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Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio brings the famous 1883 story, by Carlo Collodi, to Netflix’s platform, in a stop-motion animation style in Mr del Toro’s style, yet will be a lot more palatable for children compared …
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Boiling Point on Blu-ray Limited Edition – The DVDfever Review – Stephen Graham
Boiling Point takes in a Christmas-time service at a busy restaurant which deals with posh nosh, and on Mad Friday, which is the Friday before the big day. One point of interest for me, is …
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Wednesday – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Jenna Ortega
Wednesday centres around the daughter from the Addams Family, played here, by Jenna Ortega, and as she walks into school in a pre-credits scene, she deals with bullies who tie-up Pugsley in a manner that …
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1899 – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Emily Beecham, Aneurin Barnard
1899 is the prequel to Gerard Depardieu’s epic war drama, 1900…. I lie. We first see Maura Franklin (Emily Beecham – Daphne, The Pursuit Of Love) being locked up in mental asylum, wondering what’s happened …
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Blockbuster – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Randall Park
Blockbuster is a new Netflix sitcom set in the last of the titular video rental stores left in the US. In the ’80s, I frequently walked to my nearest (albeit non-Blockbuster) store, and rented more …
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The Bastard Son and the Devil Himself – The DVDfever Review – Netflix
The Bastard Son and the Devil Himself is the latest Netflix YA (Young Adult) series on the platform. I’ll avoid spoilers, but will just set out the main premise, since we see the police going …
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Guillermo Del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities – The DVDfever Review – Netflix
Guillermo Del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities is a series he created, with 8 one-off dramas, the idea of which reminds me of Roald Dahl’s Tales of the Unexpected, and is released two episodes per day …
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The School of Good and Evil – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Michelle Yeoh
The School for Good and Evil sees two brothers – Rafal and Rhian (both played by Kit Young) – having shared power peacefully for eons, but things seldom stay as they are… For best friends …
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Sue Perkins: Perfectly Legal – The DVDfever Review – Netflix Travel Documentary
Sue Perkins: Perfectly Legal is the latest adventure for our greatest National Treasure, following Channel 4’s Big American Road Trip (not big enough at just two episodes!) and her trip to Japan in 2019 (again, …
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The Midnight Club – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Iman Benson
The Midnight Club is a new Netflix drama which is nothing to do with the racing car gaming franchise… but then you probably knew that. Beginning in Sacramento, 1994, the first episode is – for …
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