Breeders is one of those sitcoms that probably seemed like a great idea on paper, but was even straining at the leash in the ’90s with dull, family-based affairs like 2 Point 4 Children. This …
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Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans brings the series to the big screen (for the second time, following 2015’s Shakespeare comedy, Bill), and begins with Claudius (portrayed – as with the 1976 TV series …
Continue readingThe Hustle – Trailer 1 – Anne Hathaway
The Hustle brings us the genre of comedy you never asked for – the return of the mismatched pair. Both clichés are here: the sexy confident one, and the fat idiot. Between Anne Hathaway and …
Continue readingDeath In Heaven – Doctor Who: Series 8 Episode 12 – The DVDfever Review
Death In Heaven starts with Clara outsmarting a Cyberman, by trying some psychology that only a human could be perplexed by, and somehow this confuses the metal muppet, and then we’re all confused when she …
Continue readingDark Water – Doctor Who: Series 8 Episode 11 – The DVDfever Review
Dark Water was prefaced with the irony of one of the BBC’s continuity announcers, from Red Bee Media, stating that everyone should shut up(!) It also filled me with dread when the director was revealed …
Continue readingThe Caretaker – Doctor Who: Series 8 Episode 6 – The DVDfever Review
The Caretaker starts with the Doctor and Clara being held prisoner on an alien planet, and they can’t break themselves free because Clara doesn’t have the vibro-cutters. Where are they? “In my other jacket”, Clara …
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