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Shardlake… Matthew Shardlake… Sounds like another awful modern cop drama, but it’s England, 1536. Henry VIII has broken away from the Catholic church, while powerful monstaries are going against reform… Good, they’re a joke party! …
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Tag: David Pearse
My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of THE HARDACRES on Channel 5!
“We’re The Hardacres, love, and we haven’t had any dinner!” is what I was expecting Mary Hardacre (Claire Cooper) to say, as she set out her declaration at the end of this opening episode… Channel …
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Bodkin – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Will Forte
Bodkin is a new crime comedy/drama set in the fictional, titular town, based in the very real West Cork, in Ireland. Will Forte (Strays) takes the lead as crime podcaster Gilbert Power, an American with …
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The Banshees of Inisherin – The DVDfever Cinema Review – Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson
The Banshees of Inisherin is a film which grabbed me from the original trailer, but which has a very bizarre premise. Pádraic Súilleabháin (Colin Farrell – Thirteen Lives) and Colm Doherty (Brendan Gleeson – Edge …
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Dalgliesh: Shroud For A Nightingale – The DVDfever Review – Bertie Cavell – Channel 5 drama
Dalgliesh: Shroud For A Nightingale puts Bertie Cavell in the lead role, and me at the spellchecker each time I’m typing “Dalgliesh“. (Edit: Just realised, I originally put Dalgliesh, then changed it to Dalgleish, and …
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Bad Day For The Cut – The DVDfever Review
Bad Day For The Cut is a good day for revenge movies, when farmer Donal (Nigel O’Neill) is naturally perturbed when his mother, Florence (Stella McCusker), is murdered, and he catches the bad guys still …
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Paula Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review – BBC Drama – Fatal Attraction meets F.E.A.R.
Paula is a chemistry teacher who’s not having much luck in the men dept. Her best hope of late is having an affair with PE teacher Phiip, who’s married, then she discovers a rat infestation …
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The Secret Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review
The Secret has a less-than-secret reality in that a much better title should have been chosen. In telling a real-life story, James Nesbitt is dentist Colin Howell, working in Coleraine, County Londonderry in Northern Ireland, …
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