Zombieland: Double Tap begins brilliantly, as the Columbia lady is approached by two zombies and smacks them both to death with her torch, then twirls it about and holds it aloft once again 🙂 Early …
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Kate and Koji – The DVDfever Review – Brenda Blethyn
Kate and Koji brings us back to the days of the sitcom being recorded in front of an audience which sadly, for ITV, is still the present day. Yes, it’s Ethnic Mismatch Comedy #644, and …
Continue readingPenance – The DVDfever Review – Channel 5 drama – Julie Graham
Penanceis a new three-part drama over three nights which takes place at Christmas, making me wonder if the scheduling for this has rather been delayed. Anyhoo, what better time of year to have a tragedy, …
Continue readingJoker on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review – Joaquin Phoenix
Joker (Joaquin Phoenix), aka Arthur Fleck, tells himself to ‘put on a happy face’, but as he admits at one point, he’s never been happy for his entire life. But that’s the tears of a …
Continue readingAdulting – On The Edge Series 2 Episode 3 – The DVDfever Review – Channel 4 drama
Adulting is the third episode in the second series of Channel 4’s On The Edge series. It centres around Candice (India Eva Rae, above-left with Shobna Gulati), a young woman who has difficulty in processing …
Continue readingFor You – On The Edge Series 2 Episode 2 – The DVDfever Review – Channel 4 drama
For You is the second episode in the second series of Channel 4’s On The Edge series. Dom RobinsonReviewer of movies, videogames and music since 1994. Aortic valve operation survivor from the same year. Running …
Continue readingBBW – On The Edge Series 2 Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review – Channel 4 drama
BBW is the first episode in the second series of Channel 4’s On The Edge series, and centres around a young woman called Remi (Juliet Okotie, above-centre) who goes about her day overeating, whilst looking …
Continue readingHitmen – The DVDfever Review – Mel Giedroyc, Sue Perkins
Hitmen is the first scripted sitcom for evergreen pairing Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins, aka Mel and Sue, although not for Sue. I remember them first on Channel 4’s daytime show Light Lunch – and …
Continue readingDoctor Sleep Director’s Cut on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review – The Shining sequel
Doctor Sleep is one reason why I don’t watch so many films at the cinema, these days. As well as the fact that most of the more interesting fare just doesn’t get the space on …
Continue readingSorry We Missed You on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review – Ken Loach
Sorry We Missed You is the latest movie from Ken Loach to shine a much-needed spotlight on the problems that blight today’s society, as did 2016’s I, Daniel Blake. Similarly, he appeared on Question Time …
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