Plodding On is the sixth and final episode of Inside No.9 Series 9, and the last EVER episode! Before this aired, I was hoping we’d finally get the Robin Askwith bus conductor episode which they …
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Boo To A Goose – Inside No.9 Series 9 Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review
Boo To A Goose is the first episode of Inside No.9 Series 9. This episode opens with an underground train approaching the station platform, with a right rum bunch of individuals in this carriage, including …
Continue readingMurder is Easy – The DVDfever Review – BBC drama – David Jonsson, Morfydd Clark
Murder is Easy is based on an Agatha Christie story first published in 1939, although this adaptation is set in 1954, and with apparently cultural anthropologist Luke Fitzwilliam (David Jonsson – Industry) coming from Nigeria …
Continue readingNapoleon – The DVDfever Cinema Review – Joaquin Phoenix, Vanessa Kirby
Napoleon is the latest historical epic with made-up facts, but first, tonight we’re gonna party like it’s 1789, as we have a load of introductory text, and when it begins: “The French have become disillusioned …
Continue readingThe Rig – The DVDfever Review – Prime Video – Martin Compston
The Rig is a new Prime Video series, and I don’t know much much water seems to ‘fart’ as gas escapes to the surface, but that happens in the opening of this six-parter. It’s a …
Continue readingLitvinenko – The DVDfever Review – ITVX drama – David Tennant
Litvinenko, centered around the murder of Alexander Litvinenko (David Tennant – Doctor Who: Edge of Reality), is another drama which begins by stating that some names have been changed, with some scenes and characters being …
Continue readingQuiz – The DVDfever Review – ITV Millionaire drama – Michael Sheen
Quiz continues ITV’s run of dramas with one-word, non-descript titles, and I wish they would make them stand out more. This one focuses on the Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? scandal from 2001 when …
Continue readingGuilt – The DVDfever Review – Mark Bonnar
Guilt is what is felt by brothers Max (Mark Bonnar) and Jake (Jamie Sives) as they’re driving along after a night out, drunk and not paying attention to the road. And then, they hit an …
Continue readingSummer Of Rockets Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review – Keeley Hawes
Summer Of Rockets is a new Stephen Poliakoff drama set around the beginning of the Cold War, circa 1957/58, and while I’ve not really been able to get into his earlier works, this one did …
Continue readingApple Tree Yard Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review
Apple Tree Yard sees well-to-do scientist Yvonne Carmichael (Emily Watson) chancing an affair with the mysterious and charismatic Mark Costley (Ben Chaplin), thus jeopardising her happy marriage and two children. It begins with our female …
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