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 …
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Hitmen – 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 …
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Doctor 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 …
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Sorry 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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Deathtrap Dungeon: The Interactive Video Game on PC – The DVDfever Review – Eddie Marsan
Deathtrap Dungeon: The Interactive Video Game is a different beast to the 1998 third-person action adventure which was saw model Kelly Brook involved in the promotion. This one is more in-keeping with the original books …
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The Stakeout – Inside No.9 Series 5 Episode 6 – The DVDfever Review
The Stakeout is the sixth and final episode of Inside No.9 Series 5. Inside car no.09 resides cops PC Thompson (Steve Pemberton) and PC Varney (Reece Shearsmith), but for one of them, their previous new …
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Noughts And Crosses – The DVDfever Review – Masali Baduza
Noughts And Crosses sees white people (Noughts) under the oppression of black people (Crosses), given how the world has gone in an opposite to real life slavery over the years. From the very premise, it …
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Escape from Pretoria – The DVDfever Cinema Review – Daniel Radcliffe
Escape from Pretoria is the South African Prison Break! Set in 1979, the film begins with freedom fighters/terrorists (take your pick) Tim Jenkin (Daniel Radcliffe – Horns, Imperium) and Stephen Lee (Daniel Webber, above-right with …
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The Peanut Butter Falcon on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
The Peanut Butter Falcon centres around Zak (Zachary Gottsagen), a young man with Down’s Syndrome lives in a care home, but longs to be a wrestler. First, he must escape the clutches of his care …
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The Trouble With Maggie Cole – The DVDfever Review – Dawn French
The Trouble with Maggie Cole is a new drama starring Dawn French in the title role, set in the sleepy coastal town of Thurlbury, which starts off looking like Sunday evening nonsense somehow reserved for …
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