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This Town comes from the pen of Steven Knight, who brought us Peaky Blinders – a series I’ve still to see. Opening on Lozells Road, Birmingham in 1981, before it moves on to Falls Road, …
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Author: Dom Robinson
Reviewer of movies, videogames and music since 1994. Aortic valve operation survivor from the same year. Running DVDfever.co.uk since 2000. Nobel Peace Prize winner 2021.
A Gentleman in Moscow – The DVDfever Review – Paramount+ – Ewan McGregor
A Gentleman in Moscow is a new 8-part drama with Ewan McGregor (Raymond And Ray) in the titular role of Alexander Rostov. First up, we’re told that the 1917 Revolution in Russia led to the …
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The Twelve – The DVDfever Review – ITV drama – Sam Neill
The Twelve centres around a murder trial, with the suspect being artist Kate Lawson (Kate Mulvany – Elvis), accused of killing her 14-year-old niece, Claire Spears (Coco Jack Gillies – Mad Max: Fury Road), except …
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Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire – The DVDfever Cinema Review – Paul Rudd
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire proves that no matter how much you flog a dead horse, the more it’ll continue to get up. It’s probably a ghost at this point… Anyhoo, this fifth film that bears the …
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Big Mood – The DVDfever Review – Channel 4 – Nicola Coughlan
Big Mood is a new vehicle for Derry Girls‘ Nicola Coughlan (Barbie) as Maggie, where her opening gambit is to go back to her old school that’s “like Grange Hill, but somehow less glamourous” to …
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The Beautiful Game – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Bill Nighy
The Beautiful Game is obviously a football movie, but this one in particular is set around the Homeless World Cup, an event which I hadn’t heard of before, but have now learned this is actually …
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Passenger – The DVDfever Review – ITV drama – Wunmi Mosaku
Passenger sees ITV breaking out the A.I. script generator marked “cop drama”, this time even asking it to include “Twin Peaks” feelings, to the point where someone even references David Lynch’s bizarro world, claiming the …
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The Lyricist Wannabe – The DVDfever Cinema Review – Suet-Ying Chung
The Lyricist Wannabe is a new Cantonese Chinese film which centres around Law Wing Sze (Suet-Ying Chung, above-right) with the titular dilemma in a film which takes place over six years, from 2006 onwards – …
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The New Boy – The DVDfever Cinema Review – Cate Blanchett
The New Boy doesn’t specify the period in which it’s set, but over time, it becomes clear it’s around 1940, with the World War II references. It’s also a time when those in the Australian …
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New Blu-ray 4K and DVD releases March 25th 2024
March 25th: A Blade In The Dark (4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray) A Bullet Is Waiting (Blu-ray) A Story Written With Water Limited Edition (Blu-ray) Attack of the Meth-Gator (DVD) Avatar: The Way Of Water Collector’s …
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