Posts By David Farnor
Amazon Prime Video UK TV review: Vikings Season 4, Episode 1 (A Good Treason)
February 18, 2016 | David FarnorAs Vikings returns this Friday for a fourth season, it joins Fast & Furious as one of the most unlikely things to become a successful franchise. But three years after its debut, the History channel’s excursion into scripted television shows … Read More
YouTube Red TV review: Scare PewDiePie
February 17, 2016 | David FarnorEvery Wednesday, we take a look at a web series. This week, it’s YouTube Red original Scare PewDiePie.
For over 10 years, YouTube has existed quite happily on the Internet, streaming videos to any old – or, more specifically, young … Read More
Amazon Prime Video UK TV review: The New Yorker Presents
February 16, 2016 | David FarnorAsk anyone on the streets of the UK and the number of people who say they read The New Yorker is going to be minimal at best. Amazon’s decision to turn the publication into video form, then, is a bizarre … Read More
Netflix UK review: Better Call Saul Season 2, Episode 1
February 16, 2016 | David Farnor“People tell me how they see me. It’s not as a lawyer.”
It’s been a whole year since we last caught up with Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk), the scheming con man who will one day become Saul Goodman, the scheming … Read More
UK TV review: The X-Files Season 10 (2016), Episode 2 (The Founder’s Mutation)
February 15, 2016 | David FarnorWarning: This contains mild spoilers.
“He didn’t answer my question,” observes Mulder in Episode 2 of The X-Files, after quizzing a sinister-looking man in a hospital. It’s the same thing that many people may be saying to themselves this week, … Read More
BAFTA short film review: Elephant, samuel-613
February 14, 2016 | David FarnorOn Sundays, we review short films available on VOD. We call it Short Film Sunday.
As the 2016 EE BAFTA awards take place tonight (Sunday 14th February), we take a look at the two Best Short Film nominees available to … Read More
Inside VOD: FilmDoo’s founder on creating a home for the films you can’t see anywhere else
February 14, 2016 | David FarnorInside VOD: We take you behind the scenes of the video on-demand industry by interviewing key figures in the streaming world. Today, we speak to Weerada Sucharitkul, co-founder of FilmDoo.
In the digital age of entertainment, it’s never been easier … Read More
Amazon Prime Video UK TV review: Ripper Street Season 4, Episode 6 (No Wolves in Whitechapel)
February 14, 2016 | David FarnorRead our interview with Matthew Macfadyen and Adam Rothenberg here.
Episode 6 of Ripper Street Season 4 airs on BBC Two at 10pm on 12th September. This is a spoiler-free review.
After last week’s relatively low-key character study of Reid … Read More
VOD film review: Gran Torino
February 14, 2016 | David FarnorClint Eastwood delivers a fantastic late performance in this clichéd character study.Read More
VOD film review: Bridesmaids
February 14, 2016 | David FarnorIntelligent, amusing and incredibly performed, Bridesmaids is simply unbeatable.Read More