Silo is an Apple TV+ adaption of a novel set in a post-apocalyptic world where the last 10,000 remaining people live. No-one knows why they’re down there, or who created the Silo, because their records …
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This Is Going To Hurt – The DVDfever Review – Ben Whishaw – Drama of the Year?
This Is Going To Hurt stars Ben Whishaw as Adam, a junior doctor and he’s so knackered from his job that as we see him, he’s sat in his car… because after his last shift, …
Continue readingRevolution Of The Daleks – Doctor Who – New Year 2021 Special – The DVDfever Review
Revolution Of The Daleks follows on from The Timeless Children, just after The Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) has been imprisoned in an impossible fortress, and now the Daleks are returning. Yes, the bloody Daleks, again. Every …
Continue readingSoldiering On – Talking Heads Series 1 Episode 3 – The DVDfever Review – Harriet Walter
Soldiering On is the third of 12 episodes based on the original Alan Bennett scripts, but with new actors. It begins with Muriel (Harriet Walter – The End) stating that 3pm is a funny time …
Continue readingBelgravia – The DVDfever Review – Downton Abbey ‘sequel’ drama
Belgravia is a sort-of sequel/follow-up to Downton Abbey, again from writer Julian Fellowes, and it’s a time of Napoleon, and women wearing bonnet hats, and Philip Glenister walking in like an early Gene Hunt from …
Continue readingThe End – The DVDfever Review – Harriet Walter, Frances O’Connor
The End is hoping to be the only friend for pensioner Edie Henley (Harriet Walter – Black Earth Rising), who’s trying to commit suicide while her house burns down, but whatever she tries isn’t working …
Continue readingCurfew (2019) – The DVDfever Review – Sean Bean
Curfew is a new drama which felt from the trailer like it was being a remake of Death Race 2000, and it feels like so many people are driving trucks like Mick Jagger did in …
Continue readingBlack Earth Rising: The Complete Series – The DVDfever Review – Michaela Coel
Black Earth Rising begins with lawyer Eve Ashby (Harriet Walter) about to take on prosecuting militia leader and Hutu General Simon Nyamoya (Danny Sapani), a very controversial figure, and the case will take place at …
Continue readingMindhorn on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Mindhorn is a comedy which had me at ‘hello’ when I first saw the trailer, right before I was about to watch Free Fire, so I was gutted when the studio didn’t send enough prints …
Continue readingMindhorn – Official UK Trailer – Julian Barratt
Mindhorn is the name of the late ’80s TV detective played by Julian Barratt (The Mighty Boosh), or so this film would have you believe as… yes, it’s a spoof/comedy! He plays Richard Thorncroft, the …
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