Big Mood is a new vehicle for Derry Girls‘ Nicola Coughlan (Barbie) as Maggie, where her opening gambit is to go back to her old school that’s “like Grange Hill, but somehow less glamourous” to …
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Inside Man – The DVDfever Review – BBC – Stanley Tucci, David Tennant
Inside Man begins with a rather gross man harasing journalist Beth Davenport (Lydia West – Years and Years) on a train, but soon gets his collar felt, with the help of fellow passenger Janice Fife …
Continue readingThe Pentaverate – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Mike Myers
The Pentaverate is a new Netflix comedy where Mike Myers plays Ken, a reporter who’s an old letch, as well as all five members of a secret organisation, including Rupert Murdoch-like Bruce Baldwin, and Misha, …
Continue readingSuspicion – The DVDfever Review – Uma Thurman – Apple TV+
Suspicion is one of those whodunit dramas, although this time, four people have been suspected of kidnapping a young chap called Leo Newman, son of prominent businesswoman Katherine Newman (Uma Thurman). It’s not that one …
Continue readingIt’s A Sin – The DVDfever Review – Russell T Davies – Channel 4 drama
It’s A Sin is the first TV drama from Russell T Davies since 2019’s Years and Years, which was mostly good, but occasionally slipped a bit. Davies also wrote some earlier powerful gay dramas in …
Continue readingDracula 2020 – The DVDfever Review – Claes Bang
Dracula 2020… okay, so it’s just Dracula, but then if you have several reviews called ‘Dracula’, it really doesn’t help in terms of Google rankings, so here we are. Anyhoo, this new series stars Claes …
Continue readingYears And Years: The Complete Series – The DVDfever Review – Russell T Davies
Years And Years is a new drama from Russell T Davies, whose work has had a chequered past with me, in that I really enjoyed some, but didn’t like others. This starts off as a …
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