Time travel, shape shifting, parallel universes and just about every conceivable science fiction concept were so thoroughly explored during the 4 1/2 season run of Fringe, from 2008 to 2013, that the show got its timelines thoroughly tied up in knots. Add in mid-season breaks and schedule changes and it became a real challenge to follow when it […]
Netflix‘s new original drama series Marco Polo will premiere on December 12 in all regions, starring newcomer Lorenzo Richelmy in the title role. They’ve just released a second trailer featuring the song “Arsonists Lullaby” by acclaimed Irish musician Hozier. [youtube]http://youtu.be/_q5ht2HS3FE[/youtube] The sweeping drama’s ten episodes were shot in Italy, Kazakhstan and Malaysia. The global cast includes […]
The Crown, the decades-spanning inside story of Queen Elizabeth II and the Prime Ministers who shaped Britain’s post-war destiny, will premiere exclusively across all Netflix territories in 2016. The Crown is inspired by the award-winning West End Play The Audience, and reunited writer Peter Morgan (The Queen, Frost/Nixon) with director Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliot, The Hours) […]
Netflix adds and removes content from their catalogue all the time. This month they’re adding several titles that should prove popular: House, starring Hugh Laurie. One of my favourite TV shows of all time. Laurie, who a lot of people remember for his comedy roles with Stephen Fry, plays an antisocial maverick doctor who specialises […]
Netflix shares fell 26% percent yesterday as subscriptions faltered. The company said that their forecasts had not taken into account the full impact of the subscription price increase introduced by the company earlier in the year. That impact was not felt until Q3, they claimed because of “the large positive reception to Season Two of Orange is the […]
Today’s Irish language podcast (19:20; 11MB; MP3) is an interview with the Deputy CEO of TG4, Pádhraic Ó Ciardha. TG4, the award-winning multi-platform Irish language media service, has announced the completion of three major phases in the implementation of its digital content distribution strategy. The first is the new Smart TV App, available and live on all major […]
“Sorry to be the bearer of bad news: your son is a genius”, says the character Walter O’Brien in the pilot of the new drama series Scorpion, which will premier on CBS next month. It tells the story of a consulting firm staffed by high IQs, who have “saved the world several times over“. It’s the […]
So you like watching Netflix? TV shows, documentaries, movies – you can lose hours in there, I know! But what if you could get paid for it as well? No, I’m not kidding! It turns out that Netflix employ actual humans as taggers. Their job is to watch Netflix content, and then generate tags to help describe and categorise the […]
Action movie director Michael Bay may have seemed like the perfect person to promote Samsung’s new 105-inch curved TV at CES. His over-the-top special effects and action sequences would seem to be the perfect way to showcase the latest in display technology. But it would appear that the director is happier when he’s behind the […]
You might be a Game of Thrones fan and you might like the theme music, but would you really want a 10 hour loop of it? Well if you want it here it is: [youtube]http://youtu.be/uaFLdr8vBNc[/youtube]
