Posts By David Farnor
First look review: The Santa Clauses
November 20, 2022 | David Farnor
This bloated, boring spin-off series from The Santa Clause franchise loses sight of its own magic.Read More
VOD film review: Spirited (2022)
November 20, 2022 | David Farnor
Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell are a charming double-act in this boisterous, if bloated, meta-festive comedy.Read More
Netflix UK film review: All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)
November 13, 2022 | David Farnor
This jaw-dropping German anti-war film is a haunting elegy to the futility of war.Read More
VOD film review: Don’t Worry Darling
November 12, 2022 | David Farnor
Florence Pugh is superb in Olivia Wilde’s ambitious but underbaked thriller.Read More
Netflix UK TV review: The Crown Season 5
November 11, 2022 | David Farnor
The Crown enters the modern era with a new focus but the same quality.Read More
Why The English should be your next box set
November 10, 2022 | David Farnor
Hugo Blick’s bold, stylish two-hander is a brutal, brilliant reframing of the Western through a lens of race and identity.Read More
Interview: Nora Twomey talks My Father’s Dragon
November 8, 2022 | David Farnor
This weekend sees the return of Cartoon Saloon to our screens. The Irish animation studio, which has brought us The Secret of Kells, Song of the Sea and Wolfwalkers, has always excelled at exploring childhood, adulthood and imagination. That’s true … Read More
VOD film review: See How They Run
November 7, 2022 | David Farnor
An entertaining cast and playful script make this knowing crime caper a fun night in.Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Blockbuster: Season 1
November 6, 2022 | David Farnor
“I don’t love the pattern that’s starting to emerge.” That’s Timmy (Randall Park) at the beginning of Blockbuster, Netflix’s new TV series set within one of the titular video rental stores. The irony of that sentence won’t be lost on … Read More
Apple TV+ film review: Causeway
November 4, 2022 | David Farnor
Jennifer Lawrence and Brian Tyree Henry are excellent in this slight but thoughtful exploration of facing one’s past.Read More
