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The Midwich Cuckoos is an adaptation of the John Wyndham novel, and a situation where I never saw any other version which has gone before (and I haven’t read a novel since I left school). …
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Big Boys – The DVDfever Review – Channel 4 – Jon Pointing, Dylan Llewellyn
Big Boys has a rather wordy opening scene (in fact, most of the episode), telling us how in September 2011, Jack’s (Dylan Llewellyn) Dad had died at the age of 56, and “he was the …
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A Random Act of Kindness – Inside No.9 Series 7 Episode 5 – The DVDfever Review
A Random Act of Kindness is the fifth episode of Inside No.9 Series 7. This episode starts with narration from Rudolph (Reece Shearsmith) giving us some seemingly innocuous information about Newton’s laws of motion, relating …
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Kid/Nap – Inside No.9 Series 7 Episode 4 – The DVDfever Review
Kid/Nap is the fourth episode of Inside No.9 Series 7. It opens with Lara (Daisy Haggard) and Shane (Daniel Mays) living separate lives, with hers appearing considerably better off than his, but the opening scene …
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Spreadsheet – The DVDfever Review – Channel 4 – Katherine Parkinson
Spreadsheet centres around Lauren (Katherine Parkinson – Hang Ups) who begins the first episode with what her male colleague, Alex (Rowan Witt), later refers to as ‘alfresco dining’. Our lead is constantly on dates… Well, …
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Floodlights – The DVDfever Review – BBC – Gerard Kearns, Jonas Armstrong
Floodlights centres around Andrew Woodward (Gerard Kearns, as an adult, but played by Max Fletcher in his younger years) who, as a young boy, was assaulted many times by football coach Barry Bennell (Jonas Armstrong), …
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Night Sky – The DVDfever Review – Amazon Prime Video – Sissy Spacek, JK Simmons
Night Sky has a bit of a bizarre premise which I didn’t actually look into before watching the opener, so it made for interesting viewing. Kicking off with a brief scene where, as teenagers, Irene …
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Conversations with Friends – The DVDfever Review – BBC – Sasha Lane, Sally Rooney
Conversations With Friends is a new series which, like Normal People, is spawned from a novel by Sally Rooney. I wasn’t a fan of the adaptation of her previous work, but can this one swing …
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Nine Lives Kat – Inside No.9 Series 7 Episode 3 – The DVDfever Review
Nine Lives Kat is the third episode of Inside No.9 Series 7. The episode centres around cop Katrina (Sophie Okonedo) who, with no milk for her Coco Pops, resorts to putting vodka on them instead. …
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The Lincoln Lawyer – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Manuel Garcia-Rulfo
The Lincoln Lawyer is a new Netflix series based on the writings of Michael Connelly, but I remember that in 2011, this made for a great movie with Matthew McConaughey. The titular solicitor is Mickey …
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