Posts By David Farnor
VOD film review: American Sniper
May 18, 2015 | David FarnorBradley Cooper is stellar in Clint Eastwood’s provocative drama about a US military sniper.Read More
Top TV shows and films on BBC iPlayer (17th May 2015)
May 17, 2015 | David FarnorSharks are circling everywhere on BBC iPlayer this week, from the brilliantly named documentary series Shark – guess what that’s about – to the cut-throat world of US television, as Episodes returns for a fourth season.
As ever, the Beeb’s … Read More
Why Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell should be your next box set
May 17, 2015 | David FarnorA bewitching piece of television with the power to make the incredible credible.Read More
VOD film review: Foxcatcher
May 17, 2015 | David FarnorChanning Tatum delivers a knockout performance in this chilling drama about a real life wrestler taken under the wing of a millionaire.Read More
First look UK TV review: The Affair Season 1 (spoiler-free)
May 17, 2015 | David Farnor“Do you remember what happened?” “Like it was yesterday.”
Months after The Affair scooped the Golden Globes for Best Drama Series and Best Actress, The Affair has finally been released in the UK. What took TV land so long? You’ll … Read More
Netflix UK film review: The Boat That Rocked
May 16, 2015 | David FarnorA well-meaning love letter to music, this boat doesn’t rock, no matter how good its cast is.Read More
YouTube review: Kermode and Mayo’s Film Thing
May 15, 2015 | David FarnorWhen is a radio show not a radio show? Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo’s weekly film review programme on BBC Radio 5 Live has consistently asked that question, like two bickering uncles wondering who ate the last Twix (the answer, … Read More
VOD film review: Preservation
May 15, 2015 | David FarnorPablo Schreiber delivers an intense performance in this familiar but tense survival horror.Read More
UK TV review: Wayward Pines Episode 1 (Where Paradise Is Home)
May 14, 2015 | David FarnorTwin Peaks fans rejoiced earlier this year, when word spread of a potential new series – and cried out in dismay when talks with David Lynch broke down. The TV world, though, has never been short of attempts to recapture … Read More
VOD film review: The Theory of Everything
May 13, 2015 | David FarnorEddie Redmayne is remarkable in this winning, if unoriginal, biopic of Stephen Hawking.Read More