Netflix UK film review: All the Bright Places

This emotionally unengaging teen drama fails to engage meaningfully with its subject matter.Read More

Portrait of a Lady on Fire review: Beautiful, bold and sensual

Céline Sciamma’s most accomplished film to date is beautiful, bold and sensual.Read More

Trailer: Octavia Spencer is CJ Walker in Netflix’s Self Made

Meet America’s first empire-building, barrier-breaking, self made female millionaire. Academy Award winner Octavia Spencer stars in Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker, a Netflix Limited Series.

Based on the book On Her Own Ground, by … Read More

Time Travel Thursday: Iceman: The Time Traveller (2018)

A Ming Dynasty guard uses a time machine to save his village in this poorly made Donnie Yen action sequel.Read More

The Stranger review: Netflix’s twisting thriller doesn’t live up to the hype

This review is spoiler-free.

Another day, another Netflix series. Only this time we remain firmly on British shores rather than abscond to the US. The Stranger is a quintessentially British drama that promises a lot in its tense, slickly cut … Read More

What’s coming soon to BritBox in March 2020?

BritBox, the streaming service created by BBC and ITV, has officially gone live in the UK, as the public service broadcasters team up to take on Netflix.

The subscription VOD platform is slowly but surely adding more titles to its … Read More

Altered Carbon Season 2 review: An uneven sci-fi sequel

An excellent performance by Anthony Mackie can’t redeem a disappointing second season for Netflix’s visually impressive sci-fi.Read More

Netflix partners with six Japanese creators for new anime series

Netflix has partnered with six Japanese creators to develop original anime shows for fans around the world, as part of the company’s continued effort to build on its anime line-up.

CLAMP (Cardcaptor Sakura), Shin Kibayashi (The Kindaichi Case Files), Yasuo … Read More

Netflix rolls out daily showcase of 10 most popular titles

Netflix is rolling out a daily list of the most popular titles on Netflix to show what other people are watching.

The streaming giant has increasingly been dropping viewing statistics in recent months, as it looks to position itself as … Read More

Soho Theatre and NextUp team up for stand-up specials

Soho Theatre and streaming platform NextUp have teamed up to record four new stand-up shows.

The partnership is the first of its kind in the UK between a major comedy venue and an online service. Launching in 2016, NextUp is … Read More