Posts By David Farnor
Catch-up TV reviews: The Returned S2, Unforgotten, TFI Friday, Wheelchair Rugby
October 18, 2015 | David Farnor
We catch up with some of the week’s TV available on Freeview VOD services.
TFI Friday – All 4
Dum dum daaaa do-do-do daaaa. (Ba-ba bum baa.) Those who still find themselves occasionally humming the theme tune for TFI … Read More
Interview: Jonás Cuarón on Desierto, digital distribution and Gravity
October 18, 2015 | David Farnor
Desierto received its European premiere at the London Film Festival in 2015 (read our review here). The action thriller, which is as gripping as it is political, sees a group of illegal immigrants (led by Gael García Bernal’s Moises) stranded … Read More
Hands-on review: New NOW TV Box (2015)
October 17, 2015 | David Farnor
A year ago, we gave you a run-down of each streaming media device on the UK market, from Chromecast to NOW. Sky’s little box, essentially a branded Roku, was already handicapped, thanks to its restriction of apps to only those … Read More
VOD film review: Superbob
October 17, 2015 | David Farnor
Brett Goldstein is on super form in this endearingly low-key comedy.Read More
Amazon Prime TV review: Mr. Robot Season 1 (Episodes 1 to 3)
October 16, 2015 | David Farnor
If you’ve been anywhere near the Internet this year, you’ll have heard of Mr. Robot, the US TV show about a computer vigilante. A series about hackers? The very word sounds dated these days – the kind of noun that … Read More
Interview: Meet Abraham Attah, star of Beasts of No Nation
October 16, 2015 | David Farnor
Beasts of No Nation is remarkable for many reasons. It’s Netflix’s first original film. It’s the first movie by Cary Fukunaga since True Detective. And it could be the movie that earns Idris Elba his first Oscar nomination. Most of … Read More
The Returned Season 1 and the questions it left behind
October 15, 2015 | David Farnor
As The Returned returns for Season 2, we look back at the first season – and tell you what you need to know to catch up.
It feels like a long time since The Returned first chilled spines up and … Read More
VOD film review: Super
October 15, 2015 | David Farnor
Director: James Gunn Cast: Rainn Wilson, Elliot Page, Kevin Bacon, Liv Tyler Certificate: 18 Watch Super online in the UK: Apple TV (iTunes) / TalkTalk TV / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Google Play
“I’ve always wondered why nobody tried to … Read More
VOD film review: Seven (1995)
October 14, 2015 | David Farnor
David Fincher’s nail-bitingly dark thriller is unrelenting, unflinching and utterly riveting.Read More
VOD film review: The Arms Drop
October 14, 2015 | David Farnor
Director: Andreas Koefoed Cast: Peter Bleach, Niels Holck, Paul McEwan, Andreas Führer Certificate: 15 Watch The Arms Drop online in the UK: iTunes
December. 1995. A bunch of AK-47s fall out of a plane over West Bengal. Why? The Arms … Read More
