The ABC Murders is the latest Agatha Christie tale to be told on BBC1, and after Ordeal By Innocence was delayed from last Christmas, and bumped to April this year, when it was told in …
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Click And Collect – The DVDfever Review – Stephen Merchant
Click And Collect is to TV in 2018 what Jingle All The Way was to films in 1996, except only one will be watched regularly at Christmas time… Instead of Arnie tracking down the last …
Continue readingArca’s Path VR on PS4 / PSVR – The DVDfever Review
Arca’s Path VR is a new virtual reality game on both PSVR and Steam which takes a very simple idea, but is also one that is very sound. Strap yourself in (with a VR helmet), …
Continue readingKing Gary – The DVDfever Review – Tom Davis
King Gary is one of those sitcoms where a TV channel has a star for which they want to find the perfect vehicle, and so they come up with any old tired cliche to see …
Continue readingTorvill And Dean – The DVDfever Review – 2018 ITV drama
Torvill and Dean – outside of Robin Cousins, they’re the only ice skaters of whom most of us know the name. I don’t know of anyone crying out for a film about this pair, certainly …
Continue readingWatership Down 2018: The Complete Series – The DVDfever Review – James McAvoy
Watership Down 2018 is a new four-part adaptation of the classic novel with a stellar cast, starting with “The Journey”. Is that – The Unexpected Journey? But how can it be four episodes when only …
Continue readingMary Poppins Returns – The DVDfever Cinema Review – Is it Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious?
Mary Poppins Returns is set 20 years after the 1964 original, and this time, the Banks are having more problems – especially with their bank, since while Michael Banks (Ben Whishaw) lives in the family …
Continue readingNot Going Out Ding Dong Merrily on Live – The 2018 Live Episode – The DVDfever Review – Lee Mack
Not Going Out Ding Dong Merrily on Live is the one-off live episode for a series for which I’ve only ever seen occasionally, and in its usual form, I’ve found it about as funny as …
Continue readingThe Long Song: The Complete Series – The DVDfever Review
The Long Song is set during the slaves’ Christmas rebellion of 1831, and while I’m not usually one for period dramas, if they can somehow make it engaging, then they still do have a chance. …
Continue readingThe House That Jack Built – Sick! Depraved! Brilliant! – The DVDfever Cinema Review
The House That Jack Built is a film for which I knew absolutely nothing when I first saw the trailer. Seemed like a fairly straight-forward drama at first, with Matt Dillon reluctantly pulling over for …
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