The Reluctant Traveller centres around Eugene Levy, who admits he hates going on holiday, but at the age of 75, he’s decided it’s time to finally see the sights, despite being uncomfortable everywhere and in …
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The Strays – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Ashley Madekwe
The Strays is a new film, initially centering around a young woman called Cheryl (Ashley Madekwe), who wants more out of life and is getting harrassed on the phone by a nasty man called Michael. …
Continue readingDesperate Measures – The DVDfever Review – Channel 5 drama – Amanda Abbington
Desperate Measures sees bank clerk Rowan (Amanda Abbingdon) taking… yes, desperate measures, when push comes to shove in her circumstances. There’s been a robbery at her bank, and she’s being questioned. The cops think it …
Continue readingLiaison – The DVDfever Review – Apple TV+ – Eva Green, Vincent Cassel
Liaison is a new Apple TV+ drama which mixes French and English dialogue, beginning in Damascus, Syria with terrorists being tracked, before globetrotting to Blighty and the National Cyber Security Centre, London, who are suddenly …
Continue readingHello Tomorrow! – The DVDfever Review – Apple TV+ – Billy Crudup
Hello Tomorrow! is a new Apple TV+ drama, starring Billy Crudup (The Morning Show) as Jack Billings, a smarmy travelling salesman who sells timeshares based on the moon, even to an overworked old man who …
Continue readingThe Whale – The DVDfever Cinema Review – Brendan Fraser, Sadie Sink
The Whale is centered around English tutor Charlie (Brendan Fraser), living in Idaho, working from home, and who never goes on camera, claiming it’s broken. As we can see from the start – and in …
Continue readingSharper – The DVDfever Review – Sebastian Stan, John Lithgow – Apple TV+
Sharper begins with a romance tenatively blossoming between bookshop owner Tom (Justice Smith – Jurassic World: Dominion) and a young woman called Sandra (Briana Middleton), and all over a particular book in which she’s interested. …
Continue readingDead Space Remake on PC – The DVDfever Review
Dead Space Remake: This game is back in a big way. The remake was announced around the same time as The Callisto Protocol, which is another deep space sci-fi game in a similar mould, by …
Continue readingBetter – The DVDfever Review – BBC drama – Leila Farzad
Better is a new BBC1 drama with a ridiculously non-descript title. Tell someone about it, and they’ll ask the title, you say “Better”, they’ll reply, “Pardon?” and then you have to describe it. God knows …
Continue readingThe Gold – The DVDfever Review – BBC drama – Hugh Bonneville
The Gold is another of those dramas which was “inspired by real events”, so will have to imagine conversations between certain characters because CCTV can’t be everywhere at once… 40 years ago, at least, whereas …
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