Franklin is a forthcoming drama from Apple TV+, starring Michael Douglas. Synopsis: Who was Benjamin Franklin really? Based on Pulitzer Prize winner Stacy Schiff’s book, “A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America”, …
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Chicken Run: Dawn Of The Nugget – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Bella Ramsey
Chicken Run: Dawn Of The Nugget comes 23 years after the original movie from 2000, which was good fun, but didn’t reach the heights of the Wallace and Gromit output. Sadly, for whatever reason, Zachary …
Continue readingThe Long Shadow – The DVDfever Review – ITV drama – Daniel Mays, Toby Jones
The Long Shadow looks at the case regarding the Yorkshire Ripper, Peter Sutcliffe, in the ’70s. I was only a child at the time, but I still remember it being in the news. The opener …
Continue readingMagpie Murders – Official Trailer – Britbox – Lesley Manville
Magpie Murders is a forthcoming Britbox drama starring Lesley Manville and Daniel Mays. Synopsis: Susan Ryeland is the editor of the mystery author Alan Conway, who is known for his well-received series of novels centring …
Continue readingDes – The DVDfever Review – David Tennant Dennis Nilsen drama
Des aka Dennis Nilsen (David Tennant – Staged, Deadwater Fell) – since the titular moniker is what he wants his friends to call him, is not a nice man. This review will keep anything potentially …
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 …
Continue readingWhite Lines – The DVDfever Review – Daniel Mays – Netflix
White Lines… don’t do it… except when it’s a Netflix series. The story begins when a young man’s body has been found out in Almería, Spain, but this can’t be considered an accident of any …
Continue readingCode 404 – The DVDfever Review – Stephen Graham, Daniel Mays
Code 404 is the error you get on the internet when you can’t find a page that has been deleted. In this new Sky One comedy – which features THREE actors in the lead who’ve …
Continue readingThe Rhythm Section – The DVDfever Review – Blake Lively
The Rhythm Section is a tale of revenge for Stephanie Patrick, played by Blake Lively, who I first came across in The Age Of Adaline, a tedious romantic borefest masquerading has having interesting time-bending elements …
Continue readingTemple Series 1 – The DVDfever Review – Mark Strong
Temple stars Mark Strong as surgeon Daniel Milton, whose wife, Beth (Catherine McCormack), has died and this leads him to running an operating room from underneath the Temple Underground station in London, which is a …
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