Posts By David Farnor
VOD film review: Ghostbusters (2016)
November 27, 2016 | David FarnorThis hugely entertaining reboot is so busy doing its own thing that it’s impossible not to enjoy.Read More
Catch up TV review: Breaking the Silence, Our Guy in China, 8 out of 10 Cats
November 27, 2016 | 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 Best … Read More
VOD film review: The BFG (2016)
November 26, 2016 | David FarnorA galumphing warm hug of a film, The BFG completely captures the wide-eyed wonder of childhood.Read More
VOD film review: The Revenant
November 26, 2016 | David FarnorAn escalating feat of jaw-dropping survival. For better and for worse, The Revenant is the greatest video game movie ever made.Read More
Amazon UK TV review: The Grand Tour Episode 2
November 25, 2016 | David FarnorAfter racing out of the blocks in pole position with its debut outing, Episode 2 of Amazon’s The Grand Tour faces a trickier task than comparing itself with Top Gear: living up to its own high standards.
The second instalment … Read More
UK TV review: Westworld Episode 8
November 24, 2016 | David FarnorWarning: This contains spoilers. Not caught up with Westworld? Read our spoiler-free review of Episode 1.
“I would’ve thought they’d retired you.” Those six words are perhaps the most revealing thing in Episode 8 of Westworld, as HBO’s sci-fi hurtles … Read More
UK TV review: Humans Season 2, Episode 4
November 24, 2016 | David FarnorWarning: This contains spoilers.
Closer to humans than ever before. That was the tagline used by Channel 4 to promote its sci-fi series – a phrase that carries a veiled threat, not just in terms of its synths’ similarity to … Read More
UK TV review: Supergirl Season 2, Episode 5
November 22, 2016 | David FarnorThis is a spoiler-free review: Read on at the bottom for additional spoilery bits.
Supergirl lifts itself up after the uneven last episode, although there are still a few warning signs that Season 2’s flight might experience some more turbulence … Read More
UK TV review: Supergirl Season 2, Episode 4
November 21, 2016 | David FarnorThis is a spoiler-free review: Read on at the bottom for additional spoilery bits.
Alien fight club. Those three words were probably all Supergirl’s producers needed to give Season 2’s fourth episode the go-ahead. After all, aliens, fight club, they’re … Read More
Amazon UK TV review: Goliath Season 1 (spoilers)
November 20, 2016 | David FarnorAmazon’s Goliath is a riveting hate-fuelled legal drama.Read More