NowTV Sky Cinema – Worth it?
I’ve always tended to dip in and out of NowTV, usually based around whenever there’s a prestige show such as Game of Thrones, True Detective … Read more
You’ve got NowTV For GoT, Now What?
Despite endless advertising, Sky’s NowTV is still the red-headed step-child of the UK’s streaming TV, or SVOD, offering. But, without fail, every time there’s a … Read more
Britbox and the Balkanisation of SVOD
What an ugly term SVOD is: Subscription Video On Demand. And yet, there isn’t really a better term right now. Despite what Steven Spielberg might … Read more
Spielberg in anti-Netflix crusade
When Steven Spielberg made comments last year about Netflix, deriding their movies as ‘TV Movies’, deserving of an Emmy rather than an Oscar, I called … Read more
Suspiria Coming to Amazon Prime UK in April 2019
Updated: It’s here! It might have divided audiences, but there’s no denying that the 2018 “tribute to” the 1977 Italian film of the same title directed by Dario … Read more
Spielberg and the Cult of Cinema
It’s been all of a week since a major voice in films said anything controversial. Thankfully though, Spielberg’s “hot take” was not a point of … Read more
Best TV of 2017
Just as there have been some astonishing new movies in 2017, we’ve also been spoilt by some splendid new, or continuing, TV. Or serialised drama? … Read more
Amazon’s $250 million Lord of The Rings TV Gamble
Lord of the Rings has always had a cachet, a multi-billion dollar franchise, winning 17 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, based on J. R. R. Tolkien’s … Read more
Digital Gems, Hidden Treasures 2017 – A Year of Streaming TV
I’ve been writing my Hidden Gems column for a year now over on The Digital Fix, so I thought it worthwhile to look back, crunch … Read more