Posts By David Farnor
Netflix UK review: The Eichmann Show (BBC)
January 21, 2015 | David Farnor
If you told someone now that less than 80 years ago, a group of humans systemically murdered millions of people because of their race, would you believe them? For years after the end of World War II, even those in … Read More
Amazon pilot review: Mad Dogs and Salem Rogers: Model of the Year 1998
January 21, 2015 | David Farnor
Hot on the heels of Transparent’s Golden Globe win, Amazon is back with its new season of TV pilots – available for free to customers and non-customers alike. Feedback from viewers is then used to decide which to commission as … Read More
VOD TV review: Broadchurch Season 2, Episode 3 (spoiler-free)
January 20, 2015 | David Farnor
Warning: If you haven’t seen Season 1, this will contain spoilers.
What do you think of when you hear the word “Broadchurch”? Pretty beaches? A sad Olivia Colman? Desirable houses? Superb drama? Episode 3 of Season 2 delivers on … Read More
Netflix UK film review: The Fighter
January 20, 2015 | David Farnor
A knock-out cast give The Fighter’s conventional script a wallop of compassion. Read More
VOD film review: If I Stay
January 20, 2015 | David Farnor
The relationship between the human couple may not always engage, but their relationship with music does.Read More
VOD film review: Before I Go to Sleep
January 19, 2015 | David Farnor
Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman are engaging in this enjoyable, if forgettable, thriller.Read More
UK VOD TV review: Togetherness Episode 1
January 19, 2015 | David Farnor
There are few words that are less arousing than “take the baby monitor with you”. It’s a truth that Michelle (Melanie Lynskey) and Brett (Mark Duplass) are trying to come to terms with, as their marriage hits a mid-life crisis … Read More
Amazon TV pilot review: The Man in the High Castle, Down Dog and The New Yorker Presents
January 18, 2015 | David Farnor
Hot on the heels of Transparent’s Golden Globe win, Amazon is back with its new season of TV pilots – available for free to customers and non-customers alike. Feedback from viewers is then used to decide which to commission as … Read More
UK TV review: Constantine Season 1, Episode 9 (The Saint of Last Resorts, Part 2)
January 18, 2015 | David Farnor
Warning: This contains mild spoilers.
Now, where were we? A sister of Eve (yes, that Eve) kidnapped two babies from a friend of John’s old Newcastle flame, Anne Marie, for La Brujería, who are behind this Rising Darkness malarkey – … Read More
VOD TV review: Cyberbully
January 17, 2015 | David Farnor
“Of course I don’t think it’s ok. But it’s normal. It happens.”
That’s Casey in Cyberbully, Channel 4’s one-off drama about the perils of the Internet. The title alone puts in you mind of a cheesy cautionary tale, the kind … Read More
