An Ordinary Woman is the second of 12 episodes based on the original Alan Bennett scripts, but with new actors. This is also one of two episodes with brand new scripts. It begins with Gwen …
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A Lady Of Letters – Talking Heads Series 1 Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review – Imelda Staunton
A Lady Of Letters is the first of 12 episodes based on the original Alan Bennett scripts, but with new actors. It begins with Irene Ruddock (Imelda Staunton) complaining about a crematorium before talking about …
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The Luminaries – The DVDfever Review – Eva Green
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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