Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale is probably not the best place to check this show out for the first ever time, but while period dramas are not my bag, once you have an Odeon Limitless …
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Dead Hot – The DVDfever Review – Amazon Prime – Vivian Oparah, Bilal Hasna
Dead Hot is a new drama series on Amazon Prime, with apparently a hint of comedy, but… well, let’s see. Elliot (Bilal Hasna) – who works in a fancy dog-grooming parlour with a demanding boss …
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Murder 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 …
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The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry – The DVDfever Cinema Review – Jim Broadbent
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry is a bit of a wordy title, but such is what happens with novels. The titular character, portrayed by Jim Broadbent (The Sea Beast), is a bit of a …
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Downton Abbey 2019 – Trailer 1 – Hugh Bonneville
Downton Abbey 2019 – The spin-off movie now has a full trailer, and the King and Queen are coming to tea. Yes, the family that gets it all for free now leeches off everyone else. …
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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society is a film I was in two minds about seeing. Why? Well: Dom RobinsonReviewer of movies, videogames and music since 1994. Aortic valve operation survivor from the …
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The BFG 3D on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
The BFG is not an origin tale of the best weapon in John Romero’s classic 1993 videogame Doom, but instead, it’s Roald Dahl‘s classic tale about a big, friendly giant, living in Giant Country, yet …
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Brief Encounters Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review
Brief Encounters summarises the story of Jacqueline Gold, for ITV-friendly audiences, about how she started a business selling exotic lingerie and ‘marital aids’ at parties within the homes of her friends, under the Ann Summers …
Continue readingThe BFG – Official Trailer #1 – Mark Rylance
The BFG centres around a girl called Sophie (Ruby Barnhill in her movie debut), who encounters the Big Friendly Giant and, despite his intimidating appearance, he turns out to be a kindhearted soul who is …
Continue readingThe BFG – Official Teaser Trailer #1 – Mark Rylance
The BFG centres around a girl called Sophie (Ruby Barnhill in her movie debut), who encounters the Big Friendly Giant and, despite his intimidating appearance, he turns out to be a kindhearted soul who is …
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