VOD film review: Venus in Fur

Director: Roman Polanski Cast: Emmanuelle Seigner, Mathieu Amalric Certificate: 15 Watch Venus in Fur online in the UK: Curzon Home Cinema / TalkTalk TV / Apple TV (iTunes) / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Google Play

Roman Polanski’s taste for the … Read More

UK TV review: Hannibal Season 2, Episode 4 (Takiawase)

Given the slight, erm, miscarriage of justice that occurred at the end of last week, Will’s trial is understandably delayed to give way to a more sombre episode of Hannibal; arguably the most sombre, and definitely most saddening, we’ve ever … Read More

Vimeo announces first original show High Maintenance

Vimeo has announced its first original TV show called High Maintenance.

Hands up who isn’t producing original content for their video on-demand channel. The answer: not very many of them. Hot on the heels of Microsoft, Yahoo!, Sony, AOL and … Read More

VOD film review: A Bug’s Life

Directors: Andrew Stanton, John Lasseter Cast: Dave Foley, Kevin Spacey Certificate: U Watch A Bug’s Life online in the UK: Netflix UK / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Apple TV (iTunes) / Rakuten TV / Google Play

When Pixar brought out … Read More

How to Train your Dragon spin-off TV show flies onto Netflix in 2015

Hiccup, Toothless and all their friends from the Island of Berk will fly onto Netflix in 2015 in a spin-off TV series from How to Train Your Dragon.

The series will bridge the gap between the first film and the … Read More

Curzon re-launches Curzon Home Cinema

Curzon Cinemas has unveiled a major relaunch of its Curzon Home Cinema service.

Curzon is an integrated cinema and content distribution group with seven venues across the country. Its distribution arms include Curzon Film World Releasing, genre label Chelsea Films … Read More

VOD film review: Reality

Director: Matteo Garrone Cast: Aniello Arena, Loredana Simioli, Nando Paone Certificate: 15 Watch Reality online in the UK: Google Play

Matteo Garrone cut through society like a caustic cheese wire back in 2008 with Gomorrah, a drama that revealed organised … Read More

ITV Player launches on Windows Phone 8

ITV Player has launched on Windows Phone 8.

This week has seen the BBC roll out a large number of updates for its iPlayer apps. Not one to be left behind, ITV has joined the app-upgrading frenzy, finally launching ITV … Read More

New BBC iPlayer arrives on Windows Phone 8

The new version of BBC iPlayer is now available on Windows Phone 8.

The upgrade of the broadcaster’s VOD platform on Microsoft’s smartphones follows a range of updates, beginning with an all-new interface for TVs and desktop computers and rolling … Read More

BBC iPlayer updates iOS and Android apps

The BBC has released a major update for its iOS and Android BBC iPlayer apps for mobiles and tablets.

The release means new BBC iPlayer now offers its “best-ever playback experience”, and makes browsing and discovering BBC programmes better across … Read More