Great Expectations is something I didn’t particularly have for yet another adaptation of a Charles Dickens novel. I’ve never read it, but for whatever reason, previews of this were available for big websites, but not …
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The Essex Serpent – The DVDfever Review – Tom Hiddleston – Apple TV+
The Essex Serpent is a bizarre tale set in the Victoria era, just at the end of the 19th Century, where young doctor Luke Garrett (Frank Dillane) examines the husband of Cora Seaborne (Claire Danes), …
Continue readingAdult Material – The DVDfever Review – Hayley Squires – Channel 4
Adult Material sees season adult movie star Jolene Dollar (Hayley Squires – I, Daniel Blake) – although the character’s real name is Hayley Burrows – trying to get on in a business when those who …
Continue readingIn Fabric – Trailer 1 – Marianne Jean-Baptiste
In Fabric is a haunting ghost story set against the backdrop of a busy winter sales period in a department store and follows the life of a cursed dress as it passes from person to …
Continue readingHappy New Year, Colin Burstead – The DVDfever Review
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead comes from Ben Wheatley who usually provides us rather off-the-wall movies such as Free Fire, Sightseers and A Field In England, so there’s always something going on, it’s almost always …
Continue readingCollateral: The Complete Series – The DVDfever Review – John Simm, Carey Mulligan
Collateral is a new four-part drama which begins with one situation, but then moves on quite neatly bringing in a slew of other characters, which is a little dizzying but still highly engaging. After pizza …
Continue readingThe Miniaturist: The Complete Series – The DVDfever Review – Anya Taylor-Joy
The Miniaturist is set in Amsterdam, 1686, where Petronella, aka Nella (Split‘s Anya Taylor-Joy) is marrying sugar trader Johannes Brandt (Alex Hassell), and feels very much a fish out of water, even though she’s quite …
Continue readingThe Commuter – Philip K Dick’s Electric Dreams Episode 3 – The DVDfever Review
The Commuter is the third episode in Philip K Dick’s Electric Dreams and is set in an era that feels like a mixture of ’60s, ’70s and ’80s, with decor jumping between all three. Having …
Continue readingAway – The DVDfever Cinema Review – Timothy Spall, Juno Temple
Away is where everyone wants to get to, once in a while, but here, it’s the mismatched pairing of widower Joseph (Timothy Spall) and ex-junkie Ria (Juno Temple), as they meet in a film which …
Continue readingI, Daniel Blake on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
I, Daniel Blake begins with the 59-year-old carpenter titular character, portrayed by comedian Dave Johns, applying for ESA (Employment and Support Allowance), and being asked a succession of – irrelevant, to him – questions when …
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