Queer opens with an unexpectedly welcome experience, in that despite beingset in the 1950s, the soundtrack features more modern music at times – often as the film goes into slomo as well, such as with …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE WAR OF THE ROHIRRIM!
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, with the last word sounding like it’s pronounced “Rim”, is set 183 years before the main The Lord of the Rings trilogy, and Warner Brothers …
Continue readingMy BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of KRAVEN THE HUNTER!
Kraven The Hunter gets off to a bad start, proving that the best thing about this long-unawaited superhero film is beginning by nicking Basil Poledouris’ theme from The Hunt for Red October, as the titular …
Continue readingMy BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of CONCLAVE!
Conclave is the process is voting for a new Head of the Catholic Church, since the Pope is dead, and a new one must be elected. Cardinal Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes – The Menu) is tasked …
Continue readingMy BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of MOANA 2 in 3D!
Moana 2 sees the titular character, voiced by Auli’i Cravalho (Mean Girls 2024), return for a sequel where I haven’t seen the first one, but figured plot-wise, this wouldn’t exactly be ‘The Usual Suspects‘, and …
Continue readingMy BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of WICKED PART I
Wicked Part I (yes, there’s more to come!) opens with the news that… DING! DONG! THE WITCH IS DEAD! No, not Thatcher again, but Glinda The Good (Ariana Grande (Don’t Look Up), using her full …
Continue readingLondon Korean Film Festival 2024 by Helen M Jerome – The DVDfever Review
London Korean Film Festival 2024: Every November, when winter starts to kick in, I know I have a cinematic box of delights lined up in the shape of the annual London Korean Film Festival. What’s …
Continue readingMy BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of GLADIATOR II!
Gladiator II opens with a brief, hand-painted summary of the first film over the opening credits, which I wasn’t expecting. Well, I say ‘hand-drawn’, but I expect these days, CGI and AI played their part. …
Continue readingMy BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of THE PROBLEM WITH PEOPLE!
The Problem With People confirms that Colm Meaney (Save The Cinema) has been 70 years old for his entire life. He’s now just a shade over that, but this shot in 2023, so he would’ve …
Continue readingMy BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of PIECE BY PIECE!
Piece by Piece is a documentary about musician Pharrell Williams, told through the use of LEGO figures, because that’s how he feels the pieces in his life is coming together, and it’s also the purest …
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