Kid/Nap is the fourth episode of Inside No.9 Series 7. It opens with Lara (Daisy Haggard) and Shane (Daniel Mays) living separate lives, with hers appearing considerably better off than his, but the opening scene …
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Spreadsheet – The DVDfever Review – Channel 4 – Katherine Parkinson
Spreadsheet centres around Lauren (Katherine Parkinson – Hang Ups) who begins the first episode with what her male colleague, Alex (Rowan Witt), later refers to as ‘alfresco dining’. Our lead is constantly on dates… Well, …
Continue readingFloodlights – The DVDfever Review – BBC – Gerard Kearns, Jonas Armstrong
Floodlights centres around Andrew Woodward (Gerard Kearns, as an adult, but played by Max Fletcher in his younger years) who, as a young boy, was assaulted many times by football coach Barry Bennell (Jonas Armstrong), …
Continue readingNight Sky – The DVDfever Review – Amazon Prime Video – Sissy Spacek, JK Simmons
Night Sky has a bit of a bizarre premise which I didn’t actually look into before watching the opener, so it made for interesting viewing. Kicking off with a brief scene where, as teenagers, Irene …
Continue readingConversations with Friends – The DVDfever Review – BBC – Sasha Lane, Sally Rooney
Conversations With Friends is a new series which, like Normal People, is spawned from a novel by Sally Rooney. I wasn’t a fan of the adaptation of her previous work, but can this one swing …
Continue readingNine Lives Kat – Inside No.9 Series 7 Episode 3 – The DVDfever Review
Nine Lives Kat is the third episode of Inside No.9 Series 7. The episode centres around cop Katrina (Sophie Okonedo) who, with no milk for her Coco Pops, resorts to putting vodka on them instead. …
Continue readingThe Lincoln Lawyer – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Manuel Garcia-Rulfo
The Lincoln Lawyer is a new Netflix series based on the writings of Michael Connelly, but I remember that in 2011, this made for a great movie with Matthew McConaughey. The titular solicitor is Mickey …
Continue readingThe Staircase – The DVDfever Review – Sky Atlantic – Colin Firth
The Staircase is a new drama based on the real life death of Kathleen Peterson (Toni Collette – Pieces Of Her), who, in December 2001, was found at death’s door at the bottom of the …
Continue readingThe Pentaverate – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Mike Myers
The Pentaverate is a new Netflix comedy where Mike Myers plays Ken, a reporter who’s an old letch, as well as all five members of a secret organisation, including Rupert Murdoch-like Bruce Baldwin, and Misha, …
Continue readingClark – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Bill Skarsgård
Clark begins in 1947, in Trollhättan, Sweden, where our lead anti-hero is born, even reminiscing about being in the womb and not wanting to be locked up, citing his birth as “my first escape“. As …
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