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Mad Max: Fury Road “Fury Road goes ballistic and erupts on screen with a magnificent and often lovely 1080p/AVC MPEG-4 encode that’ll leave viewers wanting to join in on the vehicular mayhem. “Shot on a variety on digital cameras, the freshly-minted transfer is a gorgeous sight to behold thanks in large part to the expert […]

Vikings and Outlander are the latest series that Lightbox will stream here in HD within hours of the US. Part two of Outlander’s first season will be available from from April 5 while Vikings’ third season premieres on February 20. Lightbox also is “express” streaming the latest seasons of Black Sails and Suits, and reports […]

One of 2015’s most anticipated TV series, Better Call Saul, will be available exclusively to Lightbox subscribers from 8.00 on February 9. The Breaking Bad prequel opens with a two-night premiere express from the US, where a second series has been commissioned even before its February 8 premiere. Lightbox will fast-track each episode and CEO Kym Niblock predicts Kiwis “are going to love what […]

Breaking Bad spin-off Better Call Saul will screen exclusively in HD on Lightbox. Spark’s streaming service announced this morning it had secured the prequel to the series that’s one of the signature drawcards on Sky’s SoHo channel. It will stream here when US cable channel AMC (The Walking Dead, Mad Men, Hell on Wheels) premieres […]

True Detective, which premieres tonight (SoHo, 8.30), had the highest-rating HBO debut since Boardwalk Empire in 2010. It went to air against the most-watched The Golden Globes ceremony in 10 years and drew 2.3 million viewers. That was well shy of Boardwalk Empire’s inaugural telecast (4.8 million) but ahead of Game of Thrones’ (2.2 million) […]