Posts By David Farnor
VOD film review: Martha Marcy May Marlene
March 30, 2014 | David Farnor
Elizabeth Olsen delivers a breakout turn in this chilling and absorbing study of a young woman piecing herself back together after escaping a cult.
UK TV review: True Detective – Season 1, Episode 6
March 29, 2014 | David Farnor
A gripping cycle of broken masculinity.Read More
VOD film review: Call Me Kuchu
March 28, 2014 | David Farnor
Directors: Katherine Fairfax Wright, Malika Zouhali-Worrall Cast: David Kato Certificate: 12 Watch Call Me Kuchu online in the UK: Apple TV (iTunes) / Google Play
To be sung to the tune of Carly Rae Jepsen’s Call Me Maybe
Everyone wishes … Read More
Why Game of Thrones’ simultaneous UK-US broadcast changes everything – and nothing
March 27, 2014 | David Farnor
Game of Thrones Season 4 will be broadcast in the UK at the same time as in the US – at 2am, to be exact.
The decision was announced by HBO at the premiere of the new season and will … Read More
Netflix UK film review: Fire in the Blood
March 27, 2014 | David Farnor
This powerful documentary shocks, informs and enrages in equal measure.Read More
VOD film review: Jeune et Jolie
March 26, 2014 | David FarnorDirector: François Ozon Cast: Marine Vacth, Géraldine Pailhas, Frédéric Pierrot, Charlotte Rampling Certificate: 18 Watch online: Apple TV (iTunes) / Curzon Home Cinema / Eircom / Virgin Movies / EE
What drives someone to become a prostitute? François Ozon follows … Read More
VOD film review: Saving Mr. Banks
March 24, 2014 | David Farnor
This well-cast drama about the making of Mary Poppins is supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.Read More
Amazon Prime Instant Video TV review: Vikings Season 2, Episode 4 (Eye for an Eye)
March 23, 2014 | David Farnor
“I only came here to seek justice.”
So speaks Jarl Borg as he takes over Ragnar’s home village of Kattegat. An invasion fuelled by revenge, it hits Ragnar where it hurts – and cuts short his negotiations with King Eckbert. … Read More
VOD film review: Fright Night
March 23, 2014 | David Farnor
Someone needs to bite a chunk out of its runtime, but Fright Night is more than alright – mostly fangs to Colin Farrell.Read More
VOD film review: The Descendants
March 23, 2014 | David Farnor
A brilliantly downbeat turn from George Clooney grounds this bittersweet but predictable comedy-drama.Read More
