Karen Pirie is a new cop drama on ITV, which really breaks the mould because… it’s been about five minutes since the last one, Ridley(!) The opening episode looks at the unsolved murder of a …
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Inside Man – The DVDfever Review – BBC – Stanley Tucci, David Tennant
Inside Man begins with a rather gross man harasing journalist Beth Davenport (Lydia West – Years and Years) on a train, but soon gets his collar felt, with the help of fellow passenger Janice Fife …
Continue readingSavage River – The DVDfever Review – Katherine Langford – Paramount+
Savage River is a new Australian drama centred around Miki Anderson (Katherine Langford – Cursed), who goes back to her hometown after a decade in prison. Can she rebuild her life? Well, if it was …
Continue readingCrossfire – The DVDfever Review – BBC – Keeley Hawes holiday drama
Crossfire opens with the sound of gunshots sounding outside on the plaza while Jo (Keeley Hawes) is in her bedroom, sounding like the start of American Assassin – but showing nothing due to the limited …
Continue readingAndor – The DVDfever Review – Disney+ – Diego Luna – Star Wars Rogue One spin-off
Andor sounds like you’re being offered two different options: and / or… but then when it comes to the recent five Star Wars films, I’ll just take Rogue One and… then forget the rest. So, …
Continue readingAm I Being Unreasonable? – The DVDfever Review – Daisy May Cooper
Am I Being Unreasonable? is a comedy/drama which sees the title clearly stemming from one of Mumsnet’s forums. We open with Nic’s (Daisy May Cooper – The Witchfinder) boyfriend writing Merry Xmas in the snow …
Continue readingNarco-Saints – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – South Korean drama
Narco-Saints is a new Korean Netflix drama, which starts with a not-quite-brief introduction where Ingu Kang (Ha Jung-woo) tells us about a country in South America called Suriname, with a population of 500,000 people, half …
Continue readingThe Serpent Queen – The DVDfever Review – Starzplay – Samantha Morton
The Serpent Queen is set in France, beginning in 1560, where Queen Catherine De Medici (the brilliant Samantha Morton – I Am Kirsty, Save The Cinema) reigns with terror… rather like the Tories in the …
Continue readingAmerican Gigolo – The DVDfever Review – Jon Bernthal – Paramount+
American Gigolo is based on the 1980 Richard Gere movie, but this time round, it’s the modern day, and Julian Kaye (not Kay) is portrayed by Jon Bernthal, who was great in his Baby Driver …
Continue readingThe Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power – The DVDfever Review – Morfydd Clark
The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power sees two episodes on Amazon Prime now, and while I saw all of the Hobbit films in the cinema, in IMAX 3D at Vue Printworks (then Odeon), …
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