VOD film review: Kelly + Victor

Director: Kieran Evans Cast: Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Julian Morris Certificate: 18 Watch Kelly + Victor online in the UK: BFI Player+ / BFI Player / Apple TV (iTunes) / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / TalkTalk TV / Google Play

Sex. Drugs. Strangling. … Read More

Mr. Selfridge Season 2 released on iTunes before TV premiere

Photo: ITV

ITV’s period drama hit Mr. Selfridge has released its second season on iTunes three days ahead of its TV broadcast.

Hot on the heels of HBO’s decision to make Girls Season 3 available to watch online through Sky’s … Read More

Where you can watch the 2014 Oscar nominees online

The 2014 Oscar nominations have been revealed and The Square is up for Best Documentary, earning Netflix its first ever Academy Award nod.

But while Gravity has broken the most ground this year and 12 Years a Slave and … Read More

Straight-to-VOD Thursday: Sekaten (a documentary by Matt Dunning)

We introduce a new weekly feature: straight-to-VOD Thursday, which looks at films only available on VOD in the UK.

The words straight-to-DVD conjure up images of dreadful bargain bucket movies and naff sequels. Straight-to-VOD? That doesn’t sound so bad. Indeed, … Read More

Netflix UK film review: Riddick

Vin Diesel and David Twohy reunite for a satisfying slice of B-movie action, but lose what made their antihero worth cheering.Read More

Netflix UK film review: Bait

Director: Kimble Rendall Cast: Chris Betts, Richard Brancatisano Certificate: 15 Watch Bait online in the UK: Netflix UK / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Apple TV (iTunes) / TalkTalk TV / Google Play

Just when you thought it was safe to … Read More

VOD film review: The Great Beauty

Paolo Sorrentino’s beautiful satire is a swooning, scathing portrait of a city you can fall in love with, again and again.Read More

NOW TV film review: 12 Rounds 2: Reloaded

Director: Roel Reiné Cast: Randy Orton, Tom Stevens, Cindy Busby Certificate: 15 Watch online: NOW

For those who saw 2009’s 12 Rounds, chances are they were watching it to see WWE Superstar John Cena and not for the surprisingly slightly-better-than-average … Read More

Sky 1 snaps up 24: Live Another Day for TV and on-demand

Guess who’s back. Back again. Bauer’s back. Tell a friend… to sign up to Sky’s NOW, because Sky 1 has snapped up 24: Live Another Day.

The return of everyone’s favourite CTU agent/hero/torturer/angry father with a gun will be broadcast … Read More

Kon-Tiki directors helm Netflix Original series based on Marco Polo’s adventures

Photo: Kon-Tiki, directed by Joachim Ronning and Espen Sandberg, who will helm Netflix’s new series

A Netflix Original series based on the escapades of Marco Polo is set to premiere this year on the Internet TV service.

The directors of … Read More