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The Last Anniversary is another long-drawn-out Aussie import, filling out the bare cupboard that is the weekend evening schedule on terrestrial TV. ITV currently also has the same thing happening with Fake. For the family …
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Ten Pound Poms – The DVDfever Review – BBC drama – Michelle Keegan
Ten Pound Poms got me early on, when the trailer made me giggle with everyone arriving in Australia in 1956, and Faye Marsay’s character observing, “You don’t see that in Stockport”, although it goes one …
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The Portable Door – The DVDfever Review – Sky Cinema – Christoph Waltz, Sam Neill
The Portable Door is one of those films which mixes periods in time about the decor, such as how this has a futuristic door which can take you anywhere, yet the office in the Department …
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Elvis – The DVDfever Review – Austin Butler, Tom Hanks
Elvis… Elvis Presley, that is… in case you were thinking this was a biopic about Mr Costello, aka Declan McManus. However, this Baz Luhrmann spectacle doesn’t begin with the famous singer, but in 1997, when …
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God’s Favourite Idiot – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Melissa McCarthy, Ben Falcone
God’s Favourite Idiot is a new Netflix comedy series where you shouldn’t expect subtlety or a family viewing experience. Slovenly tech guy Clark Thompson (Ben Falcone) gets struck down by some sort of lightning, but …
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Upright – The DVDfever Review – Tim Minchin
Upright is a new comedy/drama from comedian/musician Tim Minchin, and the first thing I noticed online is that there’s a review from the Financial Times (reviewing comedy shows? They must be desperate for clicks) branding …
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