Stowaway begins with what feels like the most ridiculous of premises in that a crew going to Mars has just three individuals on it. Really?! Even last year’s Away had at least seven on board …
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Thunder Force – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Melissa McCarthy, Octavia Spencer
Thunder Force brings together Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer as superheroes… yeah, exactly. Early on, we learn how, in March 1983, cosmic rays struck the Earth, etc. and affected a ton of people who became …
Continue readingSentinelle – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Olga Kurylenko
Sentinelle is so-called because it follows Operation Sentinel, an anti-terrorist unit who patrol sensitive areas of Paris in 2015, and the lead is female, namely, Klara (Olga Kurylenko – Momentum, Quantum of Solace). She struggles …
Continue readingMoxie – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Amy Poehler, Hadley Robinson
Moxie centres around Vivian (Hadley Robinson – Utopia 2020, i’m thinking of ending things), who’s starting 11th grade, and is one of those schoolkids who doesn’t fall in with any of the social norms or …
Continue readingSpace Sweepers – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Sung-hee Jo, Kim Tae-ri
Space Sweepers is set in 2092, banging the drum wit environmental nonsense, at a time when Earth is classed as “still breathing, but on life support”, resulting in the population going to work in the …
Continue readingBelow Zero – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Javier Gutiérrez
Below Zero sees conscientious and experienced cop Martín (Javier Gutiérrez) partaking in a prisoner transfer, which are sometimes carried out at night for security reasons. Going down the back roads to Cuenca, this is a …
Continue readingNews Of The World – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Tom Hanks, Helena Zengel
News Of The World is a new Tom Hanks (A Beautiful Day In The Neighbourhood, Greyhound) film during which you should not expect music from The Jam, nor see a tawdry tabloid because it begins …
Continue readingMalcolm and Marie – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Zendaya, John David Washington
Malcolm and Marie is a film which plays out in real time, and pretty much the first thing you see is Marie (Zendaya – Dune 2021) hitching up her skirt, to go to the toilet …
Continue readingPenguin Bloom – The DVDfever Review – Naomi Watts, Andrew Lincoln
Penguin Bloom is based on the true story about Sam Bloom (Naomi Watts – Allegiant), who lived the perfect family life out in Thailand, with three growing kids and husband Cameron (Andrew Lincoln), before things …
Continue readingThe Dig – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Carey Mulligan, Ralph Fiennes
The Dig begins in 1938, in Suffolk, where Edith Pretty (Carey Mulligan, Collateral) had learned there were approximately 18 ancient burial mounds on the Sutton Hoo estate, near to her home, so she summons M …
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