My Life as a Rolling Stone is a new 4-part BBC series, taking each member of the epic band in turn, and looking at their life within it. Beginning with Mick Jagger in the opener, …
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The Undeclared War – The DVDfever Review – Channel 4 – Simon Pegg
The Undeclared War is all about cyber attacks, as anyone will have gathered who saw the initial teasers (at the bottom of this review) which showed Adrian Lester as the Prime Minister, and Simon Pegg …
Continue readingOne Question – The DVDfever Review – Channel 4 – Claudia Winkleman
One Question is the name of this new quiz show on Channel 4, presented by Claudia Winkleman, because that’s all you need to answer in order to win £100,000. Sounds easy, but as the programme …
Continue readingLoot – The DVDfever Review – Maya Rudolph – Apple TV+
Loot is a ‘fish out of water’ comedy drama on Apple TV+, starring Maya Rudolph as Molly Novak. She’s about to turn 45 (although Ms Rudolph is almost 50 in real life), and her uber-rich …
Continue readingMan Vs Bee – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Rowan Atkinson
sees Trevor Bingley (Rowan Atkinson) up before the beak for a series of criminal charges, but is he to blame, or is it a pesky bee? Well, if it wasn’t the bee, we wouldn’t have …
Continue readingGod’s Favourite Idiot – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Melissa McCarthy, Ben Falcone
God’s Favourite Idiot is a new Netflix comedy series where you shouldn’t expect subtlety or a family viewing experience. Slovenly tech guy Clark Thompson (Ben Falcone) gets struck down by some sort of lightning, but …
Continue readingSuspect – The DVDfever Review – Channel 4 – James Nesbitt
Suspect centres around cop Danny Frater (James Nesbitt – Bloodlands), who attends the mortuary in a hospital, expecting a standard case of identifying a victim, only to discover the young woman on the table is …
Continue readingThe Lazarus Project – The DVDfever Review – Sky Max – Paapa Essiedu
The Lazarus Project is a new 8-part series on Sky, and as it opens, it’s 7am on July 1st 2022, and George (Paapa Essiedu – Anne Boleyn 2021) has a business pitch at the bank …
Continue readingSherwood – The DVDfever Review – BBC drama – David Morrissey
Sherwood… no, it’s not another Robin Hood reboot, but actually a drama based on a true story about two killings in the Nottinghamshire mining community where the author grew up, but certain elements have been …
Continue readingEverything I Know About Love – The DVDfever Review – BBC drama – Bel Powley
Everything I Know About Love begins in 2012 with 24-year-old Maggie (Emma Appleton – The Witcher) on the train to “start her adult life” from Manchester to London. She meets a know-it-all and rather hippy-ish …
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