Mincemeat is the first episode of On The Edge Series 3, and begins with Jane (Aimee Lou Wood) in the supermarket with her mother, Carol (Rosie Cavaliero), who’s buying sausages and other meat products like …
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Dalgliesh: Shroud For A Nightingale – The DVDfever Review – Bertie Cavell – Channel 5 drama
Dalgliesh: Shroud For A Nightingale puts Bertie Cavell in the lead role, and me at the spellchecker each time I’m typing “Dalgliesh“. (Edit: Just realised, I originally put Dalgliesh, then changed it to Dalgleish, and …
Continue readingClose To Me – The DVDfever Review – Channel 4 – Christopher Eccleston
Close To Me begins with Jo Harding (Connie Nielsen) having collapsed, and landed on the floor of the hallway in her house, subsequently hallucinating as she’s wheeled in the hospital. After being discharged, a week …
Continue readingThe Halloween Apocalypse – Doctor Who: Flux Series 13 Chapter 1 – The DVDfever Review
The Halloween Apocalypse is Chapter 1 in season 13 of Doctor Who, aka Doctor Who: Flux. Jodie Whittaker is back for the last time as her overhyped Doctor, with this six-episode series, followed by three …
Continue readingShowtrial – The DVDfever Review – Celine Buckens – BBC drama
Showtrial is another of those dramas billed as coming from the makers of Line of Duty – or, at least, the production company in this case. Vigil was the same. Thanks sank like a stone …
Continue readingColin in Black and White – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Colin Kaepernick
Colin in Black and White looks at the life of American Football star Colin Kaepernick, who narrates the story of his life from growing up onwards, starting with wanting his hair in cornrows as a …
Continue readingThe Outlaws – The DVDfever Review – Christopher Walken – BBC drama
The Outlaws is another drama pointlessly filmed in 2.39:1, rather than the 16:9 ratio for the screen on which we’re watching. First up, we meet Rani (Rhianne Barreto), a young woman who steals a jacket …
Continue readingThe Long Call – The DVDfever Review – ITV drama – Ben Aldridge
The Long Call is a new four-part cop drama, over four nights, where the writer tries to differentiate slightly from the average cop drama by making the male lead gay, unless that has happened before …
Continue readingInvasion – The DVDfever Review – Apple TV+ – Shiori Kutsuna
Invasion begins with a strange shape appearing in the desert, with the opener being titled “Last Day”. Y’see, the aliens are coming to town, hence the title. Cue an explosion before long, because aliens don’t …
Continue readingThe Trick – The DVDfever Review – Jason Watkins – BBC Drama
The Trick centres around Phil Jones (Jason Watkins – Line of Duty), who was the keynote speaker at COP15, aka the Climate Change Conference 2009, in London. It deals with the subject of “Climategate”, in …
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