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Chicken Run is the first full-length feature film from Aardman Animations, in a homage – or is that ‘rip off’, to The Great Escape, and sees a whole coop of chickens attempting to escape their …
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Author: Dom Robinson
Reviewer of movies, videogames and music since 1994. Aortic valve operation survivor from the same year. Running DVDfever.co.uk since 2000. Nobel Peace Prize winner 2021.
X-Men on DVD – The DVDfever Review
X-Men is the long-awaited big-screen outing for the Marvel Comic superheroes that have magic powers and – usually – two names, one real and one flashy. Plot-wise, it’s good against evil and that’s about it. …
Continue readingAbsolutely Fabulous Series 1 on DVD – The DVDfever Review
Absolutely Fabulous is or isn’t, depending on your opinion. I couldn’t quite get into the show, occasionally hitting the mark but to me it had more misses than hits and watching this disc hasn’t changed …
Continue readingAardman Classics on DVD – The DVDfever Review
Aardman Classics: Over the past twenty or so years, Aardman Animations have come to the fore, even though they’ve been around for a lot longer. They’ve made scores of short animated films all of which …
Continue readingCold Feet Series 2 on DVD – The DVDfever Review
Cert: Cat.no: GVD 004 Running time: 290 minutes Year: 1999 Pressing: 2000 Region(s): 2, PAL Chapters: 72 plus extras Sound: Dolby Digital 2.0 Languages: English Subtitles: None Fullscreen: 4:3 (originally 16:9) 16:9-Enhanced: No Macrovision: Yes …
Continue readingCold Feet Series 1 on DVD – The DVDfever Review
Cert: Cat.no: GVD 003 Running time: 350 minutes Year: 1996 & 1998 Pressing: 2000 Region(s): 2, PAL Chapters: 84 plus extras Sound: Dolby Digital 2.0 Languages: English Subtitles: None Fullscreen: 4:3 (originally 16:9) 16:9-Enhanced: No …
Continue readingThree Kings on DVD – The DVDfever Review
Three Kings actually features four leading men, but given the biblical reference between that and the gold involved in the film, it’s one little oversight I’m going to have to overlook. Life in the United …
Continue reading48 Hrs on DVD – The DVDfever Review
48 Hrs: Once upon a time, Eddie Murphy actually used to be funny and was able to crack gags without resorting to farting endless a la Nutty Professor. Although locked up in jail following his …
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Thief II: The Metal Age on PC – The DVDfever Review
Thief II: The Metal Age is the sequel to a game that was classed, not as a first-person shooter (like Quake 2, Unreal, etc.) but a first-person SNEAKER. However, I never really got to play …
Continue readingThreads on DVD – The DVDfever Review
Threads begins with the comparison that like the connections of the threads of a spider’s web, the connections within society can be strong as well as vulnerable. As would no doubt happen in real life, …
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