Ordinary Lies creator Danny Brocklehurst has written a new ten-part thriller series for Sky1. Created by Harlan Coben (Gone for Good, Tell No One), The Five follows a group of friends haunted by a terrible incident in their childhood. The official synopsis reads: “Twenty years ago, while they were all playing near the woods, the … >
80s classic The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai: Across the 8th Dimension and Cemetery Without Crosses, a loving tribute, pastiche and deconstruction of the American Western, are released on Blu-ray this week by Arrow Video. To celebrate the releases, we’ve got sets of both movies on Blu-ray to give away to three of our Twitter followers! … >
Inspired by the triumphant and long-overdue returns of The Clangers and Thunderbirds – and excited at the imminent comeback of the amazing, the fantastic, the greatest secret agent in the world (Danger Mouse) – we’ve put our minds to the question… Which other classic kids’ TV shows could be on the list for a 21st … >
Josh Hartnett, Timothy Dalton and Eva Green return for a second season of Sky Atlantic’s horror thriller, Penny Dreadful. Ccreated, written and executive produced by three-time Oscar nominee John Logan (Skyfall) and executive produced by Oscar winner Sam Mendes (American Beauty) and Pippa Harris (Revolutionary Road), the show brings some of literature’s most terrifying characters … >
Home Fires is a new ITV drama, inspired by Julie Summers’ non-fiction book Jambusters. Starring Francesca Annis and Samantha Bond, the six-part series follows a group of inspirational women in a rural Cheshire community with the shadow of World War II casting a dark cloud over their lives. > Order Home Fires on DVD on … >
As far as classic Doctor Who serials go, ‘City of Death’ is surely one of the most fondly remembered. From its fantastical and romantic score to the imagery of Tom Baker and Lalla Ward running through the streets of actual Paris to the exceptionally mad and delightful Douglas Adams dialogue, it figures in many a … >
The Game is BBC Two’s new spy thriller series from Being Human creator Toby Whithouse. Set in the secretive world of 1970s espionage, the six-part drama stars Tom Hughes (Silk), Brian Cox (The Bourne Supremacy), Paul Ritter (Quantum Of Solace), Shaun Dooley (Misfits), Chloe Pirrie (Black Mirror), Victoria Hamilton (What Remains), Jonathan Aris (Sherlock) and Judy Parfitt … >
The second season of Orange Is The New Black is out on DVD/Blu-ray and Digital from Monday 18 May. To celebrate the release, we’ve got Blu-rays to give away to two of our Twitter followers! For a chance to win, just follow @CultBoxTV on Twitter and tweet the following text: Follow @CultBoxTV and RT for … >
Sky1’s Critical is an ultra-realistic real-time medical drama from Line of Duty creator Jed Mercurio. Lennie James (Line of Duty) leads the ensemble cast as locum trauma consultant Glen Boyle, alongside Catherine Walker (Strike Back) as trauma registrar Fiona Lomas, Claire Skinner (Outnumbered) as trauma consultant Lorraine Rappaport and Kimberley Nixon (Fresh Meat) as junior … >
Watching The Game is like learning to appreciate good single malt. It’s a complex and carefully-crafted thing that you’d probably love to drink faster, but which you’re meant to just sip at, as the plot unfolds at its own pace. If you want a spy drama you can chug, The Game is not for you. … >