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The Luminaries is set in the time of the 1860s gold rush, on the ‘wild West’ coast of New Zealand’s South Island. Eve Hewson plays Anna Wetherell, a typical ‘naive character in a drama’ who’s …
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Offspring and The Woman Special Edition – The DVDfever Review – Pollyanna McIntosh
Offspring is a film about cannibals in Michigan, even if I did think I detected Antipodean accents amongst the cast. Starting low key, it’s one thing for a man to step outside and spot a …
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Coronavirus Quarantine Simulator – Let’s Play and First Impressions
Coronavirus Quarantine Simulator is a new game which is described in the billing as “an experience to help you train your pandemic survival skills each day, whilst having a good time with ridiculous situations”. However, …
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Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence Special Edition on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review – David Bowie
Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence is another of those major dramas which was released when I was far too young to *get* them, and just haven’t got round to seeing ever since, and so come to …
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Staged – The DVDfever Review – David Tennant, Michael Sheen
Staged is a new series produced during the lockdown period, and which came about because both David Tennant and Michael Sheen – who both starred in 2019’s Good Omens – were meant to be appearing …
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A Beautiful Day In The Neighbourhood on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
A Beautiful Day In The Neighbourhood (or Neighborhood, in the US) centres around Fred Rogers – best known on TV as “Mr Rogers” (Tom Hanks), a man who dominated US TV from 1968 – and …
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I May Destroy You – The DVDfever Review – Michaela Coel
I May Destroy You centres around writer Arabella (Michaela Coel – Black Earth Rising), living in a grotty flat with lots of notes on the wall before leaving her boyfriend to go and live in …
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The Iron Mask – The DVDfever Review – Arnold Schwarzenegger
The Iron Mask is the UK title for a 2019 film which has had no end of different monikers. It’s actually the sequel to a 2014 film called Viy (more on that in a bit), …
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The First Team – The DVDfever Review – Will Arnett
The First Team centres around American young man Mattie Sullivan (Jake Short), who’s signed to a British club by Mark Crane (Will Arnett, The LEGO Batman Movie) on the understanding he’s a major US player …
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Go Back To China – The DVDfever Review – Emily Ting, Anna Akana
Go Back To China centres around Sasha Li (singer/actress/Youtube/all-rounder Anna Akana, above-centre), who’s looking for a job in fashion design, yet is struggling because she can’t get any experience, and no experience means she can’t …
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