Cheat (2023) is a new Netflix gameshow, yes, gameshow. You don’t get many of those on this platform. Anyhoo, it co-stars Danny Dyer – who has had a bit on BBC1 with The Wall (even …
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Harry Wild Investigates -The DVDfever Review – Channel 5 – Jane Seymour
Harry Wild Investigates begins with a murder… like most detective drama episodes, this one seeing a man practicing what could be some sort of satanic ritual on a body? But before we get to that, …
Continue readingThe Consultant – The DVDfever Review – Amazon Prime Video – Christoph Waltz
The Consultant is the new job for Christoph Waltz (Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio), as… yes, a consultant, called Regus Patoff. In this company, games coders code titles for mobile phone entertainment, but then if they …
Continue readingThe Reluctant Traveller – The DVDfever Review – Apple TV+ – Eugene Levy
The Reluctant Traveller centres around Eugene Levy, who admits he hates going on holiday, but at the age of 75, he’s decided it’s time to finally see the sights, despite being uncomfortable everywhere and in …
Continue readingDesperate Measures – The DVDfever Review – Channel 5 drama – Amanda Abbington
Desperate Measures sees bank clerk Rowan (Amanda Abbingdon) taking… yes, desperate measures, when push comes to shove in her circumstances. There’s been a robbery at her bank, and she’s being questioned. The cops think it …
Continue readingLiaison – The DVDfever Review – Apple TV+ – Eva Green, Vincent Cassel
Liaison is a new Apple TV+ drama which mixes French and English dialogue, beginning in Damascus, Syria with terrorists being tracked, before globetrotting to Blighty and the National Cyber Security Centre, London, who are suddenly …
Continue readingHello Tomorrow! – The DVDfever Review – Apple TV+ – Billy Crudup
Hello Tomorrow! is a new Apple TV+ drama, starring Billy Crudup (The Morning Show) as Jack Billings, a smarmy travelling salesman who sells timeshares based on the moon, even to an overworked old man who …
Continue readingBetter – The DVDfever Review – BBC drama – Leila Farzad
Better is a new BBC1 drama with a ridiculously non-descript title. Tell someone about it, and they’ll ask the title, you say “Better”, they’ll reply, “Pardon?” and then you have to describe it. God knows …
Continue readingThe Gold – The DVDfever Review – BBC drama – Hugh Bonneville
The Gold is another of those dramas which was “inspired by real events”, so will have to imagine conversations between certain characters because CCTV can’t be everywhere at once… 40 years ago, at least, whereas …
Continue readingConsent – The DVDfever Review – Channel 4 – Lashay Anderson
Consent is a new one-off Channel 4 drama set at a school where we see Archie (Tom Victor) and Natasha (Lashay Anderson) look like they’re possibly becoming an item, but due to peer pressure, the …
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