The Day Of The Jackal (2024) is a slightly more modern take on the Frederick Forsyth novel, although while this TV series version often does have a stylish look to it as if it was …
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Boat Story – The DVDfever Review – BBC drama – Paterson Joseph, Daisy Haggard
Boat Story is story about a boat… Ooh, you weren’t expect that, were you? This new drama has a very weird prologue with a voiceover trying to be funny, announcing it as starting “under a …
Continue readingAnnika – The DVDfever Review – BBC drama – Nicola Walker from The Last Train
Annika is the character portrayed by Nicola Walker from The Last Train, and as a newly-promoted Detective Inspector, the body found in the Clyde will certainly challenge Annika… What’s odd, initially, is how she breaks …
Continue readingUndergods – The DVDfever Review – Kate Dickie, Burn Gorman
Undergods is one of those films set in a dystopian future, in a world displayed in muted colours, and surrounded by fog as if everything’s about to end, and an environment which makes George Orwell’s …
Continue readingThe Green Knight – Trailer 1 – Dev Patel
The Green Knight is an epic fantasy adventure based on the timeless Arthurian legend of that name, and tells the story of Sir Gawain (Dev Patel), King Arthur’s reckless and headstrong nephew, who embarks on …
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 …
Continue readingThe Cry: The Complete Series – The DVDfever Review – Jenna Coleman
The Cry is certainly going to win awards… for being the most confusing drama of the year. This was instantly noticeable when the first episode opened with Jenna Coelman in two different timeframes, both facing …
Continue readingStar Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi – A Mix Of Dark And Light – The DVDfever Cinema Review
Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi treads a very well-worn path: The First Order want to obliterate the Resistance out of existence, and the Resistance don’t really want that, and have to fight back. …
Continue readingPrevenge on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review – the film Kill Bill should’ve been
Prevenge is what Kill Bill should’ve been. That may sound like a bold statement, but while Quentin Tarantino’s first three films were superb, the Kill Bill double-bill faltered. The Bride told how she went on …
Continue readingThe Witch – Official Trailer #2 – Ralph Ineson
The Witch is set in New England, 1630, where William (Ralph Ineson – Prey, The Office, and a million voiceovers) and Katherine (Kate Dickie – Prometheus, Filth) lead a devout Christian life, homesteading on the …
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