The Big Sick centres around taxi driver and stand-up comedian Kumail (Kumail Nanjiani), the man playing himself as he went through this at the time and despite what usually happens in movies when someone writes, …
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Tag (Riaru Onigokko) on Blu-ray and DVD combo – The DVDfever Review
Tag begins on a bus full of Japanese schoolgirls with a jaw-dropping and mind-blowing opening, and all I can say to avoid spoilers is that one of them, Mitsuko (Reina Triendl) is separated from the …
Continue readingThe Wall on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
The Wall is a crumbling, physical structure somewhere in Iraq. It’s 2007 and the ‘war on terror’ is winding down. Bush Jr has declared victory and rebuilding taking place. Alas, for those contractors looking to …
Continue readingOffice Christmas Party on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Office Christmas Party begins with Josh (Jason Bateman) getting a divorce, which is rather handy given that for the rest of the movie, he’ll be dilly-dallying around computer whizz Tracey (Olivia Munn), and if you’re …
Continue readingBaby Driver on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Baby Driver is another of those heist films where the protagonist has to complete just one more job, and he’s out… and you’ll just know that there’s no escape, since why would a bad-guy boss …
Continue readingYour Name on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Your Name centres around two school children – Mitsuha, a girl living in the countryside, and Taki, a boy in the bustling city of Tokyo. It quickly gets on with the plot as once the …
Continue readingBlood Simple: Director’s Cut on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Blood Simple has a simple premise, but it’s far from simple how events will turn out. Texan Bar owner Julian Marty (Dan Hedaya) suspects his wife, Abby (Frances McDormand), of playing away with young barman …
Continue readingEat Locals on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Eat Locals is a play on the phrase ‘Eat Local’, same as ‘Shop Local’, i.e. buy from local independent shops rather than the big chain stores that’ll live forever, anyway, but Eat Locals – with …
Continue readingChurchill on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review – Brian Cox
Churchill… Winston Churchill… like Solo… Han Solo… and Bond… James Bond… Okay, let’s be serious for a moment. Churchill probably sounded like a great idea on paper. Wartime movies are sprinkling their way through the …
Continue readingThe Party on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
The Party is an invite I’d not accepted until now… yes, that’s a lame joke with which to introduce a review for a comedy from Pink Panther collaborators Blake Edwards and Peter Sellers which was …
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