Posts By David Farnor
VOD film review: Get on Up
September 2, 2016 | David FarnorChadwick Boseman delivers a mesmerising performance in this uneven but energetic biopic of James Brown.Read More
VOD film review: Searching for Sugar Man
September 2, 2016 | David FarnorThis strange-but-true documentary emerges as a beautiful testament to human spirit – with a stonking soundtrack.Read More
VOD film review: Cockneys vs Zombies
September 1, 2016 | David FarnorCockneys vs Zombies gives you more than enough Roy Hudd for your Bread and Honey. Well worth a Paul McKenna.Read More
UK TV review: Halt and Catch Fire Season 3 (Episode 1 and 2)
August 31, 2016 | David FarnorHalt and Catch Fire has never been better than this stellar Season 3 opening double-bill.Read More
RIP Gene Wilder (1933 – 2016)
August 30, 2016 | David FarnorGene Wilder was, quite simply, one of the funniest actors of all time. The brilliant thing was that he never seemed to know it.
Born Jerome Silberman in 1933, his wiry hair and bulging eyeballs meant that his serene face … Read More
VOD film review: Jane Got a Gun
August 29, 2016 | David FarnorDirector: Gavin O’Connor Cast: Natalie Portman, Joel Edgerton Certificate: 15
In 2011, Gavin O’Connor gave the world Warrior, an MMA drama starring Tom Hardy and Joel Edgerton that had such blistering turns from its cast that it rose above sporting … Read More
VOD film review: The Intervention
August 29, 2016 | David FarnorDirector: Clea Duvall Cast: Melanie Lynskey, Clea DuVall, Cobie Smulders Watch The Intervention online in the UK: Apple TV (iTunes) / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / TalkTalk TV / Rakuten TV / Google Play
Three couples get together to tell a … Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Scream Season 2: Episode 9 to 12 (spoilers)
August 28, 2016 | David FarnorWarning: This contains spoilers.
“Sometimes the people closest to you are the ones who keep the biggest secrets,” says Noah towards the end of Scream’s second season – a sentiment that fuels the whole of MTV’s small-screen adaptation of Wes … Read More
Catch up TV review: The Watchman, Rookies, 500 Questions
August 28, 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
Netflix UK film review: Miles Ahead
August 26, 2016 | David FarnorKind of blue and effortlessly cool, this unconventional music biopic has attitude to spare.Read More