The Party only runs for five episodes, but from the off, you can feel it’s being incredibly dragged out. Firstly, it goes back to 1997, when the young Martin Gilmour (Jonathan Houlston) was accepted to …
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The Tower – The DVDfever Review – ITV drama – Gemma Whelan
The Tower is Portland Tower, a residential building at which has been declared a critical incident. The opening episode is surprisingly gory upfront, because veteran cop Hadley Matthews (Nick Holder), and a 15-year-old girl called …
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Dalgliesh: Shroud For A Nightingale – The DVDfever Review – Bertie Cavell – Channel 5 drama
Dalgliesh: Shroud For A Nightingale puts Bertie Cavell in the lead role, and me at the spellchecker each time I’m typing “Dalgliesh“. (Edit: Just realised, I originally put Dalgliesh, then changed it to Dalgleish, and …
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Prevenge on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review – the film Kill Bill should’ve been
Prevenge is what Kill Bill should’ve been. That may sound like a bold statement, but while Quentin Tarantino’s first three films were superb, the Kill Bill double-bill faltered. The Bride told how she went on …
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Coalition – The DVDfever Review
Coalition is a Channel 4 drama based on the week following the 2010 UK general election, as Labour came to the end of a chequered 13-year term in government, with the Tories snapping at their …
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