Posts By David Farnor
UK TV review: Strike: The Silkworm
March 4, 2018 | David Farnor“Offer them a biscuit. That always makes people feel special.” That’s the kind of wisdom you can expect from Cormoran Strike (Tom Burke). Some detectives will give you musings on the wretched nature of humanity. Others will have a wry … Read More
Netflix UK film review: Victoria & Abdul
March 4, 2018 | David FarnorThis is a handsome tall tale sweetly performed, but royally lacking in depth.Read More
VOD film review: Marshall
March 4, 2018 | David FarnorChadwick Boseman is on hugely winning form as Thurgood Marshall in this likeable legal drama.Read More
VOD film review: Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
March 4, 2018 | David FarnorPlaying out like a legal thriller, this documentary about the only scapegoat of the US banking crisis is compelling, eye-opening viewing.Read More
VOD film review: The Death of Stalin
March 3, 2018 | David FarnorArmando Iannucci’s hilariously bleak satire of the disarray of tyrannical rule is a chilling, scathingly relevant spectacle.Read More
VOD film review: Funny Cow
February 28, 2018 | David FarnorDirector: Adrian Shergold Cast: Maxine Peake, Paddy Considine, Alun Armstrong Certificate: 15 Watch Funny Cow online in the UK: All 4 / BritBox UK / Apple TV (iTunes) / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / TalkTalk TV / Virgin Movies / Rakuten … Read More
UK TV review: Psychoville
February 27, 2018 | David FarnorReece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton’s horror comedy is the ideal show to fill that Inside No. 9-shaped hole in your life.Read More
VOD film review: Call Me By Your Name
February 27, 2018 | David FarnorThis swooning ode to first love is impossibly ravishing cinema.Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Derren Brown: The Push
February 27, 2018 | David FarnorSeveral decades ago, Stanley Milgram found that under certain conditions, people were prepared to electrocute someone else, if they were ordered to do so. In his new special, Derren Brown tried to prove the power of social conformity once again … Read More
UK TV review: The X-Files Season 11, Episode 3 (Plus One)
February 26, 2018 | David FarnorGrisly deaths and character work make for an enjoyably grounded slice of supernatural horror.Read More