One Life proves, yet again, that one of our greatest national treasures of all time is Anthony Hopkins, still pulling out winning performances at the age of 86, following his absolute powerhouse of a performance …
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Significant Other (2023) – The DVDfever Review – ITV – Katherine Parkinson
Significant Other (2023) begins very ‘A Man Called Ove‘ (also A Man Called Otto), because lead male character Sam (Youssef Kerkour – Home) is trying to kill himself, but gets interrupted in the process… albeit, …
Continue readingWheel Of Fortune (2024) – The DVDfever Preview – ITV gameshow – Graham Norton
Wheel Of Fortune (2024) brings the classic gameshow back to our screens which hasn’t been on since 2001 when, for a few weeks, it was presented by Paul Hendy, Who I’d long since forgotten about, …
Continue readingFool Me Once – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Michelle Keegan, Richard Armitage
Fool Me Once brings us the premise we’ve always wanted: Michelle Keegan (Ten Pound Poms) is single! Woohoo! But for her, hubby Joe (Richard Armitage – Obsession) is dead… boo-hoo! Alas, for her character, Maya, …
Continue readingTruelove – The DVDfever Review – Channel 4 – Lindsay Duncan, Clarke Peters
Truelove deals with the very dark subject of death, and when knowing you have a terminal illness and – understandably – want to choose your own time to shuffle off your mortal coil, it should …
Continue readingJeopardy! – The DVDfever Review – ITV gameshow – Stephen Fry
Jeopardy! sees Stephen Fry topping up his pension with a typical ITV afternoon gameshow, and I missed the first edition because I was busy counting my toenail-clipping collection. However, I figured I hadn’t missed an …
Continue readingMr Bates vs The Post Office – The DVDfever Review – ITV drama – Toby Jones
Mr Bates vs The Post Office tells of the situation regarding the Horizon Post Office scandal, based around the Horizon computer system which was introduced into post offices in 1999, and led to many subpostmasters …
Continue readingMen Up – The DVDfever Review – BBC drama – Iwan Rheon, Joanna Page
Men Up is a new BBC TV movie based on a true story, about a group of men in Wales who have trouble keeping the British end up. We open with Meurig Jenkins (Iwan Rheon …
Continue readingAquaman And The Lost Kingdom in IMAX 3D – The DVDfever Cinema Review – Jason Momoa
Aquaman And The Lost Kingdom comes a whole five years after the first movie, released also around Christmas, in 2018. I haven’t seen that film, but in filling a gap for something to do during …
Continue readingNolly – The DVDfever Review – ITV drama – Helena Bonham Carter
Nolly is ITV’s 3-part drama based around TV icon Noele Gordon (played here by Helena Bonham-Carter – The Crown), who ruled the motel in ITV soap opera Crossroads, until the producers had a change of …
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