Joan… Joan O’Connell… licence to be a jewel thief. Well, not really, as it’s not a legal act, but as we first see our lead, portrayed by Sophie Turner (X-Men: Dark Phoenix), she’s loaded, and …
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Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? – The DVDfever Review – ITV drama – Will Poulter
“Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?” is the question asked by a man about to be deceased, courtesy of a fall down a steep hill, before he shuffles off his mortal coil. Dom RobinsonReviewer of movies, …
Continue readingThe Thief His Wife and the Canoe – The DVDfever Review – ITV drama – Eddie Marsan
The Thief His Wife and the Canoe does rather seem an odd situation to make a TV series out of, but then I remember it happening at the time, and rather than feel like a …
Continue readingWild Bill: The Complete Series – The DVDfever Review – Rob Lowe
Wild Bill brings us something I’d never have imagined from when I was first regularly watching ITV as a kid in the ’80s – first of all, it starts movie legend Rob Lowe, and secondly …
Continue readingJourneyman on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Journeyman centres around Matty Burton (Paddy Considine), boxer who is about to take on the biggest fight of his life, and it follows the death of his father. He’s up against young upstart, Andre Bryte …
Continue readingRiver Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review
River is a drama I was looking forward to from when I first saw the trailer, but as with the recent From Darkness, this is another case of the BBC going through a phase of …
Continue readingWelcome To The Punch on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Welcome To The Punch begins where Sternwood (Mark Strong) and co have just pulled off a robbery and Max (James MacAvoy) is hot on their tails, but is warned not to go after them unarmed. …
Continue readingShame on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Shame pits Brandon (Michael Fassbender) as a man who looks like he has it all. He’s tall, attractive and has a posh apartment which he keeps spic-and-span, so why does he feel the need to …
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