1899 is the prequel to Gerard Depardieu’s epic war drama, 1900…. I lie. We first see Maura Franklin (Emily Beecham – Daphne, The Pursuit Of Love) being locked up in mental asylum, wondering what’s happened …
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The English (aka Dances With Blunt) – The DVDfever Review – BBC drama – Emily Blunt
The English – or Dances With Blunt – centres around what feels like endless lamenting, Lady Cornelia Locke (Emily Blunt) narrates about how, without her one and only – a Pawnee man named Eli Whipp …
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The Crown Season 5 – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Imelda Staunton, Elizabeth Debicki
The Crown Season 5 streams from Wednesday, and there was a lot of controversy about whether Netflix should put off showing this new season until… well, a random amount of time passes, a suggestion being …
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Blockbuster – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Randall Park
Blockbuster is a new Netflix sitcom set in the last of the titular video rental stores left in the US. In the ’80s, I frequently walked to my nearest (albeit non-Blockbuster) store, and rented more …
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SAS Rogue Heroes – The DVDfever Review – BBC drama – Dominic West
SAS Rogue Heroes is a new six-part World War II drama, which states it’s: “Based on a true story. Those events depicted, which seem most unbelievable… are mostly true.” It sets the scene with the …
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The Bastard Son and the Devil Himself – The DVDfever Review – Netflix
The Bastard Son and the Devil Himself is the latest Netflix YA (Young Adult) series on the platform. I’ll avoid spoilers, but will just set out the main premise, since we see the police going …
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Guillermo Del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities – The DVDfever Review – Netflix
Guillermo Del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities is a series he created, with 8 one-off dramas, the idea of which reminds me of Roald Dahl’s Tales of the Unexpected, and is released two episodes per day …
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Riddiculous – The DVDfever Review – Ranvir Singh – ITV Gameshow
Riddiculous is a new ITV gameshow presented by Ranvir Singh (GMTV, BBC North West Tonight), backed up by Henry Lewis from The Goes Wrong Show. But after an hour spent watching this, and now my …
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The Power of the Doctor – Doctor Who 2022 Centenary Special – The DVDfever Review
The Power of the Doctor is the 2022 Centenary Special for the current Doctor Who incumbent, Jodie Whittaker, and it sees the Cybermen return, yet again… yawn. This time, on an even more futuristic-loking Snowpiercer-type …
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The Peripheral – The DVDfever Review – Amazon Prime Video – Chloë Grace Moretz
The Peripheral is set in the year 2099, so no doubt, everyone’s expecting a new bug to kick in on their machines next year… that said, I only have a problem with ONE program in …
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