Medellin begins with a car chase where our leads are being followed by a particular baddie about to shoot them, until it jumps back to three days earlier… Back in France, Reda (Ramzy Bedia) dreamed …
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Citadel – The DVDfever Review – Amazon Prime Video – Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Richard Madden
Citadel is a new six-part Prime Video series centered around the titular organisation who are like the FBI on acid. We begin on a train in the Italian Alps – although, it does look more …
Continue readingDead Ringers – The DVDfever Review – Amazon Prime Video – Rachel Weisz
Dead Ringers centers around twins Beverly and Elliot Mantle, both played by Rachel Weisz, which instantly has me trying to spot the split-screen in any sort of programme or film, or moments where they could …
Continue readingOn A Wing And A Prayer – The DVDfever Review – Amazon Prime Video – Dennis Quaid
On A Wing And A Prayer is based on real events from Easter Sunday 2009, where 56-year-old pilot Doug White (68-year-old Dennis Quaid – Midway) almost crashes his plane, while not far from the airstrip. …
Continue readingThe Power – The DVDfever Review – Amazon Prime Video – Toni Collette
The Power is a new 9-part series on Prime Video, where a streaming service tells us it’s time, again, another Young Adult novel brought to the small screen. The essence is that, for reasons unexplained, …
Continue readingSwarm – The DVDfever Review – Amazon Prime Video – Dominique Fishback, Donald Glover
Swarm begins with the text: “This is not a work of fiction. Any similarity to real people and events is intentional.” I figured this was for comedic value – given that it is co-created by …
Continue readingClass Of 07 – The DVDfever Review – Amazon Prime Video – Emily Browning, Caitlin Stasey
Class Of 07 is about a high school reunion, as you’d expect, but everyone has their different backgrounds as to what they’ve been up to, and for Zoe (Emily Browning), she inadvertently showed herself up …
Continue readingDaisy Jones and The Six – The DVDfever Review – Amazon Prime – Riley Keough
Daisy Jones And The Six tells the story of the titular rock band from their rise in the 1970s, and to see where they are, later in life. It begins with the text: “On October …
Continue readingDie Hart: The Movie – The DVDfever Review – Amazon Prime Video – Kevin Hart
Die Hart: The Movie sees Kevin Hart playing a fictionalised version of himself, and while I don’t *get* his comedy, I really enjoyed his 2021 drama, True Story, with Wesley Snipes. So, again, there are …
Continue readingThe Consultant – The DVDfever Review – Amazon Prime Video – Christoph Waltz
The Consultant is the new job for Christoph Waltz (Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio), as… yes, a consultant, called Regus Patoff. In this company, games coders code titles for mobile phone entertainment, but then if they …
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