Shut Up and Dance is the third episode in this third series of Black Mirror, and the best of the new run so far. After a mysterious car park scene, the bulk of the story …
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Playtest – Black Mirror Series 3 Episode 2 – The DVDfever Review
Playtest is the second new entry in the third series of Black Mirror, and follows Cooper (Wyatt Russell), an American guy who’s getting in the trip of a lifetime while he’s young, whilst avoiding calls …
Continue readingOrdinary Lies Series 2 Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review
Ordinary Lies Series 2 changes location to sports clothing company Coopers, and specifically, the warehouse and call centre behind it. I loved the first series (even the performance from the usually-irritating Jason Manford), and once …
Continue readingBlack Mirror: Nosedive – Series 3 Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review
Black Mirror is back and with more episodes in one run than ever before. With an increased number of installments, this means that they’re not all 100% written by its creator, Charlie Brooker, although they …
Continue readingThe Crystal Maze (2016) – The DVDfever Review – Stand Up 2 Cancer
The Crystal Maze was a wonderful piece of nonsense with Richard O’Brien, creator of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, in the early ’90s. He hosted it for four series in his own inimitable style before …
Continue readingTutankhamun Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review – ITV Drama
Tutankhamun – as well as a tale that’s been told a thousand times, it’s also the punchline of a childish joke: Q: How do you use an ancient Egyptian doorbell? A: Toot-and-come-in! If you laughed …
Continue readingThe Missing Series 2 Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review
The Missing was me early into the first series as I really couldn’t get into it, but I was given the gist of it, and series two sees Julien Baptiste (Tchéky Karyo) back, and the …
Continue readingBoy George’s 1970s: Save Me from Suburbia – The DVDfever Review
Boy George has won Brit Awards and Grammys, and has sold over 100 million singles, and 50 million albums worldwide. Dom RobinsonReviewer of movies, videogames and music since 1994. Aortic valve operation survivor from the …
Continue readingWestworld Episode 1 “The Original” – The DVDfever Review
Westworld – yes, it’s high time someone made a series about the late ’80s British pop band… (pardon? It’s based on the 1973 sci-fi movie featuring Yul Brynner whose circuits get fried and he goes …
Continue readingJimmy Savile – Louis Theroux documentary – The DVDfever Review
Jimmy Savile is the man who many of us grew up with on the radio and TV, as well as a champion for charities, but after allegations aplenty while he was alive, it was when …
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