Netflix UK hits 1.5 million subscribers

Netflix now has 1.5 million subscribers in the UK.

The video on-demand service has stormed the market this year, starting with Kevin Spacey in a high-end remake of House of Cards and finishing with the final episodes of drugged-up drama … Read More

VOD film review: Iron Man Three

This entertaining, surprisingly moving Marvel sequel isn’t a superhero movie; it’s a Shane Black movie with superheroes in it.Read More

Ben Wheatley: A career retrospective

FrightFest continues in London today with the Variety Award being bestowed upon Billericay’s very own Ben Wheatley, director of A Field in England – the first British film to be simultaneously released on VOD, DVD, TV and in cinemas.

One … Read More

Competition: Win What Maisie Knew film poster and novel (CLOSED)

What Maisie Knew is out in cinemas and available to watch online on Curzon Home Cinema from Friday 23rd August. Based on Henry James’ classic novel, it’s a heartbreakingly honest tale of one girl growing up amid her parents’ divorce. … Read More

Netflix UK film review: What Maisie Knew

Directors: David Siegel, Scott McGehee Cast: Onata Aprile, Steve Coogan, Julianne Moore, Alexander Skarsgard, Joanna Vanderham Certificate: 15 Watch What Maisie Knew online in the UK: Netflix UK / Curzon Home Cinema / Apple TV (iTunes) / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) … Read More

Up all night to get Chucky – a FrightFest VOD marathon

Call it fate. Call it luck. Call it karma. I believe everything happens for a reason. Why else would you spend an entire evening watching each and every Chucky movie back-to-back with nothing but a Netflix account and a packet … Read More

VOD film review: The Look of Love

Steve Coogan is excellent in Michael Winterbottom’s entertaining biopic.Read More

My List: Netflix UK finally adds watchlist function

It’s not the most imaginative title, but My List has been something Netflix UK users have been dreaming of for months: a way to add things to a watchlist for future viewing. Now, it’s finally been added to the streaming … Read More

How right wing are the politics of The Dark Knight Rises?

Everything is political. J.R.R. Tolkien famously said that the Lord of the Rings books were a linguistic exercise, and that any attempt to view them as a political one was doomed to fail. These are stories where power is a … Read More

Amazon Prime TV review: Vikings – Season 1, Episode 4

The last episode of Vikings ended on a surprisingly nuanced note, a stylish wave of blood that washed out any lingering suspicion of poor quality. Episode Four of Season One continues in the same vein, with a large dose of … Read More