Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Movie Review
by Cas Harlow
More Raimi than Marvel; more WandaVision than Doctor Strange, Multiverse of Madness is as close to horror as the MCU is likely to get - Updated for 3D IMAX
May sees Disney going back to the Star Wars well for its next big series, Amazon Prime brings in a contractor and Apple treats subscribers to the wonders of the prehistoric world.
What's new on UK streaming services for April 2022
by Andy Bassett
Updated 07-APR-2022 Amazon Prime - NO TIME TO DIE ADDED: It’s Amazon and Apple which grab the headlining shows and movies in April but all the streaming services feel like they’re taking a pause before unleashing their flagship series in early summer.
Moon Knight (Disney+) Season 1 Premiere TV Show Review
by Tom Davies
With Moon Knight arriving on Disney+ Marvel tries something a little different, venturing a ways down the horror-comedy route, but getting off to a rather inauspicious start.
The Eyes of Tammy Faye (Disney+ 4K Dolby Vision) Movie Review
by Cas Harlow
Despite the Best Actress win for Jessica Chastain, her Tammy Faye’s a whole load of makeup and furious televangelism, with not a great deal to actually say.
Coming in on a mini wave of thrillers which take their cues from the horrors of dating, Mimi Cave’s Fresh is a cut above most. But does it make a meal of its blend of grisly horror and dark comedy?
Due to launch in the US in 2022 and internationally in 2023, the additional subscription tier will include adverts to compensate for the lower monthly fee.
West Side Story (2021) (Disney+ 4K Dolby Vision) Movie Review
by Cas Harlow
Spielberg's immaculately orchestrated remake of the classic Romeo & Juliet riff, West Side Story, flopped at the Box Office but lands on Disney+ in Dolby Vision ahead of its disc release.
Disney has officially announced that the Marvel Netflix shows which were recently pulled from the streaming service will, as fully expected, join the likes of Loki, Hawkeye and upcoming MCU series like Moon Knight and She-Hulk on Disney+ in territories around the globe.
Wes Anderson's love letter to fantastical journalistic stories is an engaging triptych of colourful tales, but only one of them is really up to his enticingly quirky standards.
What's new on UK streaming services for March 2022
by Andy Bassett
UPDATED 01-MAR-2022: Marvel’s Moon Knight rises on Disney+, Picard minds his Ps and ‘Qs' on Amazon Prime Video and Samuel L. Jackson remembers to get serious on Apple TV+ with his latest drama.
The Book of Boba Fett (Disney+) Season 1 TV Show Review
by Cas Harlow
Disney+ rounds out the year with the opening episode of its latest Star Wars spin-off, as fan-favourite Boba Fett's past and future get fleshed out - UPDATED WITH FULL SEASON REVIEW
Marvel's biggest misstep is like a pathetically melodramatic riff on Watchmen, with the 4K seeking to double down on its pointlessness by landing long after it's come to Disney Plus in 4KDV IMAX Enhanced, here boasting neither DV nor IMAX.
A videotape, a disgruntled contractor with links to the porn industry, and the most iconic power couple of their time make for a solid period drama of nineties excess. But does Pam & Tommy have anything to say about the manipulative systems that shot its eponymous characters into infamy?
Inexplicably getting a physical release AFTER being made available on Disney/Star, Ridley Scott's Rashomon-esque The Last Duel isn't even available on general 4K, with this Zavvi Exclusive Steelbook the only way to own it.
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?
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.
Enjoying a perfectly-timed Christmas vibe, solid origin storytelling, charming wit and fun street-level action, Hailee Steinfeld's Hawkeye is a great end to an impressive year of MCU TV shows.
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.
What's new on UK streaming services for January 2022
by Andy Bassett
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!
SharePlay is now available on the Disney+ streaming service for Apple TV, iPhone and iPad customers, enabling group watching and interaction among Apple users.
Dopesick Season 1 (Star on Disney+) TV Show Review
by Mark Costello
A semi-fictional account of the horribly real Opioid Crisis that the US is still reeling from thirty years later that, while somewhat failing to land dramatically, wholly succeeds in helping understand and humanise the stories behind it.
What's new on UK streaming services for December 2021
by Andy Bassett
UPDATED 30-Nov-2021: Disney has a couple of Yuletide showstoppers, Amazon Prime’s output follows a suspiciously familiar pattern to last year while Apple prunes its end of year output.
An almost overwhelmingly intimate look into one of popular music’s most iconic and infamous episodes, the break-up of The Beatles. Peter Jackson sifts through hundreds of hours of footage to present this superbly detailed and intricate look into three weeks that shook the world of popular music...
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings 4K Blu-ray Review
by Cas Harlow
Whilst Eternals flounders at the Big Screen, Marvel's ode to Wuxia, Shang-Chi, smashes down onto home formats, not only on 4K disc, but actually - arguably more impressively - in IMAX Enhanced 4KDV on Disney+.
Disney+ launches IMAX Enhanced Marvel movie lineup
by Andy Bassett
Disney is bringing 13 of its Marvel movies to the Disney+ streaming service in IMAX’s exclusive Enhanced Aspect Ratio for its Disney+ Day celebration on November 12th.
What's new on UK streaming services for November 2021
by Andy Bassett
UPDATED 28th OCT: Disney+ hits the not-so-terrible-twos and is now a streaming toddler as it celebrates its 2nd birthday, Amazon Prime sees the return of one of its most popular original series and Apple TV+ has an appointment with a shrink.
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Hisense TVs get Disney+ on VIDAA smart OS
by Andy Bassett
Hisense is rolling out the Disney+ streaming service across its 2021 range of VIDAA powered TVs.
One of Willis' rare nuanced performances, and Shyamalan's now increasingly rare gems, Unbreakable is an impressively atypical superhero thriller gifted a 4K release which struggles to top Disney+'s 4K DV/DA streaming version.
What's new on UK streaming services for October 2021
by Andy Bassett
UPDATED 28-Sep-2021: October sees the usual array of family friendly spooky goings on (Disney+) coupled with genuine horror and chills (Amazon Prime) as Halloween gets its annual foot in the door for video streaming services and content providers to go thematically darker.
Part swan-song, part origin story - for not one but two characters - and all quirky family drama, Marvel's unsurprisingly action-packed Big Screen return enjoys a kooky blend of fun, thrilling exploits.