Posts By David Farnor
VOD film review: The Virgin Suicides
May 1, 2017 | David FarnorSofia Coppola’s striking debut is an intoxicating, chilling lament of burgeoning adulthood and lost innocence.Read More
VOD film review: The Descent
May 1, 2017 | David FarnorOne of the scariest horrors of the last 30 years, Neil Marshall’s descent into hellish darkness is terrifyingly simple – and simply terrifying.Read More
Catch up TV review: Little Boy Blue, The Durrells, Don’t Ask Me Ask Britain, Kevin Can Wait
April 30, 2017 | David FarnorWhat’s available on-demand on Freeview? Keep up-to-date with our weekly catch-up TV column, including reviews of shows on ITV Hub, new releases on All 4 and a guide to My5.
(For BBC TV reviews and round-ups, see our weekly … Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Little Boy Blue
April 30, 2017 | David FarnorSensitively written and powerfully performed, this is heart-wrenching viewing.Read More
Netflix UK film review: Casting JonBenet
April 28, 2017 | David FarnorThis true crime documentary deconstructs the true crime trend to mesmerising effect.Read More
First look Netflix UK TV review: Las Chicas del Cable
April 28, 2017 | David FarnorIt’s hard to remember a time when telephones were all attached to landlines, fixed, immobile and generally located within ear’s reach of your parents. It’s even harder to remember a time before telephones, when the idea of talking to someone … Read More
Interview: Maggie Civantos, Berta Vázquez and Najwa Nimri talk Locked Up Season 2
April 27, 2017 | David FarnorTonight sees the return of Locked Up, a Spanish drama about an all-female prison. On the surface, it sounds like Orange Is the New Black, but Vis a Vis (as it’s known in its home country) has a colour all … Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Designated Survivor: Episode 17
April 26, 2017 | David FarnorWarning: This contains spoilers
If in doubt, 24 has taught us two tricks to keep a TV thriller going: firstly, unexpectedly kill someone off, or secondly, unexpectedly bring someone back from the dead. Designated Survivor did the first just after … Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Better Call Saul Season 3, Episode 3
April 26, 2017 | David FarnorSlow, suspenseful steps see Better Call Saul make some deceptively big strides.Read More
UK TV review: 24: Legacy Episode 10 (9pm to 10pm)
April 25, 2017 | David FarnorWarning: This contains spoilers for Episode 10. Not seen 24: Legacy? Catch up with our spoiler-free review of Episode 1 here.
With only two more episodes to go, 24 Legacy enters the final stretch, but just as the spin-off really … Read More