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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Devil in Ohio – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Emily Deschanel
Devil in Ohio is a best-selling thriller novel which has now been made into an eight-part series. Since I’ve remainded a book ignoramus since leaving school, I haven’t heard of it, and in any case, …
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Lost Ollie – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Gina Rodriguez, Jonathan Groff
Lost Ollie centres around a young lad called Billy (Kesler Talbot), who loses his favourite toy, Ollie (voiced by Jonathan Groff), which leads to the toy looking for him! Awww! Ollie can talk, but no …
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Echoes – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Michelle Monaghan
Echoes centres around Gina and her twin sister, Leni (both played by Michelle Monaghan – Mission Impossible: Fallout), although we see up front that the former discovers the latter has gone missing, leading to an …
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The Sandman – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Tom Sturridge
The Sandman begins in 1916, at Wych Cross, England, and in the waking world, aka the ‘real world’. Meanwhile, the titular Sandman is in the dream world, with Dream (Tom Sturridge – Remainder, Journey’s End) …
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