Posts By David Farnor
Netflix UK film review: Trash
June 12, 2015 | David Farnor
An entertaining, energetic ride.Read More
First look Netflix TV review: Orange Is the New Black Season 3
June 11, 2015 | David Farnor
This contains spoilers for Orange Is the New Black Season 1 and 2 and minor spoilers for Episodes 1 and 2 of Season 3.
“Everything is different the second time around,” sings Orange Is the New Black’s theme tune, as … Read More
Vertigo launches its own VOD service
June 11, 2015 | David Farnor
Vertigo has launched its own VOD service.
Vertigo On Demand is a pay-per-view platform designed to showcase the British distributor’s catalogue of productions.
The company, which was founded in 2002, has brought together indie talent and a commercial … Read More
RIP Christopher Lee (1922 – 2015)
June 11, 2015 | David Farnor
“Sleep well, Mr. Harker,” said Christopher Lee in the guise of Count Dracula back in 1958. Seductive, scary and emminently polite, he was every bit the gentleman vampire of your sleepless nights. If any actor was going to live ever, … Read More
UK VOD TV review: Game of Thrones Season 5, Episode 9
June 8, 2015 | David Farnor
Already seen Episode 9? Read on at the bottom for some spoiler-filled analysis.
Last week, Game of Thrones brought us the shocking reminder that no matter how much politicians pussyfoot around, when death rises up from the ground and tries … Read More
12 things Jurassic Park teaches us about bad project management
June 8, 2015 | David Farnor
We look back at the original Jurassic Park to examine why InGen’s dinosaur theme park was doomed to failure.Read More
VOD film review: Son of a Gun
June 8, 2015 | David Farnor
Ewan McGregor goes bad guy for this tense, smart, gripping thriller.Read More
Short film review: Black Angel (1980)
June 7, 2015 | David Farnor
Director: Roger Christian Cast: Tony Vogel Runtime: 25 mins Watch Black Angel online in the UK: YouTube / iTunes
Every Sunday, we review a short film available on VOD. We call it Short Film Sunday. This week, with the news … Read More
Top TV shows and films on BBC iPlayer (7th June 2015)
June 7, 2015 | David Farnor
The BBC can sometimes provide a mixed bag of TV offerings. The recent premiere of Sun Trap, a purported comedy starring Bradley Walsh and Kayvan Novak, is a prime example: the sitcom sees Novak’s undercover investigator parade a range of … Read More
Amazon Prime UK TV review: Outlander Episode 16 (Season 1 finale)
June 7, 2015 | David Farnor
Warning: This contains spoilers.
And so we reach the end of Outlander Season 1, a show that has been uneven – mostly in a good way – in its attempts to bring Diana Gabaldon’s historical fantasy romance to the screen. … Read More
