Posts By David Farnor
UK TV review: Westworld Episode 4
October 29, 2016 | David Farnor
Warning: This contains spoilers. Not caught up with Westworld? Read our spoiler-free review of Episode 1.
Full credit to Westworld: this many people haven’t been talking about a TV character called “Arnold” since that Nickelodeon cartoon about a teenage boy … Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Penn & Teller: Fool Us
October 29, 2016 | David Farnor
A refreshing change of pace from the usual teatime game shows, this is enchanting fun for the whole family.Read More
VOD film review: The Comedian’s Guide to Survival
October 28, 2016 | David Farnor
A top-notch supporting cast can’t rescue the unfunny lead of this hit-and-miss comedy.Read More
UK TV review: Supergirl Season 2, Episode 1 (The Adventures Of Supergirl)
October 25, 2016 | David Farnor
Season 2 gets off to a flying start, as Supergirl returns tighter, more confident and as charming as ever.Read More
VOD film review: Desierto
October 24, 2016 | David Farnor
This pro-imigration anti-Western is viscerally exciting and pulsatingly political.Read More
UK TV review: Westworld, Episode 3
October 24, 2016 | David Farnor
Warning: This contains spoilers. Not caught up with Westworld? Read our spoiler-free review of Episode 1.
What makes us human? That’s the question that a lot of sci-fi essentially boils down to. What, exactly, does a soul consist of? Snips … Read More
VOD film review: Looking for Eric
October 24, 2016 | David Farnor
Knowing, winning, touching, amusing – Loach’s loveable film delivers first class entertainment.Read More
VOD film review: My Scientology Movie
October 24, 2016 | David Farnor
A masterful piece of non-fiction filmmaking, My Scientology Movie is hugely entertaining and extremely troubling viewing.Read More
Catch up TV review: Tutankhamun, Crazyhead, The Crystal Maze, HIM
October 23, 2016 | David Farnor
What’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
BBC iPlayer review: HyperNormalisation
October 22, 2016 | David Farnor
Last year, Adam Curtis delivered Bitter Lake directly into the nation’s eyeballs on BBC iPlayer. It was experimental, challenging, ambitious filmmaking. Now, he’s back with HyperNormalisation, an equally epic piece of TV that proves more accessible than his last work, … Read More
