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Mr Burton is a drama set in Port Talbot, 1942, which, for some reason, took a whole month to reach Odeon, but then they’ve had problems with other distributors lately, including Lionsgate, which is why …
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Empire Of Death – Doctor Who Season 1 Episode 8 – The DVDfever Review
Empire Of Death Empire Of Death is the eighth and finale episode of (ahem) Season 1. Empire Of Death? Empire Of Thanos, morelike! Dom RobinsonReviewer of movies, videogames and music since 1994. Aortic valve operation …
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73 Yards – Doctor Who Season 1 Episode 4 – The DVDfever Review
73 Yards is the fourth episode of (ahem) Season 1. Expect SPOILERS in this review, so watch the episode first. This one takes us back to Wales, beacuse Disney can’t be seen to be spending …
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The Way – The DVDfever Review – BBC drama – Michael Sheen
The Way sets the scene for a potentially powerful drama, set against the backdrop of a Welsh steelworker village where strikes are about to blight the town, but then they’re necessary in a Tory era. …
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Men Up – The DVDfever Review – BBC drama – Iwan Rheon, Joanna Page
Men Up is a new BBC TV movie based on a true story, about a group of men in Wales who have trouble keeping the British end up. We open with Meurig Jenkins (Iwan Rheon …
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The Catch – The DVDfever Review – Channel 5 drama – Jason Watkins
The Catch begins with Ed (Jason Watkins – The Man Who Killed Don Quixote) steering his fishing boat on the ocean wave, looking anxious, making his way to a dinghy which is overturned. But where …
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1899 – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Emily Beecham, Aneurin Barnard
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 Pact – The DVDfever Review – Laura Fraser – BBC drama
The Pact centres around a group of friends working at a brewery, led by Laura Fraser (Traces) as Alice, who tries to apply for the supervisor position, but boss Jack (Aneurin Barnard) is such a …
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The Personal History of David Copperfield – Trailer 1
The Personal History of David Copperfield is a film with a title that made my heart sink – ANOTHER period drama? Thankfully, not, as it comes from Armando Iannucci (In The Loop), who has directed …
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Radioactive – Teaser 1 – Rosamund Pike
Radioactive tells the story of the scientific and romantic passions of Polish scientist Marie Sklodowska-Curie (Rosamund Pike) and Pierre Curie (Sam Riley), and the reverberation of their discoveries throughout the 20th Century. Personally, I don’t …
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