Moonflower Murders is a forthcoming drama series on BBC1, starring Lesley Manville. Synopsis: Murder mystery sequel to Magpie Murders, starring Lesley Manville as sleuth Susan Ryeland. Less than happy with the realities of running a …
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Obsession – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Richard Armitage, Charlie Murphy
Obsession is out tomorrow on Netflix, and my first observation is how it does seem odd that while it’s a four-part mini-series, each episode is only about 30-40 minutes long, totalling around two-and-a-half hours. That’s …
Continue readingSee How They Run – The DVDfever Cinema Review – Sam Rockwell, Saoirse Ronan
See How They Run refers to mice, and opens with a 1953 West End performance of The Mousetrap, the Agatha Christie play which I’ve not seen, and I don’t think it’s ever been made into …
Continue readingChloe – The DVDfever Review – BBC drama – Erin Doherty
Chloe is a new six-part drama which sees a young woman called Becky (Erin Doherty) scrolling through Instagram (well, a generic equivalent of…), obsessing with a page belonging to the titular character who’s famous, as …
Continue readingRoadkill – The DVDfever Review – Hugh Laurie – BBC drama
Roadkill is a showcase for Hugh Laurie as long-in-the-tooth Tory (albeit, not stated as such) MP Peter Laurence, who states he comes from the same background as the people he represents, is also one of …
Continue readingUnsaid Stories – The DVDfever Review – Nicholas Pinnock, Amanda Abbington
Unsaid Stories is a new four-part series of 15-minute short dramas, similar to May’s Isolation Stories. Whereas they centred around… well, everyone having to isolate, this series is based around the Black Lives Matter movement. …
Continue readingSitting In Limbo – The DVDfever Review – Patrick Robinson
Sitting In Limbo centres around the Windrush scandal, when many individuals had come to the UK from the West Indies over 50 years ago, after being invited over in the years after World War II, …
Continue readingMotherFatherSon Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review – Richard Gere
MotherFatherSon – I was in two minds about this before it began. On the plus side, it has a fantastic cast. On the other hand, Dom RobinsonReviewer of movies, videogames and music since 1994. Aortic …
Continue readingPatient Zero – Trailer 1 – Natalie Dormer
Patient Zero is a pandemic thriller, where humanity is battling intelligent, adrenaline-fueled creatures born from a viral super-strain. After being bitten, human survivor Morgan (Matt Smith) realizes he is asymptomatic and can communicate with the …
Continue readingSick Note Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review – Rupert Grint comedy
Sick Note had me from the trailer, simply because it’s the first time I’ve seen Don Johnson in a TV series since Miami Vice. However, the series mainly centres around Daniel Glass (Rupert Grint), who’s …
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