Barbarians begins in the Teutoburg Forest, in the year 9AD in what could be a warring battle between three Roman legions and the Germanic tribes whom they refer to as Barbarians, even though it’s set …
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Category: TV Series
Over The Moon – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Sandra Oh
Over The Moon teaches us early on that scientists can tell us a lot about space except the space dog, who takes a bite out of the moon, and when it’s a full moon, that …
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The Queen’s Gambit – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Anya Taylor-Joy
The Queen’s Gambit centres around child chess prodigy Beth and, yes, the main star of this is Anya Taylor-Joy (Split), but in the first episode, she appears only at the start in a brief scene …
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The Sister – The DVDfever Review – Russell Tovey – ITV drama
The Sister opens in the present day when we see Nathan (Russell Tovey – Years And Years) weighing up the option of swigging back a load of pills with some booze, before we head back …
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Roadkill – The DVDfever Review – Hugh Laurie – BBC drama
Roadkill is a showcase for Hugh Laurie as long-in-the-tooth Tory (albeit, not stated as such) MP Peter Laurence, who states he comes from the same background as the people he represents, is also one of …
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Someone Has To Die – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Spanish drama
Someone Has to Die has had a lot of expectation put upon it, but when it comes to the first episode, there’s nothing else to impart than what’s in the back description, whereas Gabino comes …
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Out Of Her Mind – The DVDfever Review – Sara Pascoe
Out Of Her Mind is another of those sitcoms ‘loosely based’ on the writer/creator’s own life, this time being comedian Sara Pascoe – unsurprisingly, as ‘Sara’ – talking directly to the camera, the main basis …
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Taskmaster – The DVDfever Review – Greg Davies, Alex Horne
Taskmaster is a celebrity gameshow which I’ve never seen before, but which I figured I’d give a go now it’s on Channel 4 with Series 10. Well, they’re sort-of celebrities. I’ve heard of Johnny Vegas, …
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Agatha and the Midnight Murders – The DVDfever Review & Trailer – Helen Baxendale
Agatha and the Midnight Murders takes place in London, 1940, where the city has been decimated by the Second World War. Portrayed by Helen Baxendale, Agatha Christie is planning to kill off Poirot in her …
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The Haunting of Bly Manor – The DVDfever Review – Henry Thomas -Netflix
The Haunting of Bly Manor begins at a wedding dinner at Northern California in 2007, where everyone’s telling stories afterwards, with one woman saying she has a ghost story to tell, and it’s not a …
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