Lisey’s Story is the latest Stephen King novel to be adapted for a visual medium. I’m not one for reading novels, but while I’ll always love the movie version of The Shining, the sequel, Doctor …
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Anne Boleyn – The DVDfever Review – Jodie Turner-Smith – Channel 5 drama
Anne Boleyn is a new three-part Channel 5 drama starring Jodie Turner-Smith (Without Remorse) as Henry VIII’s missus. Eagle-eyed viewers will spot that Jodie is black while Anne was white. But then some people believe …
Continue readingBefore We Die – The DVDfever Review – Lesley Sharp – Channel 4 drama
Before We Die is a new Channel 4 drama, starring Lesley Sharp (Three Girls), based on the 2017 Swedish drama of the same name, which I haven’t seen, so all of this is new to …
Continue readingSweet Tooth – The DVDfever Review – Nonso Anozie – Netflix
Sweet Tooth is set at the time of The Great Crumble… No, not Chrimble Crumble from Friday Night Dinner, but the time when society collapsed. Yes, if you hadn’t already witnessed that at the time …
Continue readingHurry Up And Wait – Inside No.9 Series 6 Episode 4 – The DVDfever Review
Hurry Up And Wait is the fourthepisode of Inside No.9 Series 6. James (Reece Shearsmith) has a small part in a new ITV crime drama, and is waiting to be called for his big moment, …
Continue readingPanic – The DVDfever Review – Olivia Welch, Lauren Oliver
# Panic on the streets of Texas… # Yes, it’s time for “Young Adult series of the week”, such is the apparent frequency of such shows. Dom RobinsonReviewer of movies, videogames and music since 1994. …
Continue readingFriends Reunion 2021 – The DVDfever Review – Jennifer Aniston
Friends Reunion: A money-spinner shot on the cheapest of sets, where each main cast member ended up earning $1m per episode. As they each arrive on set, David Schwimmer‘s been using the Just For Men, …
Continue readingThe Beast Must Die – The DVDfever Review – Cush Jumbo, Jared Harris
The Beast Must Die is not a gripe by a bad contestant on The Chase, but is actually a new Britbox drama set on the Isle of Wight and, I understand, based on a 1938 …
Continue readingLip Service – Inside No.9 Series 6 Episode 3 – The DVDfever Review
Lip Service is the third episode of Inside No.9 Series 6. Felix (Steve Pemberton) is keeping a watchful eye on house No.9, like a surveillance expert, and has taken his place in a very rundown …
Continue readingSolos – The DVDfever Review – Anthony Mackie, Helen Mirren – Amazon Prime
Solos is a 7-part series with individual monologues – or at least each starring one actor, the first being Anthony Mackie (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier) as Tom, who’s playing two characters arguing with …
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