I Am Not Madame Bovary is so-called as the lead character, Li Xuelian (Bingbing Fan), is considered a woman of ill repute (as she had an affair), and all following her failed marriage to Qin …
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Marvel Vs Capcom Infinite on PS4 – The DVDfever Review
Marvel Vs Capcom Infinite comes after the utter disappointment that was Street Fighter V, so I was hoping we would not get the same with the new game, but it seems that Capcom have become …
Continue readingFIFA 18 on Xbox One – The DVDfever Review
FIFA 18 is out: every year we are given the next instalment of sports games, and every year you will see a few idiots buy a copy at their local supermarket and drive it home …
Continue readingProject Cars 2 on PS4 – The DVDfever Review
Project Cars 2 is out now and reminds me that car games used to be my life. Gran Turismo, and even before that, Ridge Racer was how I wasted away a fair chunk of my …
Continue readingThe Last Post Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review – BBC drama
The Last Post takes place in 1965 in Aden, Yemen, one of the oldest colonies in the British Empire. It’s a place where East meets West and with an oil refinery, it’s advertisted as a …
Continue readingThe Commuter – Philip K Dick’s Electric Dreams Episode 3 – The DVDfever Review
The Commuter is the third episode in Philip K Dick’s Electric Dreams and is set in an era that feels like a mixture of ’60s, ’70s and ’80s, with decor jumping between all three. Having …
Continue readingBrimstone – The DVDfever Cinema Review
Brimstone is a bit of an odd film, but one I enjoyed a lot more than I expected to after seeing the rather middling trailer. It’s essentially a story of revenge and retribution, told over …
Continue readingGrand Designs of the 3rd Kind – The DVDfever Review – Radio 4 Play
Grand Designs of the 3rd Kind is a Radio 4 play from Toby Hadoke (The Dad Who Fell To Earth) which I meant to review at the time of airing and centres around a couple …
Continue readingThe Pact (2017) – The DVDfever Review – BBC2 Comedy pilot
The Pact (2017) centres around a male and female friend – Amy (Sarah Solemani – Him & Her, Bridget Jones’ Baby) and Andy (Brett Goldstein) who agree, as teenagers, to marry each other if they’ve …
Continue readingStar Trek: Discovery Episodes 1 and 2 – The DVDfever Review – Netflix
Star Trek: Discovery (or STD, for short… oh, hang on… I’ll just call it Discovery, then) begins with a far from original premise, but there are still surprises to come which, following this double bill, …
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