Posts By David Farnor
10 years on: How YouTube’s Lonelygirl15 help invent the web series
June 18, 2016 | David FarnorSay the words “Lonelygirl15” to someone these days and you’ll likely be met with faint recognition. “Oh yeah, that YouTube hoax”, they might say. “How long ago was that?” The answer is 10 years ago.
16th June 2006. That was … Read More
VOD film review: Tale of Tales
June 17, 2016 | David FarnorThis dark trio of fairy tales is unabashedly bonkers and enchantingly unique.Read More
Why you should be watching BBC Three’s Murder in Successville
June 16, 2016 | David FarnorThis hilarious, inventive improv crime comedy series is one of the most unique things on TV.Read More
First look Netflix UK TV review: Orange Is the New Black Season 4
June 15, 2016 | David FarnorThis spoiler-free review is based on Episodes 1 to 4 of Orange Is the New Black Season 4.
Gangsta with an “a” is how Piper describes herself at the start of Orange Is the New Black Season 4. It’s exactly … Read More
The Living and the Dead: A horror show to savour
June 15, 2016 | David Farnor“Most of the time, there’s a ghost, you put it to bed and go home. How do you do it week after week?”
That’s Ashley Pharaoh, creator of The Living and the Dead, speaking at the premiere of BBC … Read More
VOD film review: Deadpool
June 14, 2016 | David FarnorIf you can accept Deadpool as the non-radical romp it is, there’s lot of puerile fun to be had.Read More
UK TV review: Outlander: Season 2, Episode 10
June 13, 2016 | David FarnorWarning: This contains spoilers.
As Outlander nears the end of its second season, it has to start delivering on all of those promises it made at the start – and then some. Unlike most programmes, Ron D. Moore’s take on … Read More
Catch up TV reviews: The Last Leg, As Yet Untitled, Rich Brother Poor Brother, Rescue Dog to Super Dog
June 12, 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 … Read More
Top 15 moments of Orange Is the New Black: Season 3
June 12, 2016 | David FarnorWith Season 4 of OITNB on the way this month, we look back at our favourite bits from Season 3. Warning: Spoilers.
“Everything is different the second time around,” sings Orange Is the New Black’s theme tune. By the time … Read More
This week’s new releases on BFI Player+ (11th June)
June 11, 2016 | David FarnorHeard of BFI Player? Well, there’s also BFI Player+, a subscription service that offers an all-you-can-eat selection of hand-picked classics.
Every Friday, Mark Kermode highlights one of the collection’s titles with a video introduction. This week, it’s Battleship Potemkin. One … Read More