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A War doesn’t take long to get across the horrors of conflict when we see a soldier become a victim of an IED, or improvised explosive device – namely, a landmine. Following this, their commanding …
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Hillsborough – 2016 BBC documentary – The DVDfever Review
Hillsborough is a new two-hour documentary that’s been put together about the tragedy that took place at the Sheffield Wednesday football ground on April 15th, 1989, for the FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham …
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Room on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Room An 11ft-square room, to be precise. This is a film which really didn’t grab me by its premise of a mother and her son in the one location, even though I have loved some …
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The Windsors – The DVDfever Review – Channel 4 comedy
The Windsors is a spoof comedy on the Royal Family that’s long overdue and, at times, has flashes of brilliance harking back to Spitting Image in its hey-day, with plenty of appropriate gurning from Harry …
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Captain America: Civil War – an overlong mess – The DVDfever Cinema Review
Captain America: Civil War – Seriously? What an overlong mess this was. I don’t think I’ve looked at my watch so many times during a film. Note: In this review, there may be what some …
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The Secret Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review
The Secret has a less-than-secret reality in that a much better title should have been chosen. In telling a real-life story, James Nesbitt is dentist Colin Howell, working in Coleraine, County Londonderry in Northern Ireland, …
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Follow The Money Season 1 on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Follow The Money begins with the cops finding a body in the water that once used to be a man called Mikhayil Husenko, but given that it’s difficult to track down day labourers when they …
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Louis Theroux: Drinking to Oblivion – The DVDfever Review
Louis Theroux‘s latest documentary, Drinking to Oblivion, sets out its stall quite simply for what is a very complex subject, often with no clear answers. He talks to a handful of patients who have checked …
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Flowers Episodes 1 and 2 – The DVDfever Review
Flowers is the surname for the family who get their money’s worth out of the word “dysfunctional”. Deborah (Olivia Colman) and Maurice (Julian Barratt) are a couple at the end of their tether, where things …
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Grandma on DVD – The DVDfever Review
Grandma, we love you. Grandma, we do. Yes, I couldn’t help but start with with a reference to that track. After all, how many other films am I going to review with this same title, …
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