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The Trial is a new one-off drama for Channel 5, which opens with the explanatory text:“When a minor is arrested for a serious crime, parents can be charged as accessories, if unable to show a …
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Douglas Is Cancelled – The DVDfever Review – ITV drama – Hugh Bonneville
Douglas Is Cancelled is something that could come as a shock to Douglas Bellowes (Hugh Bonneville – To Olivia), who presents the equivalent of The One Show – alongside Madeline Crow (Karen Gillan – Guardians …
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Napoleon – The DVDfever Cinema Review – Joaquin Phoenix, Vanessa Kirby
Napoleon is the latest historical epic with made-up facts, but first, tonight we’re gonna party like it’s 1789, as we have a load of introductory text, and when it begins: “The French have become disillusioned …
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Hijack – The DVDfever Review – Apple TV+ – Idris Elba
Hijack is centered around a commercial plane with passengers wanting to get from Dubai back to England, which gets… yes, hijacked. This seven-part drama is told in real time, so the opener does start to …
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Tetris – The DVDfever Review – Apple TV+ – Taron Egerton
Tetris is the falling blocks game I remember playing when I was growing up, first hearing about it when it reached the Nintendo Gameboy in 1989, although I never had one of those, so it …
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The Trial of Christine Keeler – The DVDfever Review – Sophie Cookson
The Trial of Christine Keeler sounded like it was about time for another drama about the Profumo affair, as it’s been 30 years since 1989’s movie, Scandal, a film which was worth a look, but …
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The Capture – The DVDfever Review – Holliday Grainger
The Capture is a new cop drama which begins with some CCTV of a man kissing woman, then a bus goes past, and then something is seen but what is it? We’re not shown, but …
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Red Joan – Trailer 1 – Judi Dench
Red Joan stars Judi Dench as Joan Stanley, in a film which tells her story as the woman who was exposed as the KGB’s longest-serving British spy… It sounds completely mad, but it’s a true …
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Collateral: The Complete Series – The DVDfever Review – John Simm, Carey Mulligan
Collateral is a new four-part drama which begins with one situation, but then moves on quite neatly bringing in a slew of other characters, which is a little dizzying but still highly engaging. After pizza …
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The Last Post Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review – BBC drama
The Last Post takes place in 1965 in Aden, Yemen, one of the oldest colonies in the British Empire. It’s a place where East meets West and with an oil refinery, it’s advertisted as a …
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