Ferrari is based on the life of the former racer with the first name Enzo, and the book subtitled “The Man, The Cars, The Races, The Machine” – all of which would rather have made …
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Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse – The DVDfever Cinema Review – Shameik Moore
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse has opening credits which are like a bubblegum nightmare with pastel shades of colour. I hadn’t seen the previous film, so I came to everything afresh, but with Spider-Gwen (Hailee Steinfeld …
Continue readingBrian and Charles on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review – David Earl, Chris Hayward
Brian and Charles centres around two unlikely leads, as the former (played by co-writer David Earl) creates a robot following a bout of depression during the winter, because he needs a companion. I can understand …
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 readingChivalry – The DVDfever Review – Channel 4 – Steve Coogan, Sarah Solemani
Chivalry is a new comedy drama which felt a bit odd to get into at first, because it feels like we’ve been dropped into a series halfway through it having already begun. But getting past …
Continue readingThe Afterparty – The DVDfever Review – Apple TV+ – Tiffany Haddish
The Afterparty centres around a murder mystery at a high school reunion. The Class of 2006 are having a 15-year reunion. I don’t know if my school ever had these, but I certainly never went …
Continue readingBeing The Ricardos – The DVDfever Review – Amazon Prime – Nicole Kidman
Being The Ricardos takes us behind the scenes of I Love Lucy, and the lives of the couple both offscreen and on, Lucille Ball (Nicole Kidman) and Desi Arnaz (Javier Bardem). Back in those days, …
Continue readingThe Trial of the Chicago 7 – The DVDfever Review – Eddie Redmayne
The Trial of the Chicago 7 is based on the same situation which also spawned the 1987 TV movie, Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8… so, who’s the 8th individual? I’ll get to that. …
Continue readingEnola Holmes – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Millie Bobbie Brown
Enola Holmes is the female offspring of the Sherlock family, but very tomboyish with it, despite the long hair. The film opens with a brief run-through her early life, telling us how “Enola spelt backwards …
Continue readingBirds Of Prey on Digital Download – The DVDfever Review – Margot Robbie
Birds Of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn – or Birds Of Prey, for short, doesn’t count 2019’s Joker movie which is a standalone affair (albeit one which will be getting a …
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