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Trailer: Amazon’s Free Meek set for August release
July 8, 2019 | VOD News
Free Meek, Amazon’s new documentary, will be released this August, and the first full trailer for the series sets out why it’s an important watch.
It follows Philadelphia rapper Meek Mill, who was arrested in 2017 for probation violations, sparking … Read More
Netflix UK film review: Shaft (2019)
July 7, 2019 | David Farnor
Can you dig it? Netflix’s uneven remake-quel sadly can’t.Read More
Walter Presents TV review: The Score
July 7, 2019 | David Farnor
This likeable tale of sport and sibling rivalry is an entertaining, if undemanding, watch.Read More
Shaft struts to top of Netflix UK’s most-watched chart
July 7, 2019 | VOD News
Shaft was the most-watched title on Netflix last week, the streaming giant’s latest figures reveal.
The film, which is the latest in the iconic franchise, is a semi-sequel, part-reboot, introducing us to a third generation of the New York detective’s … Read More
Catch Up TV review: Judi Dench’s Wild Borneo Adventure, Shipmates, Drag SOS, Jon Richardson: Ultimate Worrier
July 7, 2019 | David Farnor
What’s available on-demand on Freeview? Keep up-to-date with our weekly catch-up TV column, including reviews of shows on ITV Hub, new releases on All 4 and a guide to My5.
(For BBC TV reviews and round-ups, see our weekly Best … Read More
VOD film review: Knife + Heart
July 7, 2019 | Bianca Garner
Yann Gonzalez’s unapologetically lurid, visually bold thriller leaves little to enjoy but much to admire.Read More
Netflix stubs out cigarettes in youth programmes
July 7, 2019 | VOD News
Netflix has pledged to stub out cigarettes in any programme that’s aimed at a young audience.
The streaming giant came under fire this week with a new report highlighting a rise in depictions of tobacco on TV shows for young … Read More
Netflix heads to Korea for historical summer romance
July 7, 2019 | VOD News
Netflix is heading to Korea next month for a summer romance.
Rookie Historian Goo Hae-Ryung tells the historical love story between aspiring historian Goo Hae-ryung, who dreams of a future where all people are equal, and prince Yi Rim, a … Read More
UK TV review: Drag SOS
July 7, 2019 | David Farnor
RuPaul’s Drag Race meets Queer Eye in Channel 4’s new series, a TV show that sounds so logical in its premise that it couldn’t possibly work. It follows a group of drag queens – “The Family Gorgeous” – who visit … Read More
The MUBI Weekly Digest | 6th July 2019
July 6, 2019 | VOD News
MUBI is at its most provocative this week, with the release in cinemas and online of Knife + Heart from Yann Gonzalez. It’s only fitting, then, that it should also be kicking off a double-bill of David Lynch movies to … Read More
