The Church on Ruby Road is the 2023 Christmas episode of Doctor Who. Hanging around for a while as The Doctor is Ncuti Gatwa, who I’ve only seen in the mediocre Barbie, and as a …
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The Castaways – The DVDfever Review – Paramount+ – Sheridan Smith
The Castaways brings us Sheridan Smith (The Railway Children Return) and Celine Buckens (Showtrial) as sisters Lori, and Erin Holme, both intending on having a nice holiday away on a fancy beach in Fiji, although …
Continue readingThe Winter King – The DVDfever Review – ITVX drama – Iain De Caestecker
The Winter King opens with the climax to a battle, after Arthur (Iain De Caestecker – The Control Room) has to break the news to Dad, Uther (Eddie Marsan – The Thief His Wife and …
Continue readingVanishing Act – The DVDfever Review – ITV drama – Kate Atkinson
Vanishing Act continues to confirm that there are few things more scummy in life than fraudsters. In this case, it’s all about Australian Melissa Caddick (Kate Atkinson), who did a disappearing act after she was …
Continue readingThe Crown Season 6 Part 2 – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Imelda Staunton, Dominic West
The Crown Season 6 Part 2 brings the entire series to a close, understandably beginning with Prince William now at boarding school, and trying to deal with the death of his mother, Diana, in what’s …
Continue readingThe Giggle – Doctor Who 60th Anniversary Part 3 – The DVDfever Review – David Tennant
The Giggle concludes the Doctor Who 60th Anniversary trilogy of episodes, after the godawful The Star Beast, and the baddie-less Wild Blue Yonder, which couldn’t have shouted “filler” any louder than it did. This time …
Continue readingObliterated – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Ava Winters, Kimi Rutledge
Obliterated is like a two-hour action/buddy comedy, but which takes place over 8 episodes, and with many buddies, given the sizeable main cast. Sassy Ava Winters (Shelley Hennig – Teen Wolf: The Movie) and meathead …
Continue readingThe Doll Factory – The DVDfever Review – Paramount+ – Esme Creed-Miles
The Doll Factory centres around a young woman named Iris (Esme Creed-Miles) who, with her twin-sister Rose (Mirren Mack) – who suffered from smallpox at the age of 16, are painting the faces of dolls …
Continue readingThe Star Beast – Doctor Who 60th Anniversary – The DVDfever Review – David Tennant, Catherine Tate
The Star Beast sees Russell T Davies return to writing Doctor Who, as if he didn’t destroy it enough last time, trying to throw in diversity amongst the cast, over writing a coherent script. Last …
Continue readingThe Couple Next Door – The DVDfever Review – Channel 4 – Eleanor Tomlinson, Sam Heughan
The Couple Next Door is a new Channel 4 thriller which looks, from the trailer, like everyone’s up to no good. Evie (Eleanor Tomlinson – The Outlaws) and Peter (Alfred Enoch) move in to what …
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