Sicario begins with a raid in Arizona – no knocking at the door, or even using a battering ram on it. They bash down the entire wall of the house! A grim discovery (which I …
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The Martian 3D – The DVDfever Cinema Review
The Martian is Matt Damon‘s character, Mark Watney, part of the six-strong Ares III mission, visiting the red planet to collect soil samples etc. Unfortunately, some planet seem to have worse weather than Greater Manchester …
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River Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review
River is a drama I was looking forward to from when I first saw the trailer, but as with the recent From Darkness, this is another case of the BBC going through a phase of …
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Before The Flood – Doctor Who Series 9 Episode 4 – The DVDfever Review
Before The Flood begins with The Doctor talks about going back in time to meet Beethoven in a situation he refers to as “The Bootstrap Paradox”, going back to a time when no-one had ever …
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You Me and the Apocalypse Episode 2 – The DVDfever Review
You Me and the Apocalypse Episode 2 begins with the world about to end, as the first one did, yet this time we also see a man sat on the floor with blood pouring out …
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Unforgotten Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review
Unforgotten was more ‘uneven’, blending a story about bones being found under a house – not an uncommon occurence these days as housing estates are redeveloped, and in this case it was thanks to some …
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The Walk IMAX 3D – The DVDfever Cinema Review
The Walk tells the real-life tale of Philippe Petit, a high-wire walker who sets himself increasingly challenging goals, culminating in 1974 with walking across a wire that’s stretched between the top of the North and …
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The Physician on DVD – The DVDfever Review
The Physician is set in the 11th Century, at a time when modern day hospitals are way off and the great unwashed have to rely on travelling barbes with poor knowledge. Meanwhile, an NHS, of …
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From Darkness Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review
From Darkness should’ve begun with former cop Claire Church (Anne-Marie Duff) re-enacting Al Pacino from The Godfather Part III bemoaning, “Just when I think I’m *out*, they pull me back *in*!” She quit the police …
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The Kennedys Episode 1: Secret Whisper – The DVDfever Review
The Kennedys is the sitcom from comedienne and author Emma Kennedy, based on her book recounting her childhood experiences in the late 1970s, – The Tent, The Bucket and Me. Emma is also known to …
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