Posts By David Farnor
VOD film review: Watchmen
June 7, 2016 | David Farnor
Zack Snyder’s striking and ambitious adaptation of Alan Moore’s graphic novel is an underrated semi-success.Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Scream Season 2, Episode 1 (I Know What You Did Last Summer)
June 6, 2016 | David Farnor
Warning: This contains spoilers.
“We’re all final girls in Lakewood. Because we survived.”
That’s Emma at the start of Scream Season 2. Yes, MTV’s surprisingly good horror series, which spun off from Wes Craven’s movie franchise last year, is back … Read More
VOD film review: The Absent One
June 5, 2016 | David Farnor
This highly competent crime drama has all the benefits of Scandinavian noir but without the need for binge-viewing.Read More
Catch up TV review: Jeremy Corbyn: The Outsider (Vice News)
June 5, 2016 | David Farnor
“I am not a traditional party leader, I do things in a rather different way. Some people are slower at learning than others.”
Jeremy Corbyn: The Outsider. That’s the brand that has become associated with the Labour Party leader. The … Read More
UK TV review: Outlander: Season 2, Episode 9 (Je Suis Prest)
June 5, 2016 | David Farnor
Warning: This contains spoilers.
“Je Suis Prest” reads the Fraser family motto. It’s a nice nod that the show embraces it for the title of Episode 9 of Season 2, as it tackles not just questions of families and loyalties, … Read More
VOD film review: A Perfect Getaway
June 5, 2016 | David Farnor
This deceptively smart B-movie is as cheap and compelling as they come.Read More
VOD film review: Gone Baby Gone
June 4, 2016 | David Farnor
Ben Affleck’s directorial debut is a thoughtful, gripping crime melodrama.Read More
Netflix UK film review: Holding the Man
June 3, 2016 | David Farnor
Epic, intimate, universal. This romance deserves to be a crowd-pleaser.Read More
VOD film review: Husbands and Wives
June 3, 2016 | David Farnor
Director: Woody Allen Cast: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow Watch Husbands and Wives online in the UK: Apple TV (iTunes) / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Google Play
Just when you thought Woody Allen had nowhere else to take the faux-documentary after … Read More
Interview: Anthony Horowitz on BBC’s New Blood
June 2, 2016 | David Farnor
It is a truth universally accepted that a detective on TV must be in want of a divorce or a drinking problem – or both. Not so in New Blood, the BBC’s new crime drama. The main characters are younger … Read More
