Jackpot! is an action comedy where we’re told The California Grand Lottery started during The Great Depression of 2026, leading everyone to be obsessed with it, because the prize amount can be worth billions. However, …
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Sausage Party: Foodtopia – The DVDfever Review – Amazon Prime Video
Sausage Party: Foodtopia comes to Amazon Prime in an 8-part series that behaves like an extended movie, but I’m not sure who was clamouring for a follow-up, 8 years on from the original film, with …
Continue readingSpace Cadet – The DVDfever Review – Amazon Prime Video – Emma Roberts
Space Cadet presents us with the unlikely situation of Tiffany “Rex” Simpson (Emma Roberts – Nerve) as a waitress who wants to go into space, but you just know the potential is upped when we …
Continue readingFallout – The DVDfever Review – Amazon Prime Video – Walton Goggins, Ella Purnell
Fallout is based on the videogame which I’ve barely played, apart from a few minutes, as it’s not usually quite my sort of thing, but maybe this series can swing me round to it? In …
Continue readingRoad House (2024) – The DVDfever Review – Amazon Prime Video – Jake Gyllenhaal
Road House (2024) comes 35 years after the original, starring the late, great Patrick Swayze, with Jake Gyllenhaal taking the role of human punchbag Dalton. It’s been some time since I saw the original, and …
Continue readingRicky Stanicky – The DVDfever Review – Amazon Prime Video – Zac Efron, John Cena
Ricky Stanicky begins as three childhood friends play a prank on Halloween, 1999, partly setting fire to a house, owned by individuals who never give out sweets. Of course, nothing ever goes to plan, but …
Continue readingDead Hot – The DVDfever Review – Amazon Prime – Vivian Oparah, Bilal Hasna
Dead Hot is a new drama series on Amazon Prime, with apparently a hint of comedy, but… well, let’s see. Elliot (Bilal Hasna) – who works in a fancy dog-grooming parlour with a demanding boss …
Continue readingHot Mess Summer – The DVDfever Review – Amazon Prime Video – Rylan Clark
Hot Mess Summer proves that if anyone can do a gameshow, it’s Rylan Clark. He’s ace, and was even surprisingly good on Channel 4’s Alternative Election Night in 2019! This time, though, he’s having to …
Continue readingMr And Mrs Smith (2024) – The DVDfever Review – Amazon Prime Video – Maya Erskine, Donald Glover
Mr And Mrs Smith (2024) sees Amazon take on an existing franchise which began with an incredible 2005 action movie, starring then-married Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt (who recently turned 60, but like Benjamin Button, …
Continue readingExpats – The DVDfever Review – Amazon Prime Video – Nicole Kidman, Ji-young Yoo
Expats is rich people’s problems, and less Desperate Housewives, but more Desperate Scriptwriting, since in order to get to an hour each episode in the first two, there’s more filler in the script than there …
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