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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A Christmas Carol 2019 – The DVDfever Review – Guy Pearce
A Christmas Carol 2019 takes place on “the Eve of Christmas Eve” in London, 1843, and while it’s broadcast tomorrow night on BBC1 at 9pm, it’s already aired in the US. It’s exactly a year …
Continue readingDark Heart Episodes 1 and 2 – The DVDfever Review – ITV drama
Dark Heart is a new six-part drama which, right off the bat, gives us a situation where an alleged paedophile is sprayed in face with pepper spray, he then wakes up strapped down, all leading …
Continue readingPress Episodes 1 and 2 – The DVDfever Review – Charlotte Riley, Ben Chaplin
Press centres aroud two newspapers in this fictionalised Fleet Street. Workaholic Holly Evans (Charlotte Riley) works for the Herald, while Duncan Allen (Ben Chaplin) edits The Post, a more tabloid paper, and given their logo, …
Continue readingKing Charles III – The DVDfever Review – A perfect epitaph to Tim Pigott-Smith
King Charles III – the title made me think “What? Another labourious period drama? …Oh, hang on, we’ve never had a third King Charles”. And then the penny dropped. Mike Bartlett has adapted his own …
Continue readingLondon Has Fallen – The DVDfever Review
London Has Fallen begins with the news that the Prime Minister is dead. For world leaders, it’s a time of great sadness. You could imagine what the reaction would be like on Twitter and Facebook, …
Continue readingLondon Has Fallen – Official Trailer #2 – Gerard Butler
London Has Fallen now has a second trailer, and it shows that the Houses of Parliament really will need that £7bn refurbishment when they get a visit from Gerard Butler as as the US President’s …
Continue readingLondon Has Fallen – Official Trailer #1 – Gerard Butler
London Has Fallen now has an official trailer, and it shows that the Houses of Parliament really will need that £7bn refurbishment when they get a visit from Gerard Butler as as the US President’s …
Continue readingLondon Has Fallen – Teaser Trailer #1 – Gerard Butler
London Has Fallen shows that the Houses of Parliament really will need that £7bn refurbishment when they get a visit from Gerard Butler as as the US President’s head of secret service Mike Banning. After …
Continue readingJonathan Strange And Mr Norrell: The Complete Series – The DVDfever Review
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell is a TV adaptation based on a novel by Susanna Clarke. Since I don’t read books, I’d never heard of it before, but when the trailer appeared on TV, I …
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