Posts By David Farnor
VOD film review: Captain America: The Winter Soldier
August 12, 2014 | David FarnorMarvel goes all 1970s with this enjoyably paranoid spy thriller.Read More
Netflix UK film review: 360
August 11, 2014 | David FarnorDirector: Fernando Meirelles Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Rachel Weisz, Jude Law Certificate: 15 Watch 360 online in the UK: Netflix UK
Somewhere in London, a man is having sex with Rachel Weisz. In Vienna, a female prostitute is posing for topless … Read More
VOD film review: Locke
August 11, 2014 | David FarnorTom Hardy is magnetic in this character-driven drama, which is daringly simple and simply daring.Read More
What is the secret to The Great British Bake Off’s success?
August 10, 2014 | David FarnorThe Great British Bake Off is now on Netflix UK and like a good old Victoria sponge, you know exactly what you’re going to get, even if you haven’t seen it. The Beeb’s baking show just keeps on getting bigger, … Read More
Netflix UK film review: The Descent Part 2
August 10, 2014 | David FarnorThis retread of Neil Marshall’s 2005 horror lacks the original’s characters, tension and shocks.Read More
VOD film review: A Thousand Kisses Deep
August 10, 2014 | David FarnorA blend of Freud, jazz and time travel, this trip through one person’s memories is a painful, engaging and intriguing watch. Read More
Why you should be watching Gomorrah
August 6, 2014 | David Farnor“Facebook?” scoffs an Italian mobster at the start of Gomorrah, Sky Atlantic’s new TV series. He and a fellow gang member are discussing his daughter. “What does she even write on there?” “I don’t know,” says her father. “I’ll smash … Read More
VOD film review: The Raid 2
August 5, 2014 | David FarnorThe Raid 2 has some great action – but that doesn’t mean it’s the greatest action movie of all time.Read More
VOD film review: Pioneer
August 5, 2014 | David FarnorWes Bentley and Askel Hennie star in this gripping, tightly pressurised deep-see conspiracy thriller.Read More
VOD film review: Labor Day
August 4, 2014 | David FarnorEven Kate Winslet and Josh Brolin can’t redeem this curious, overly sentimental drama.Read More