Star Trek: Discovery beams on to E4 this December

Star Trek: Discovery makes its UK TV debut this month, after E4 snapped up the linear rights to the show.

The new entry in the long-running sci-fi series first debuted on CBS All Access in the USA, 50 years after … Read More

Netflix UK film review: A Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby

“I may be expecting and queen but I’m still a journalist!” cries Amber (Rose McIver) in A Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby. The third in Netflix’s improbable yet inevitably holiday franchise, it reunites us with Amber as she settles into … Read More

First look Apple TV review: Truth Be Told

This ambitious podcasting drama tries to tackle too many issues for its own good.Read More

What’s coming soon to STARZPLAY in December 2019?

With Pennyworth debuting last month and DC Universe’s Doom Patrol arriving in January, the relatively new VOD service STARZPLAY is starting to step up its streaming game. This December, it drops three new series, including Sanctuary and Instinto, but the … Read More

BFI Player unveils top 10 Britain on Film videos

BFI Player has unveiled its most popular videos from its Britain on Film archives.

Britain on Film is one of the largest and most complex archival projects ever undertaken by the BFI. Preserving and transferring documentaries, home movies, news footage, … Read More

YouTube Rewind 2019 video still draws dislikes

In 2018, YouTube broke records by releasing the most disliked video of YouTube: its annual YouTube Rewind video looking back at the year’s most memorable YouTube moments and creators. When that left out some of the site’s biggest stars, fans … Read More

Trailer: The Dead Lands comes to Shudder in January

Shudder is heading to New Zealand in the new year for new supernatural series The Dead Lands.

The subscription streaming service for horror is teaming up with New Zealand’s TVNZ for the new co-production, which charts an adventure set in … Read More

VOD film review: So Long, My Son

Wang Xiaoshuai’s epic and emotional family drama explores the far-reaching impact of China’s one-child policy.Read More

The MUBI Weekly Digest | 7th December 2019

It may not be Christmas yet, but MUBI is unwrapping all sorts of treats this week, with a veritable hamper-load of big cinema names, including Abbas Kiarostami, Krzysztof Kieślowski, Martin Scorsese and, the star on the tree, the new short … Read More

Netflix scraps 30-day free trial

Netflix has quietly scrapped its 30-day free trial offer for new subscribers.

The streaming giant has more than 158 million subscribers worldwide, but has seen the pace of that growth slow down in the past year, as it has steadily … Read More