Ten Pound Poms got me early on, when the trailer made me giggle with everyone arriving in Australia in 1956, and Faye Marsay’s character observing, “You don’t see that in Stockport”, although it goes one …
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Love Is A Stranger – Inside No.9 Series 8 Episode 4 – The DVDfever Review
Love Is A Stranger is the fourth episode of Inside No.9 Series 8. Vicky (Claire Rushbrook) lives at No.9, and trying online speed dating – which I didn’t know was a thing – first talking …
Continue readingCity On Fire – The DVDfever Review – Apple TV+ – Chase Sui Wonders
City On Fire begins on July 4th 2003, when a young woman, Samantha (Chase Sui Wonders), has been shot in Central Park. But that’s not the end of the story, because we go back in …
Continue readingBlack Ops – The DVDfever Review – BBC – Gbemisola Ikumelo, Hammed Animashaun
Black Ops centres around two PCSOs, aka Police Community Support Officers, who can’t arrest a scrote who’s just attacked a security guard, thus pointing themselves out to be a complete waste of space. Since it …
Continue readingSilo – The DVDfever Review – Apple TV+ – Rebecca Ferguson
Silo is an Apple TV+ adaption of a novel set in a post-apocalyptic world where the last 10,000 remaining people live. No-one knows why they’re down there, or who created the Silo, because their records …
Continue readingParaskevidekatriaphobia – Inside No.9 Series 8 Episode 3 – The DVDfever Review
Paraskevidekatriaphobia is the third episode of Inside No.9 Series 8. The word means to have a fear of Friday 13th. For me, that date is the only time things DO go right for me! Dom …
Continue readingFatal Attraction (2023) – The DVDfever Review – Paramount+ – Lizzy Caplan
Fatal Attraction (2023), like Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies and American Gigolo, is a new version of one of Paramount’s famous intellectual properties. Obviously no spoilers about the series itself, but I will mention …
Continue readingMother’s Ruin – Inside No.9 Series 8 Episode 2 – The DVDfever Review
Mother’s Ruin is the second episode of Inside No.9 Series 8, since The Bones of St Nicholas was the first episode, as well as the Christmas edition. Events initially look like two burglars are breaking …
Continue readingDead Ringers – The DVDfever Review – Amazon Prime Video – Rachel Weisz
Dead Ringers centers around twins Beverly and Elliot Mantle, both played by Rachel Weisz, which instantly has me trying to spot the split-screen in any sort of programme or film, or moments where they could …
Continue readingThe Diplomat – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Keri Russell, Rufus Sewell
The Diplomat begins with an explosion on the British aircraft carrier, HMS Courageous, and is expected to be the doing of Iran, with them sending a message to the US President. As such, The White …
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