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Why you should be watching Fresh Off the Boat on Amazon Prime Video
February 3, 2019 | David FarnorThere are TV series that everyone talks about, and there are TV series that everyone should be talking about. Fresh Off the Boat is the latter, not because it’s not very good, but because that boat has already sailed: it … Read More
Alfonso Cuaron’s Roma wins at 2019 DGA Awards
February 3, 2019 | David FarnorAlfonso Cuaron took home the top prize at this weekend’s DGA Awards, once again putting Netflix’s Roma near the front of this year’s awards race.
The director, who last won the prize five years ago for Gravity, accepted his second … Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes
February 3, 2019 | Martyn ConterioJoe Berlinger’s masterful and compelling four-part documentary takes apart the cultural obsession with the Bundy mythology.Read More
Amazon’s Brittany Runs a Marathon leads Sundance 2019 Audience Awards
February 3, 2019 | David FarnorAfter 10 days and 121 feature films, the 2019 Sundance Film Festival officially draws to a close today, and after a quiet year in 2018, this year has seen the return of major spending sprees from Amazon Studios, Netflix, HBO … Read More
Sundance: HBO snaps up Share and Native Son
February 3, 2019 | David FarnorAmazon has stolen the show at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, acquiring what can only be described as “a lot” of movies, some of them at record-setting prices. But HBO has also been busy quietly buying up a pair of … Read More
Dead or Alive: José Padilha to direct Netflix martial arts film
February 3, 2019 | David FarnorNarcos director José Padilha is reteaming with Netflix to helm new martial arts movie Dead or Alive.
The film, which is not based on the video game franchise of the same name, will still pack a fighting punch: the period … Read More
The Good Place Season 3: One of the most inventive shows on TV
February 3, 2019 | Sophie DaviesWarning: This contains spoilers for Season 3 of The Good Place. Not caught up? Read our spoiler-free review of Season 1.
The Good Place Season 3 airs on E4 weekly from Thursday 9th July 2020 at 10pm
In its location-hopping third … Read More
Trailer: Richard Gere stars in BBC Two’s MotherFatherSon
February 3, 2019 | David Farnor“Are you here to pick a Prime Minister or deal with your son?” That’s the question facing Richard Gere in new BBC Two drama MotherFatherSon.
Gere plays Max, a charismatic self-made American businessman with media outlets in London and around … Read More
VOD film review: Mary and Max
February 2, 2019 | David FarnorDirector: Adam Elliot Cast: Toni Collette, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Eric Bana Certifcate: 12 Watch Mary and Max online in the UK: Amazon Prime
When was the last time you wrote someone a letter? Mary and Max, a tale of two … Read More
VOD film review: Keep an Eye Out (Au Poste!)
February 2, 2019 | David FarnorQuentin Dupieux fans won’t be disappointed by this delightfully weird and enjoyably silly police comedy.Read More