Posts By David Farnor
VOD film review: Hitchcock
January 24, 2014 | David FarnorDespite its title, Hitchcock is not a film about Hitchcock at all. It’s a film about Anthony Hopkins in a fat suit.Read More
VOD film review: Winter’s Bone
January 24, 2014 | David FarnorA cold and bleak modern mystery, Winter’s Bone is a frostbitten pleasure. Read More
VOD film review: How Do You Write a Joe Schermann Song?
January 23, 2014 | David FarnorA joyous, toe-tapping musical that razzles and dazzles with the best of them.Read More
VOD TV review: The Musketeers (BBC) – Episode 1
January 20, 2014 | David FarnorPhoto: BBC/Dusan Martincek
There’s no getting round it. BBC’s new sword-slashing drama The Musketeers is rather pants. In fact, pants feature rather heavily; there’s barely a scene where our heroic quartet aren’t slipping in or out of their trousers after … Read More
VOD film review: Rush
January 20, 2014 | David FarnorRon Howard’s streamlined story of Formula 1 rivalry delivers a thrilling rush of adrenaline.Read More
VOD film review: A Serious Man
January 19, 2014 | David FarnorMichael Stuhlbarg delivers a star-making turn in the Coen brothers’ honest, hilarious examination of faith.Read More
VOD film review: The Hurt Locker
January 19, 2014 | David FarnorKathryn Bigelow‘s claustrophobic war drama is intense, unflinching and utterly riveting.Read More
VOD film review: Kelly + Victor
January 17, 2014 | David FarnorDirector: Kieran Evans Cast: Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Julian Morris Certificate: 18 Watch Kelly + Victor online in the UK: BFI Player+ / BFI Player / Apple TV (iTunes) / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / TalkTalk TV / Google Play
Sex. Drugs. Strangling. … Read More
Straight-to-VOD Thursday: Sekaten (a documentary by Matt Dunning)
January 16, 2014 | David FarnorWe introduce a new weekly feature: straight-to-VOD Thursday, which looks at films only available on VOD in the UK.
The words straight-to-DVD conjure up images of dreadful bargain bucket movies and naff sequels. Straight-to-VOD? That doesn’t sound so bad. Indeed, … Read More
Netflix UK film review: Riddick
January 16, 2014 | David FarnorVin Diesel and David Twohy reunite for a satisfying slice of B-movie action, but lose what made their antihero worth cheering.Read More