Svengali tells the tale of Dixie, aka Paul Dean (Jonny Owen), who dreams of coming to London and following in the footsteps of the likes of Brian Epstein and Alan McGee to manage a very …
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Inside Llewyn Davis on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Inside Llewyn Davis starts off at the Gaslight Cafe, 1961, where Llewyn Davis (Oscar Isaac) sings “Hang Me, Oh Hang Me”. From there, we follow a week in the life of this struggling folk singer, …
Continue readingThe Beast Within: Special Edition on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
The Beast Within is a film I hadn’t seen before, or even heard of prior to this release, but Ronny Cox was so damn good in 1987’s original Robocop as OCP big cheese Dick Jones. …
Continue readingGregory’s Girl on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Gregory’s Girl is one of the all-time ’80s classic movies which I watched when growing up and this new Blu-ray released, restored by Pinewood, even starts with the BBFC “A” certificate board which would’ve been …
Continue readingTheatre of Blood: Special Edition on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Theatre of Blood is one of the all-time classic Vincent Price movies, in my book. That, and the two Dr Phibes films (also out next month from Arrow) freaked me out as a child big-time. …
Continue readingNymphomaniac Vol I. & Vol II. on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Nymphomaniac shows that Lars Von Trier doesn’t do things by halves, as his latest opus makes it to Blu-ray and DVD in a 2-part story totalling a shade over four hours. Vol.I begins with Joe …
Continue readingBlue Is The Warmest Colour on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Blue Is The Warmest Colour tells the story of Adèle, a 15-year-old schoolgirl (played by 20-year-old Adèle Exarchopoulos) living a normal life with her Mum and Dad, while also fancying Thomas (Jérémie Laheurte), a boy …
Continue readingGravity 3D on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Gravity is only the second-ever film I’ve gone to see twice at the cinema on its initial run. The other one was… erm… Die Hard 2, but hey, back in 1990 you weren’t ever going …
Continue readingThe Hunger Games: Catching Fire on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire sees Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) a little on edge after winning the 74th Hunger Games alongside Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson) in the first film. Not difficult to see why when …
Continue readingCinema Paradiso Director’s Cut: Special Edition on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Like all right-thinking people, I saw Cinema Paradiso back in the day and absolutely loved it. Who can’t fail to be charmed by the tale of the love of cinema bringing together projectionist Alfredo (Philippe …
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