Posts By David Farnor
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
VOD film review: Casa de mi Padre
October 22, 2016 | David Farnor
Casa de mi Padre proves Will Ferrell speaking nonsense in any language is entertaining. Does it make sense? No. Is it funny? Yes. Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Black Mirror Season 3, Episode 1 (Nosedive – spoilers)
October 21, 2016 | David Farnor
The first time it has played for laughs, this disturbingly hilarious satire is a bold opener for Black Mirror’s new season.Read More
UK TV review: Halt and Catch Fire Season 3 Finale (Episode 9 and 10)
October 21, 2016 | David Farnor
Warning: This contains spoilers.
“This is a really cool idea,” says Cameron in the finale of Halt and Catch Fire Season 3. And in that single sentence, she sums up everything about the show that has made it get better … Read More
Hands-On Review: Is Shudder UK the Netflix of horror?
October 20, 2016 | David Farnor
Shudder is finally here in the UK. Promising all-you-scream thrills, spills and scares for £4.99 a month, it’s the Netflix of horror – but can it live up to that star billing? We take AMC’s subscription VOD service for a … Read More
Shudder UK TV review: Beyond the Walls
October 20, 2016 | David Farnor
A woman inherits a haunted house in Beyond the Walls, a new French mini-series – but while that might suggest this is a run-of-the-mill bumps-in-the-night affair, Beyond the Walls is a fascinatingly unique horror.
Spanning three episodes, it’s a masterclass … Read More
VOD film review: V/H/S
October 20, 2016 | David Farnor
This uneven but effective horror anthology is an analogue shot in the arm for a digital age.Read More
