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VOD film review: The Duke of Burgundy
February 18, 2015 | David FarnorPeter Strickland’s melancholic masochism makes for seductively good cinema.Read More
VOD film review: Snow in Paradise
February 17, 2015 | Chris BryantA well-crafted gangster drama, fantastically brought to life by leading man Frederick Schmidt.Read More
UK TV review: Wolf Hall Episode 4
February 15, 2015 | David FarnorWords. Words. Just words.
If Wolf Hall could be accused of anything, it’s of being over-written. Slow-paced, stuffed with characters and told in a present tense without a name for its main character, the unwieldy trait of Hilary Mantel’s novels … Read More
UK TV review: Wolf Hall Episode 3
February 8, 2015 | David Farnor1531. Two years have passed since our last visit to Wolf Hall and the BBC’s adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s novel has become bolder, almost Tarantino-esque in its entertainment. Here, between all the pageantry and dresses, there is violence, there is … Read More
VOD film review: Still Life
February 6, 2015 | Matthew TurnerA moving, understated drama with a terrific central performance from Eddie Marsan.Read More
UK TV review: Wolf Hall Episode 2
January 30, 2015 | David Farnor“There’s a conversation I shouldn’t have had.”
That’s Cromwell, after talking to his sister-in-law (Saskia Reeves) in a typically dark room. It’s a key turning point in the BBC’s adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s novel: after the first, somewhat dizzying, hour … Read More
UK TV review: Wolf Hall Episode 1 (Three Card Trick)
January 23, 2015 | David FarnorYou’ve either read it or you haven’t. Or, perhaps more likely, you’ve started to read it and never quite managed to finish. But now that Wolf Hall has arrived on the BBC, the question isn’t “Have you read it?” but … Read More
Looking back at Broadchurch Season 1
January 4, 2015 | David FarnorWe take a spoiler-free look back at Broadchurch Season 1 – and where to watch it online.
(Click here for a spoiler-filled recap.)
“I can’t be outside. I don’t want to be.”
That’s DS Ellie Miller (Olivia Colman) to DI … Read More
VOD film review: The Inbetweeners 2
December 5, 2014 | Mark HarrisonAmbitiously unambitious, this teen sequel still hasn’t grown up – and that’s exactly what it’s good at.Read More
VOD film review: Frank
September 3, 2014 | David FarnorLoosely inspired by Frank Sidebottom, this wild and weird musical comedy is an ode to creativity – original and unpredictable.Read More