Saltburn is a film I was looking forward to as soon as I saw the trailer, mostly because Barry Keoghan has become one of the most interesting new actors in recent times, although sadly, his …
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The Long Shadow – The DVDfever Review – ITV drama – Daniel Mays, Toby Jones
The Long Shadow looks at the case regarding the Yorkshire Ripper, Peter Sutcliffe, in the ’70s. I was only a child at the time, but I still remember it being in the news. The opener …
Continue readingInnocent Series 2 – The DVDfever Review – Katherine Kelly – ITV drama
Innocent Series 2 follows three years on from the first series, but the case is entirely new, so you don’t need to have seen the first one to know what’s going on, and the only …
Continue readingIt’s A Sin – The DVDfever Review – Russell T Davies – Channel 4 drama
It’s A Sin is the first TV drama from Russell T Davies since 2019’s Years and Years, which was mostly good, but occasionally slipped a bit. Davies also wrote some earlier powerful gay dramas in …
Continue readingThe Stranger – The DVDfever Review – Richard Armitage
The Stranger begins with something I never expected in a drama… scenes from my hometown of Stockport! Then there was something rather less palatable as we saw a naked man running through the woods before …
Continue readingThe Witcher – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Henry Cavill
The Witcher is a new Netflix series which I thought was based on a series of videogames (which I haven’t played), but is also based on a series of books… which I also haven’t read. …
Continue readingOfficial Secrets – Trailer 1 – Keira Knightley
Official Secrets shows Keira Knightley works for the government but she may or may not have leaked an email, and so she may or may not be in big trub, and if she is, then …
Continue readingGentleman Jack Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review – Suranne Jones
Gentleman Jack begins in 1832, and sees Suranne Jones (Save Me, Scott and Bailey, Doctor Foster) take the lead of landowner Anne Lister, who’s trying to transform her family estate, so it’s a bit like …
Continue readingThe Ghost Monument – Doctor Who Series 11 Episode 2 – The DVDfever Review
The Ghost Monument begins where The Woman Who Fell To Earth left off – apart from this time we have some opening credits, now – with The Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) and the new trio of …
Continue readingGunpowder: The Complete Series – The DVDfever Review – Kit Harington
Gunpowder is centred around the 1605 Gunpowder plot, as Guy Fawkes wants to blow up the Houses of Parliament. However, this three-parter begins in 1603, at which point Elizabeth I has died, and James I …
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