Movies & TV News

UPDATED 24-JAN-2022: There are changes to Sky Cinema with fewer premieres going forward but big name blockbusters promised nonetheless.  

Disney+ goes all celebrity sex tape, Amazon said nothing and Apple has a solution for work / life balance.  

Official government channels confirm a two year price freeze followed by the abolition of the BBC’s licence fee funding program in 2027.  

UPDATED 21-JAN-2022: Valentine’s Day is approaching and Netflix is wining and dining subscribers with content packed full of romance, love and steamy embraces… and an updated Texas Chainsaw Massacre.  

Reports indicate that stocks of music and film discs are being removed from shelves in Tesco stores across the UK heralding the cessation of CD and DVD sales in the supermarket chain.  

Sky has officially announced the launch of Sky Cinema 4K for select subscribers of its Sky Italia service. Does this point to upcoming developments elsewhere?  

Spies and Samurai, Scorsese and the Spider-Verse, Strange and Sam Raimi - 2022 is shaping up to be stunning, but the real question is will Top Gun: Maverick finally get released?  

Another year will no doubt bring yet more doomsaying about the ‘death’ of physical media. A good job then that no-one from the boutique labels we know and love seems to be listening! Read the lineup. Plus enter competitions to win over half of this month's releases!  

Still reeling from the ongoing pandemic, cinema has come back with a bang arguably better than anybody could have expected, with a few strong Big Screen hitters, and plenty of heavyweight smaller support.  

An almost unparalleled year of unmissable TV. Audiences may still be navigating their return to the cinema but let's take a look at 10 reasons to stay home.  

UPDATED 13-Jan-2022 (Amazon Prime): The start of a new year can feel like a yawning chasm of existential panic as the wheel turns on another 365 days and we shuffle lemming-like closer to the edge… so what are the streaming giants going to do to make us feel a bit better? Well, rebooting Fraggle Rock’s a start!  

UPDATED 20-Dec-2021: Sky starts 2022 off with blockbuster movies and returning fan favourite shows along with the Harry Potter 20th anniversary retrospective and a brand new period drama series in the form of The Gilded Age.  

UPDATED 13-Jan-2022: While the original movie content might be a bit slow at the start of 2022, there’s a spate of returning Netflix series alongside a few intriguing new ones.  

SharePlay is now available on the Disney+ streaming service for Apple TV, iPhone and iPad customers, enabling group watching and interaction among Apple users.  

Sky Glass and Sky Q viewers in the UK and Ireland now have access to Apple TV+ while Sky Glass owners will additionally get the Global Player app plus Peacock content.  

Having seen off its upstart 4K little brother, pesky streamers and digital retailers and even the small matter of a global pandemic to retain its physical media crown, how does a stellar year for blu end? Plus competitions to win over half of this month's releases.  

Sunday’s season ending Formula 1 race in Abu Dhabi, which holds historic possibilities for Lewis Hamilton, will be a shared broadcast with the UK’s Channel 4, Sky has announced.  

Sky has given a peek at what it has planned for subscribers and NOW customers in 2022 with a host of brand new series, both home grown and from international partners, plus plenty of returning favourites as well as documentaries and original entertainment.