“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 …
Continue readingThe 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 …
Continue readingDalgliesh: 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 …
Continue readingBad 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 …
Continue readingPaula 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 …
Continue readingThe 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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