Posts By David Farnor
VOD film review: The Burning (El Ardor)
June 21, 2015 | David Farnor
Director: Pablo Fendrik Cast: Gael Garcia Bernal, Alice Braga, Chico Diaz Certificate: 15 Watch The Burning online in the UK: Sky Cinema / NOW / Curzon Home Cinema / TalkTalk TV / Apple TV (iTunes) / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / … Read More
UK TV review: True Detective Season 2, Episode 1
June 21, 2015 | David Farnor
Already seen Episode 1? Read on for some additional, spoiler-filled comments.
“This is my least favourite life,” croons singer Lera Lynn in True Detective Season 2. It’s a slow, melancholic number, accompanied by shots of Colin Farrell downing whisky in … Read More
Top TV shows and films on BBC iPlayer (21st June 2015)
June 21, 2015 | David Farnor
Father’s Day. A day for making connections. For taking a moment of appreciation. For watching cavemen talk about women and sex. And listening to a strange guy talk in a silly voice.
If you’re celebrating Father’s Day on BBC iPlayer … Read More
VOD film review: The Kids Are All Right
June 21, 2015 | David Farnor
Director: Lisa Cholodenko Cast: Annette Bening, Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Josh Hutcherson, Mia Wasikowska Certificate: 15 Watch The Kids Are All Right online in the UK: Apple TV (iTunes) / TalkTalk TV / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Rakuten TV / … Read More
BBC TV review: The Clangers
June 20, 2015 | David Farnor
The gently warm-hearted animation is proof that remakes aren’t always a bad thing.Read More
Beyond the Lights: A turning point for VOD?
June 19, 2015 | David Farnor
Beyond the Lights receives its European premiere at the Edinburgh Film Festival at the start of next week. The film stars Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Minnie Driver. It has a RottenTomatoes score of 81 per cent. But rather than get a … Read More
VOD film review: Selma
June 18, 2015 | David Farnor
David Oyelowo is unrecognisable in Ava DuVernay’s stirring, powerful biopic of Martin Luther King, Jr.Read More
VOD film review: Happy-Go-Lucky
June 18, 2015 | David Farnor
Heartwarming, funny and bursting with kindness. Sally Hawkins shines in Mike Leigh’s character-driven delight.Read More
VOD film review: Kingsman: The Secret Service
June 17, 2015 | David Farnor
Matthew Vaughn’s violent, light-hearted answer to 007 is undone by its own macho humour.Read More
TV review: Penny Dreadful Season 2, Episode 6 (Glorious Horrors)
June 16, 2015 | David Farnor
Already seen Episode 6? Read on at the bottom for additional, spoiler-filled comments.
What a tangled web our Penny Dreadfulites lead, as they wake up the morning after the night before. Now that creator has slept with creature and hunter … Read More
