Posts By David Farnor
Catch up TV reviews: Travel Man, Exposed: Saudi Arabia, The Food Chain, Heston’s Dinners in Space
March 26, 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
VOD film review: Brave
March 26, 2016 | David FarnorThis delicately complex study of a mother and daughter is an epic adventure that dares to think small.Read More
VOD film review: Iona
March 25, 2016 | David FarnorDirector: Scott Graham Cast: Ruth Negga, Tom Brooke, Michelle Duncan, Ben Gallagher, Sorcha Groundsell Certificate: 15 Watch Iona online in the UK: Sky Cinema / NOW / BFI Player / Curzon Home Cinema / TalkTalk TV / Sky Store / … Read More
Interview: How Blue Eyes writer Alex Haridi predicted the future of politics
March 24, 2016 | David FarnorRead our spoiler-free review of Blue Eyes’ first two episodes here.
In 2010, Sweden Democrats became the first far-right political party to win seats in Swedish parliament. The party took 20 seats in the country’s general election – something that … Read More
BBC Three TV review: Flat TV
March 24, 2016 | David FarnorThe words “flatshare” and “sitcom” may not fill you with excitement, but Flat TV, BBC Three’s latest new comedy series, defies your expectations (and its title) throughout: it doesn’t fall flat once.
The show follows Tom and Naz, two twenty-something … Read More
BVA rebrands as British Association for Screen Entertainment
March 24, 2016 | David FarnorThe British Video Association (BVA) has undergone a major rebrand for the digital age, changing its name to the British Association for Screen Entertainment (BASE).
The trade organisation, which represents the interests of publishers and rights-owners of pre-recorded filmed entertainment, … Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Better Call Saul Season 2, Episode 6
March 23, 2016 | David FarnorWarning: This contains spoilers.
“We were just supposed to scare you.” “Well, try harder next time.”
As Better Call Saul grows into its own, increasingly distinctive beast, the show’s relationship to Breaking Bad throws up questions that loom larger and … Read More
VOD film review: Black Mass
March 22, 2016 | David FarnorScott Cooper’s well-acted crime drama is a flawed saga with impressive heft.Read More
VOD film review: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2
March 21, 2016 | David FarnorMockingjay Part 2 has all the emotion of the ending and none of the anti-climax.Read More
Netflix UK film review: My Beautiful Broken Brain
March 20, 2016 | David Farnor“An exquisite, painful nightmare.” That’s how Lotje Sodderland describes living after a stroke in this astonishing, vivid documentary. My Beautiful Broken Brain follows the 34-year-old’s recovery after her brain haemorrhage in 2011 – and more than lives up to its … Read More