Posts By David Farnor
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
Catch up TV review: Kids on the Edge, 60 Days in Jail, I’m a Celebrity…
November 20, 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
MUBI UK film review: I, Olga
November 19, 2016 | David FarnorDirectors: Petr Kazda, Tomas Weinreb Cast: Michalina Olszanska Certificate: 18 Watch I, Olga online in the UK: MUBI UK
In 1973, a 22 year old woman ran over eight people in the streets of Prague. She pleaded guilty. What drove … Read More
Amazon UK TV review: The Grand Tour Episode 1
November 18, 2016 | David FarnorThey’re back. And they’re as middle-aged, un-photogenic and grumpy as ever. How Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May became worldwide TV heroes on the back of BBC’s Top Gear may well mystify academics in 100 years time, but as … Read More
VOD film review: Dog Eat Dog
November 18, 2016 | David FarnorStriking visuals can’t distract from the unpleasant taste this crime thriller leaves in the mouth.Read More
UK TV review: Westworld Episode 7
November 16, 2016 | David FarnorWarning: This contains spoilers. Not caught up with Westworld? Read our spoiler-free review of Episode 1.
“It doesn’t look like anything to me.” Those are the crucial words we hear in Episode 7 of Westworld, as the show delivers its … Read More
BBC iPlayer TV review: Frankie Boyle’s American Autopsy
November 16, 2016 | David FarnorFrankie Boyle. 5 years ago, those two words may well have sent a shiver down your spine. Something’s happened since his shock jock days, though. He’s not changed, but the medium has. BBC iPlayer has emerged as a natural home … Read More