Netflix UK film review: Lionheart

Nollywood star Genevieve Nnaji makes her directorial debut with this upbeat, inspiring comedy about a woman proving she can run the family business.Read More

Lost in adaptation: Ideas and missed opportunities in Tales from Earthsea

This occasionally enjoyable but uneven adaptation of Ursula Le Guin’s novels is a rare misfire from Studio Ghibli.Read More

Why you should catch up with Netflix’s Locke & Key

Netflix’s supernatural horror based on the popular comic books is a surprisingly dark and darkly surprising ride.Read More

Netflix enters human science doc arena with Babies

Update: Part 2 premieres on Netflix UK on Friday 19th June.

Netflix has made rapid inroads into the nature documentary arena in recent years, with programmes such as Our Planet proving that it can rival the BBC for spectacle in … Read More

YouTube Premium and Music rack up 20 million subscribers

YouTube Premium and YouTube have more than 20 million subverts together, Google has revealed.

The video giant has been tight-lipped before now about the success of YouTube Premium, its subscription offering that was originally launched as YouTube Red. Initially positioned … Read More

BBC One bags A Winter’s Tale from Shaun the Sheep

BBC One will be welcoming Aardman back into the fold with A Winter’s Tale, a new animation starring the world’s favourite sheep.

In the half hour special, Shaun the Sheep’s seasonal excitement turns to dismay when a farmhouse raid to … Read More

ITV orders adaptation of Val McDermid’s The Distant Echo

ITV is bringing Val McDermid’s The Distant Echo to the screen in a new cold case murder drama.

The drama, which has a working title of Karen Pirie, is based on McDermid’s series of cold case investigations and hails from … Read More

The MUBI Weekly Digest | 8th February 2020

What better way to celebrate Valentine’s Day than to show one of the most achingly romantic films ever made? Yes, MUBI is celebrating this week in yearning style with Wong Kar-wai’s masterful In the Mood for Love, with 2046 on … Read More

Justin Bieber: Seasons breaks YouTube original records

Justin Bieber: Seasons has broken YouTube records to become the most-watched YouTube original to date.

The docuseries, which premiered last month, sees the pop superstar pull back the curtain for the first time for a TV series to give fans … Read More

VOD film review: Amazing Grace

This restored, intimate recording of Aretha Franklin from 1972 is an electrifying showcase for a music legend.Read More