Wolfe is a new drama, with a hint of dark humour, based around crime scene investigator and professor (where does he get the time for two demanding jobs?) Wolfe (Babou Ceesay – Free Fire), and …
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The Cleaner – The DVDfever Review – Greg Davies, Helena Bonham Carter
The Cleaner stars Greg Davies, whose character is called Wicky but that’s clearly irrelevant, since Greg Davies only does Greg Davies, with his typical ‘man angry with the world’ schtick as soon as it begins, …
Continue readingVigil – The DVDfever Review – Martin Compston, Suranne Jones
Vigil begins with a trawler boat ending up in a pickle, catching onto something and being dragged underwater. Those on the submarine have a chance to do something about rescuing the men, with DCI Steve …
Continue readingStephen – The DVDfever Review – Steve Coogan – ITV drama
Stephen follows on from 1999’s movie-length The Murder of Stephen Lawrence, which I haven’t seen in full, but I am obviously aware of all the events that happened. This three-part series is set in 2006, …
Continue readingKevin Can F–k Himself – The DVDfever Review – Annie Murphy – Amazon Prime
Kevin Can F–k Himself is a weird one because with a title like this, I can’t use the full word because not only will some people find it offensive, but the likes of Google will …
Continue readingClickbait – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Zoe Kazan
Clickbait initially centers around Pia (Zoe Kazan – The Big Sick), who works in social care and has little in her life other than drinking a lot and searching on a Tinder-style for a man. …
Continue readingWhen Ruby Wax Met… – The DVDfever Review – Ruby Wax retrospective
When Ruby Wax Met… sees the comedian interviewing anyone who’ll listen to her whiny voice, but she can be entertaining at times. More recently, she’s become a “mental health expert”, which is the only thing …
Continue readingNine Perfect Strangers – The DVDfever Review – Nicole Kidman, Michael Shannon
Nine Perfect Strangers centres around… as the title suggests, and takes into account a rag-tag bunch of men and women who are in rather tired relationships, marriages or single lives, and have money to burn. …
Continue readingThe Chair – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Sandra Oh
The Chair centres around Sandra Oh as Ji-Yoon Kim, becoming the first woman of colour as Chairperson at Pembroke University. The role is taken in turns, and she’s just taken over from the most popular …
Continue readingGone For Good – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Finnegan Oldfield, Garance Marillier
Gone For Good initially centres around Guillaume (Finnegan Oldfield), whose brother, Fred, died 10 years ago, and we join the lead ten years later in the present day (well, 2020), on the eve of his …
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