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iTunes review: Doctor Who – The Web of Fear
October 26, 2013 | Simon Kinnear
The second of two six-part Doctor Who stories – alongside The Enemy Of The World – recently returned to the BBC Archives after being missing, presumed destroyed. Aside from Episode 1, the story has been unseen in the UK since … Read More
Amazon Prime TV review: Crossing Lines (Episode 1 and 2)
October 25, 2013 | Andrew Jones
Amazon’s new acquisition, Crossing Lines, sees William Fichtner – of Drive Angry, Heat and Elysium fame – as Carl Hickman, a former New York detective hiding out in Amsterdam with an injured hand but a deductive mind. Hickman’s brilliance is called … Read More
The Selfish Giant Interview: Clio Barnard
October 25, 2013 | David Farnor
The Selfish Giant is out in UK cinemas and on video on-demand today. The first feature film from director Clio Barnard, who impressed in 2010 with the non-fiction film The Arbor, it’s a moving, thoughtful tale about what happens when … Read More
VOD TV review: Downton Abbey Season 4, Episode 5
October 24, 2013 | Neil BrazierDownton Abbey almost takes a deep breath this week and glosses over most of what’s come before. With the death of one of its residents, the show is set to take back the farm they have left behind, but Robert … Read More
VOD film review: The Selfish Giant
October 24, 2013 | David Farnor
Clio Barnard’s scrapheap coming-of-age drama is a tiny, towering study of friendship and class.Read More
VOD TV review: Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Episode 4, Eye Spy)
October 23, 2013 | Neil Brazier
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Opening with over a dozen men all dressed in grey suits and creepy red masks, Episode Four introduces a darker tone to Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.. This week, a former protégé of Coulson appears … Read More
VOD film review: The East
October 23, 2013 | David Farnor
The OA’s Zal Batmanglij and Brit Marling team up for this gripping and provocative thriller.Read More
VOD film review: The Deep
October 23, 2013 | David Farnor
Baltasar Kormákur moving survival drama finds ordinary truth in extraordinary history.Read More
The Horror Show VOD service teams up with High Fliers films
October 23, 2013 | VOD News
TheHorrorShow.TV, the new UK-based VOD platform that caters exclusively to horror fans, has announced a new partnership with High Fliers Films.
High Fliers Films is the British distributor behind such films as 10 Years, All Good Things and Passchendaele. The … Read More
Netflix now has more subscribers than HBO
October 22, 2013 | VOD News
It’s official. Netflix now has more subscribers than HBO in the US.
The California-based video on-demand service announced its results for the third quarter of 2013 last night – and they make for impressive reading.
It was estimated by eight … Read More
