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 …
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The Railway Children Return – The DVDfever Review – Jenny Agutter, Sheridan Smith
The Railway Children Return follows some 52 years after the 1970 movie, The Railway Children, and when first announced, it was most notable for the fact that it brings back one of the original cast …
Continue readingSolos – The DVDfever Review – Anthony Mackie, Helen Mirren – Amazon Prime
Solos is a 7-part series with individual monologues – or at least each starring one actor, the first being Anthony Mackie (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier) as Tom, who’s playing two characters arguing with …
Continue readingBlack Earth Rising: The Complete Series – The DVDfever Review – Michaela Coel
Black Earth Rising begins with lawyer Eve Ashby (Harriet Walter) about to take on prosecuting militia leader and Hutu General Simon Nyamoya (Danny Sapani), a very controversial figure, and the case will take place at …
Continue readingHated In The Nation – Black Mirror Series 3 Episode 6 – The DVDfever Review
Hated in the Nation, the final entry in the third series of Black Mirror, with cop Karin (Kelly Macdonald) taking the witness stand (or seat, in this court), to recount the events that began on …
Continue readingPeaky Blinders to return for Series 2 – awards for Cillian Murphy & Helen McCrory
Peaky Blinders was a ratings success on BBC2 last year and it was announced today by Caryn Mandabach Productions & Tiger Aspect Productions that the series, starring Cillian Murphy and Helen McCrory, is due to …
Continue readingBrighton Rock (2010) on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Brighton Rock is a remake of the 1947 film, directed by John Boulting, changing the setting from the 1930s to 1964, during the mods and rockers era, where Kite, the leader of a gang, is …
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