Rolling In It is another prime-time gameshow where celebs of the day are used to take part in primary roles, except that on this occasion, real people are also involved. There’s one of each across …
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Little Birds – The DVDfever Review – Juno Temple, Hugh Skinner
Little Birds is based on the collection of infamous erotic short stories by Anaïs Nin, but even though they’re short stories, each episode still lasts an hour including adverts. Juno Temple (Horns, Away) is American …
Continue readingThe Deceived – The DVDfever Review – Emmett J Scanlan – Channel 5 drama
The Deceived made me think – Oh, it’s Cillian Murphy… but it’s not, it’s Emmett J Scanlan, from Peaky Blinders, even though so is Cillian Murphy, but then I’ve never watched that. Ophelia (Emily Reid) …
Continue readingProdigal Son – The DVDfever Review – Michael Sheen
Prodigal Son is so-called because it the lead character, Malcolm Bright (Tom Payne – The Physician), is the son of jailed mass-murderer Dr. Martin Whitly (Michael Sheen – Staged), a man known as ‘The Surgeon’, …
Continue readingA Suitable Boy – The DVDfever Review – Vikram Seth, Tabu
A Suitable Boy is set in Bramhpur, 1951, four years after the time when India became independent and was partitioned into two countries. We’re reminded early on that India was free, but the land and …
Continue readingCursed – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Katherine Langford
Cursed comes before the King Arthur legend, with Nimue (Katherine Langford – Knives Out) wielding the sword… First, she’s spooked by birds circling in the sky, then a deer tells her that death is not …
Continue readingThe Shrine – Talking Heads Series 1 Episode 12 – The DVDfever Review – Monica Dolan
The Shrine is the twelfth, and final, of 12 episodes using the original Alan Bennett scripts but with new actors, except that this and An Ordinary Woman were brand new scripts. It centres around Lorna …
Continue readingMiss Fozzard Finds Her Feet – Talking Heads Series 1 Episode 11 – The DVDfever Review – Maxine Peake
Miss Fozzard Finds Her Feet is the eleventh, and penultimate, of 12 episodes using the original Alan Bennett scripts but with new actors. Miss Fozzard (Maxine Peake) has a great chiropodist, Mr Suddaby, but unfortunately, …
Continue readingThe Secrets She Keeps – The DVDfever Review – Laura Carmichael
The Secrets She Keeps begins with Meghan Shaughnessy (Jessica De Gouw) having a baby without it being planned, aka an ‘oops baby’. Like any vlogger, she sometimes gets adverse comments on ger vlogs, but today, …
Continue readingThe Kemps: All True – The DVDfever Review – Martin Kemp, Gary Kemp
The Kemps: All True is a spoof documentary with Spandau Ballet brothers Martin Kemp and Gary Kemp, in the same vein as BBC2’s Brian Pern, with Simon Day – who also pops up here, because …
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