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The Outrun is effectively a dramatised biography for novelist and co-screenwriter Amy Liptrot, and her yoyo-ing in and out of alcoholism in real life, such as showing Rona (Saoirse Ronan – See How They Run) …
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Us 2020 – The DVDfever Review – Tom Hollander – BBC drama
Us 2020 is… called Us, but in the world of website SEO, too many titles with the same name doesn’t help, and it also is the same title as the 2019 film starring Lupita Nyong’o, …
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Belgravia – The DVDfever Review – Downton Abbey ‘sequel’ drama
Belgravia is a sort-of sequel/follow-up to Downton Abbey, again from writer Julian Fellowes, and it’s a time of Napoleon, and women wearing bonnet hats, and Philip Glenister walking in like an early Gene Hunt from …
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Collateral: The Complete Series – The DVDfever Review – John Simm, Carey Mulligan
Collateral is a new four-part drama which begins with one situation, but then moves on quite neatly bringing in a slew of other characters, which is a little dizzying but still highly engaging. After pizza …
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The Child In Time – The DVDfever Review – Benedict Cumberbatch BBC drama
The Child in Time is a one-off drama based on Ian McEwan‘s novel, presenting a Madeleine McCann-type situation beginning with Stephen Lewis (Benedict Cumberbatch), in a supermarket, turning his attention from four-year-old daughter Kate away …
Continue readingOur Kind of Traitor – Official Trailer #1 – Ewan McGregor
Our Kind of Traitor comes from the pen of John le Carré, whose The Night Manager was recently a smash hit on BBC1 with their adaptation, and could spawn a second series. It centres around …
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The Program on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
The Progman centres around investigative Sunday Times sports writer David Walsh (Chris O’Dowd) covering the Tour de France, getting suspicious about Lance Armstrong’s (Ben Foster) team because they’re winning tour after tour, but Armstrong can’t …
Continue readingAnna – Official Trailer #1 – Mark Strong, Taissa Farmiga Thriller HD
Anna is a thriller with Mark Strong as a man with the ability to enter peoples’ memories takes on the case of Anna (Taissa Farmiga), a brilliant, troubled sixteen-year-old girl to determine whether she is …
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Nymphomaniac Vol I. & Vol II. on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Nymphomaniac shows that Lars Von Trier doesn’t do things by halves, as his latest opus makes it to Blu-ray and DVD in a 2-part story totalling a shade over four hours. Vol.I begins with Joe …
Continue readingLuther Series 3 – Trailer released!
I’m a huge fan of Luther, starring Idris Elba, even if it does get ridiculously far-fetched, like at the start of series 2 where he immediately got off scot-free after being prime suspect at the …
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