The Witchfinder is one of those set-in-the-past sitcoms where, in this case, it’s 17th Century life with the added aspect of modern-day language and structure, so when we first meet Daisy May Cooper‘s character, Thomasine …
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Pieces Of Her – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Toni Collette
Pieces of Her centres around the fractured relationship between Andy Oliver (Bella Heathcote), a young woman turning 30, who works in a 911 phone line in the small town of Belle Isle, and she moved …
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The Holiday – The DVDfever Review – Channel 5 drama – Jill Halfpenny
The Holiday sees family strife between four households on what’s meant to be a dream luxury holiday. But then, it wouldn’t be a four-part nightly drama if someone didn’t sleep with someone else, or in …
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The Ipcress File – The DVDfever Review – ITV drama – Tom Hollander, Joe Cole
The Ipcress File is a new six-part ITV drama based on the Len Deighton novel, which became a hit 1965 movie starring the one and only Michael Caine as counter espionage agent Harry Palmer, here …
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The Cuphead Show! – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Based on the Cuphead videogame
The Cuphead Show! is a series of 12-minute cartoons based on ’50s-style cartoon characters from the videogame Cuphead… which I’ve never actually played. I know, I should’ve done. It does look good, but anyway… with …
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Cat Burglar – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Black Mirror animation
Cat Burglar is an interactive cartoon from the creators of Black Mirror, who brought us 2018’s superb Bandersnatch. Upon what you see, you have to click on the correct answer, which can change the course …
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Vikings: Valhalla – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Frida Gustavsson
Vikings: Valhalla continues on from Vikings, 100 years after the events of that series concluded… although when I first wanted to check out this new series, I didn’t realise this, and I haven’t seen it. …
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Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2022 – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Elsie Fisher
Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2022 begins with a brief summary of the original film, since this one follows on from that, almost 50 years later, completely ignoring any other sequels or remakes (not that I’ve seen …
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Severance – The DVDfever Review – Patricia Arquette – Apple TV+
Severance is a bizarre new Apple TV+ series, with some episodes directed by Ben Stiller. Initially, we see a woman fast asleep on the table. She’s woken up by a tannoy, and asked a series …
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Love and Leashes – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – South Korean movie
Love and Leashes centres around Jiwoo Jung (pop star, Seohyun) and Jihoo Jung (Joon-Young Lee), who start working for the same PR company, and in the same office within, initially with everyone commenting on how …
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