More

Streaming Media Device Review: NOW TV Box (UK)

Our streaming media device reviews reach Sky’s own branded effort, the NOW Box. Essentially a clone of a Roku box, this is a product intended to advertise the broadcaster’s own VOD platform.

Is it a flimsy piece of promotion? Or … Read More

VOD film review: Downhill

Director: James Rouse Cast: Jeremy Swift, Richard Lumsden, Ned Dennehy, Karl Theobald Certificate: Watch Downhill online in the UK: TalkTalk TV / Apple TV (iTunes) / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Eircom / Virgin Media / EE / TalkTalk

Nobody likes … Read More

1 in 3 Amazon Prime users don’t watch Instant Video

1 in 3 Amazon Prime users do not watch videos, according to a new report from RBC Capital Markets.

The Canadian investment experts conducted a survey (published by TIME) following Amazon’s recently-launched Amazon Prime Music, which in turn followed Amazon … Read More

Breaking Bad now streaming on Netflix UK in UltraHD

Netflix has officially begun streaming Breaking Bad in 4k.

The show’s move from standard, common people’s HD to super-pretty Ultra-HD has been trailed by the service for some time: at the beginning of the year, Sony Pictures and Netflix confirmed … Read More

Citizen Kane: A masterpiece of storytelling

Orson Welles’ veritable classic is a masterpiece of storytelling.Read More

BVA: 22 million Brits still buying DVDs

22 million Brits are still buying DVDs, according to the British Video Association.

The BVA Yearbook, published last week, reveals that more than 22 million folk purchased a film on good old-fashioned discs last year, compared to the 3.3 million … Read More

DreamWorksTV launches on YouTube

DreamWorksTV has officially launched on YouTube. The channel (www.youtube.com/dreamworkstv) is the studio’s latest foray into the world of original video content and will showcase animated and live-action shorts from both new characters and familiar faces, such as Shrek, Puss in … Read More

Rosario Dawson joins Netflix’s Daredevil

Marvel & Netflix are proud to announce that acclaimed actress Rosario Dawson has joined Marvel’s Daredevil, an all-new thirteen-episode series premiering on Netflix in 2015.

Known for her powerful work in “Cesar Chavez”, “Kids” and the upcoming “Sin City: … Read More