Jurassic Park: The world is a happy place. This film is just as I remember it. Big, noisy and pretty damned scary for a PG. This year, I have apparently shocked a few people with …
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Horrible Bosses – The DVDfever Cinema Review
Horrible Bosses: Saturday night at the movies, Nottingham Cineworld screen 4 was packed and Mrs W and I were in need of a good giggle. I’d been informed by very reliable sources that we would …
Continue readingCaptain America: The First Avenger – The DVDfever Cinema Review
Captain America: The First Avenger: It was like going from the sublime to a smack in the eye. I had planned to see Arrietty, the Ghibli animated Japanese movie tonight but was astonished to see …
Continue readingSwinging with the Finkels – The DVDfever Cinema Review
Swinging with the Finkels: Let me offer a word of congratulation – Jonathan Newman deserves a bottle of champagne for the title. Why? Because it makes his movie sound an awful lot more fun than …
Continue readingIncendies – The DVDfever Cinema Review
Incendies: You have read much about my view of the importance of endings during the past six months. Too many movies have finales which just seem away and leave a sense of dissatisfaction. Some, as …
Continue readingX-Men First Class – The DVDfever Cinema Review
X-Men First Class comes from what might be the most successful film studio in recent years but I have to admit that most of Marvel’s giant-sized productions have left me cold. Sure, I really like …
Continue readingThe Hangover Part II – The DVDfever Cinema review
The Hangover Part II: In 2009, The Hangover was one of my films of the year. From minute one, the jokes just kept coming and I laughed like never before or since at the cinema. …
Continue readingTaxi Driver: 35th Anniversary Re-release – The DVDfever Cinema Review
Taxi Driver: I am preparing to commit sacrilege, but I don’t think it passes the test of time. There you are, I’ve said it. My film reviewers’ credibility (if I had any) has just gone …
Continue readingPriest 3D – The DVDfever Cinema Review
Priest 3D: I’m sorry, but this film has inspired me into a rant. And it’s not just to complain that it was a bad film (it was really awful, but more of that later). No, …
Continue readingHanna – The DVDfever Cinema Review – Saoirse Ronan
Hanna: The football season is over for me (my team again hides in mid-table obscurity) so now weekends are going to be spent making sure that I catch up on the everyfilmin2011 quest. Thus, at …
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