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 …
Continue readingYou Me and the Apocalypse Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review
You Me and the Apocalypse sees its first episode with fifteen people trapped underground in a bunker, one minute from the end of the world. One of these fifteen is Jamie Winton (Matthew Baynton – …
Continue readingUnder The Lake – Doctor Who Series 9 Episode 3 – The DVDfever Review
Under The Lake was set in such an environment due to the fact that it wasn’t always underwater. The base is a flooded military town. Quite why such a place wouldn’t suddenly be abandoned, I …
Continue readingCider With Rosie (2015) – The DVDfever Review
Cider With Rosie is based on the late Laurie Lee‘s novel, partly autobiographical, telling the story of his growing up coming-of-age story set in the Cotswolds, in Gloucestershire, staring off during World War I and …
Continue readingThe Witch’s Familiar – Doctor Who Series 9 Episode 2 – The DVDfever Review
The Witch’s Familiar is the second episode in Series 9, and I was so hoping for a return to form, of sorts, after the disappointment of the much-hyped series opener, The Magician’s Apprentice. Did it …
Continue readingMidwinter of the Spirit Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review
Midwinter of the Spirit did something that I don’t think I’ve ever seen in any other TV drama ever made – they finally gave a leading role to the brilliant Anna Maxwell Martin! The supernatural …
Continue readingThe Go-Between (2015) – The DVDfever Review
The Go-Between is set in Norfolk, 1900, but begins in 1950 with the elderly Leo Colston (Jim Broadbent) lamenting in bucketfully. He wails (in his narration), “The past is a foreign country. They do things …
Continue readingThe Magician’s Apprentice – Doctor Who Series 9 Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review
The Magician’s Apprentice is the first episode in Series 9 (if you’re only counting new series since 2005) and apparently the preview reviews had said it was amazing. Well, all the mainstream reviewers of the …
Continue readingThe Gamechangers – The DVDfever Review
The Gamechangers tells the story of Rockstar Games, creators of the Grand Theft Auto franchise, and how one of their releases nearly brought down the company, thanks, in part, to a sticky-beak lawyer who needed …
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