Posts By David Farnor
The April 2018 Watchlist: 20 must-see TV shows this month
April 14, 2018 | David FarnorNetflix. Amazon Prime Video. BBC iPlayer. NOW. Walter Presents. There’s so much TV to watch these days that it can be hard to keep up. Every month, we boil down what’s on to the essentials you need in your streaming … Read More
Trailer: Lucy Hale gets high in Netflix’s DUDE
April 14, 2018 | David Farnor“Driving around with a bong on the back seat of your car? Who do you think you are? Willie Nelson? Even he got arrested.” That’s the sound of Netflix’s new coming-of-age comedy arriving in a haze of smoke.
DUDE follows … Read More
Flight HS13 touches down on Walter Presents this April
April 14, 2018 | David FarnorA new thriller is flying in from The Netherlands this April on Walter Presents. Flight HS13, which was a huge hit in Holland when first broadcast, promises to grip viewers, as it soars from a missing persons drama to something … Read More
Amazon adds Discovery Kids to Prime Video Channels
April 14, 2018 | David FarnorAmazon has added Discovery Kids to its Prime Video Channels line-up in the UK.
Prime Video Channels is Amazon’s pick-and-choose TV platform, which allows Prime members to add standalone channel subscriptions that would usually come with a pay-TV contract … Read More
The Weekly MUBI Digest | 14th April 2018
April 14, 2018 | David FarnorSydney Pollack was one of the directing greats, and MUBI pays tribute to him this weekend with a double-bill of his 1980s hits. He joins Douglas Sirk in MUBI’s ongoing retrospective of another iconic filmmaker from Hollywood’s history – and … Read More
Martin Scorsese reunites SCTV for Netflix comedy special
April 13, 2018 | David FarnorMartin Scorsese is getting the SCTV gang back together for a Netflix comedy special.
Second City Television was a sketch series that aired on Canadian TV back in the 1970s and 80s. Springing out of the Toronto Second City troupe, … Read More
Amazon’s Cold War joins Cannes 2018 line-up, as Netflix sits out
April 12, 2018 | David FarnorThe films set to premiere at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival have been unveiled, and Amazon’s Cold War is part of the line-up.
The movie, which is directed by Oscar-winning director Pawel Pawlikowski, will chart a romance across Poland, Berlin, … Read More
Trailer: Netflix’s Bobby Kennedy for President arrives this April
April 12, 2018 | David Farnor“What I think is quite clear is, there is division, there’s violence, and disenchantment with our society…” That’s Bobby Kennedy speaking truth about America in Netflix’s new documentary series, Bobby Kennedy for President.
Directed by Dawn Porter (Gideon’s Army, Spies … Read More
Netflix confirms it will not be at Cannes 2018
April 12, 2018 | David FarnorNetflix has confirmed that it will not be at Cannes 2018, after the festival refused to play the streaming giant’s films in competition at the event.
Netflix made a big splash as the French event last year, screening both Bong … Read More
Netflix explores medicine’s End Game in new documentary short
April 11, 2018 | David FarnorNetflix’s is exploring the End Game of life itself in a new medical documentary.
The short film follows visionary medical practitioners who are working on the cutting edge of life and death, and dedicated to changing our thinking about both.