What’s leaving Walter Presents UK in December 2018?

Walter Presents turns three years old this coming spring, marking 24 months of impressively curated and remarkably consistent foreign-language TV shows brought to UK screens for the first time. Hailing from countries as diverse as Japan, France, Brazil and Mexico, … Read More

VOD film review: The Equalizer 2

Denzel Washington sinks his teeth into a familiar character in this disappointingly generic sequel.Read More

Prime Video Channels offers free STARZPLAY for 3 months

Amazon’s Prime Video Channels is offering three months of STARZPLAY and other channels for free this Christmas.

Prime Video Channels is a platform for over 70 streaming services, each of which is available as a standalone subscription. The pick-and-mix approach … Read More

12 Days of Netflix: You Can’t Fight Christmas

A likeable performance from Brely Evans isn’t enough to rescue this poorly scripted Christmas cash-in.Read More

Netflix UK TV review: Watership Down (2018)

Sad, scary yet surprisingly fun, this beautifully judged adaptation of Richard Adams’ novel finds hope and light amid the disturbing shade.Read More

2018: A breakthrough year for Facebook Watch?

More 400 million people use Facebook Watch every month, according to the social network, as it hails 2018 as a breakthrough year for its fledgling video platform. But is its online video strategy actually paying off?

It’s certainly been a … Read More

The Weekly MUBI Digest | 22nd December 2018

What do Zhang Yimou and the Coen brothers have in common? MUBI gives us the answer this week, with the director’s little-known remake of Blood Simple, plus the original noir-tinged thriller for comparison. That sets the tone for a week … Read More

ITV grows audience share three years in a row

ITV is enjoying its highest share of viewing in nearly a decade, as its portion of UK TV audiences has risen three years in a row.

Consolidated figures for ITV’s main channel (for January-November 2018) released this week show that … Read More

Black Panther and The Walking Dead lead Google Play’s top 2018 movies and TV

Black Panther and The Walking Dead were the most popular film and TV show on Google Play this year, the online giant has announced.

While Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and other subscription services tend to hog media headlines, renting and … Read More

Sky renews Karl Pilkington’s Sick of It for Season 2

Sky has renewed Sick of It for a second season.

The Sky One series, written by Karl Pilkington and Richard Yee, his long-time producer and director, was part of a record-breaking year of comedy on Sky One. Only a short … Read More