Les Misérables begins in June 1815, the day after the battle of Waterloo, and there are heaps of dead bodies around. The intro text tells us that after twenty years of war, France is defeated; …
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Battle Princess Madelyn on PC / Steam – The DVDfever Review
Battle Princess Madelyn had me hooked from the initial premise and the trailer that this looks to be a classic Ghosts ‘N’ Goblins-style game with both an arcade mode and a story mode, but there …
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Fifty Shades Freed Extended Edition – The DVDfever Review
Fifty Shades Freed has one saving grace – it’s the shortest of the trilogy, clocking in at 110 minutes in its (ahem) extended version. Yes, they haven’t even given it a fancy name this time, …
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The ABC Murders: The Complete Series (2018) – The DVDfever Review – Agatha Christie BBC drama
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 …
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Arca’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), …
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King 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 …
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Torvill 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 …
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Watership 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 …
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Mary 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 …
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