Posts By David Farnor
This week’s new releases on BFI Player+ (13th February)
February 13, 2016 | David FarnorHeard of BFI Player? Well, there’s also BFI Player+, a subscription service that offers an all-you-can-eat selection of hand-picked classics.
Every Friday, Mark Kermode highlights one of the collection’s titles with a video introduction. This week, it’s Brief Encounter, … Read More
New releases and coming soon to MUBI UK this week (13th February 2016)
February 13, 2016 | David FarnorNot getting your arthouse fix from Netflix? Wish there were more indie films on Amazon Prime Video? Every week, we round up the new releases on MUBI, the subscription VOD service that hand-picks new and old classics from around the … Read More
Interview: Stephen Fingleton talks The Survivalist
February 13, 2016 | David FarnorThe Survivalist is out now on VOD. The film, which marks the debut of director Stephen Fingleton, follows a man who lives off the grid in a starvation-stricken world. When a starving woman and her teenage daughter discover his forest … Read More
Gaze longingly at this new trailer – and new images – from Game of Thrones Season 6
February 13, 2016 | David FarnorUpdate: 15th February
A new trailer has been released for Game of Thrones Season 6, featuring the Hall of Faces in the House of Black and White. We won’t say any more – but we will say brace yourselves…
Watch the first four minutes of The Walking Dead Season 6 Part 2
February 13, 2016 | David FarnorThere are just two days until The Walking Dead Season 6 returns to UK TV for its second half – and, in case you weren’t already excited, AMC has released the first four minutes of Episode 9 for free. Just … Read More
Demand 5 becomes My5 as part of a major Channel 5 rebrand
February 13, 2016 | David FarnorDemand 5 has relaunched as My5, as part of a major Channel 5 rebrand, with VOD exclusives including both The X-Files and an online prequel to Heroes: Reborn.
The UK broadcaster, which first premiered in the UK back in 1997 … Read More
Joe Wright to direct episode of Netflix’s Black Mirror
February 13, 2016 | David FarnorWhere do you go from the colourful, big budget fantasy of Pan? Somewhere very dark, judging by Joe Wright’s latest gig: he’s directing an episode of Black Mirror.
Charlie Brooker’s anthology series, which was recently snapped up by Netflix to … Read More
We Are Colony launches crowdfunding campaign
February 12, 2016 | David FarnorNetflix’s share prices have rocketed in the years since it began as a DVD rental company. Now, though, a new streaming platform is stepping up its own unique challenge to the VOD crown: We Are Colony.
The pay-per-view site, which … Read More
The Survivalist available to watch online in UK – with behind-the-scenes extras
February 12, 2016 | David FarnorThe Survivalist is available to watch online in the UK from today – at the same time as it hits cinemas across the country.
The film, which marks the debut of director Stephen Fingleton, follows a man who lives off … Read More
Trailer: Will Arnett’s Flaked lands on Netflix in March
February 11, 2016 | David FarnorNetflix has released the first trailer for Will Arnett’s new series, Flaked.
The show, which was created and written by Will Arnett and Mark Chappell (The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret), sees the Arrested Development star play Chip, a … Read More