Taboo begins with what some suspect is a dead man returning from Africa. Dead man? Is it Martin Guerre? No, it’s James Keziah Delaney (Tom Hardy) who has a lot secrets, a lot of anger, …
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Let It Shine Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review – BBC talent show
Let It Shine begins with a brand new song from Gary Barlow, pretending to have taken off his kit while singing about power showers. It’s like a bad musical that gets cancelled in the first …
Continue readingSpies Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review – Channel 4 Documentary
Spies is a new documentary which looks at what it takes to do one of the most important and secretive jobs around where, if you miss some elements of intelligence, then lives could be lost. …
Continue readingJonathan Creek: Daemons’ Roost (2016 Christmas Special) – The DVDfever Review
Daemons’ Roost is the latest of a number of occasional Jonathan Creek specials, in lieu of a full series, but whether running for 60, 90 or 120 minutes, it continues the same pattern where I …
Continue readingThe Devil of Christmas – Inside No.9 Christmas 2016 – Series 3 Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review
The Devil of Christmas is the first Christmas special for Inside No.9 and delivers a spoof of a 1977 seasonal programme, shot in 4:3, complete with intentional bad acting, there’s a camera coming into shot …
Continue readingThe Witness For The Prosecution (2016) – The DVDfever Review – BBC Drama
The Witness For The Prosecution is one of many TV and film adaptions based on the original Agatha Christie short story, based in London, August 1923. Emily French (Kim Cattrall) is a wealthy woman with …
Continue readingThe Return of Doctor Mysterio – Doctor Who: Christmas Episode 2016 – The DVDfever Review
The Return of Doctor Mysterio presented me with a dilemma since there were no previews available for this episode, despite there having been so for last year’s Christmas special, so I figured either this one …
Continue readingAlan Bennett’s Diaries – The DVDfever Review
Alan Bennett’s Diaries chronicles the great writer looking back over his life, with cameras following him for a year, putting his latest tome of diaries into print, selecting what goes in, and it’s a work …
Continue readingModus Season 1 on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Modus centres around a mysterious, determined-looking man going round committing seemingly random murders, often quite brutal. Deep into the series, you’re left wondering why he’s doing them, and (a) will he stop, and (b) will …
Continue readingBraquo Season 4 on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Braquo Season 4 begins with the long-awaited conclusion to Season 3… and that’s all I can say about that. I was waiting so long for the resolution that I’m not going to spoil it here! …
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