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I Am Greta… Greta Thunberg, the young Swedish girl who probably started off with good intentions when bunking off school in Stockholm, on a Friday for a ‘school strike for climate’. I know if I …
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Category: Cinema films
London Film Festival 2020 Preview – Different look for different times
London Film Festival 2020 Preview: Your easy-to-follow guide to this year’s BFI 64th festival, running from October 7th-18th, by Helen M Jerome Most years I write with equal parts excitement and frustration about the delights …
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i’m thinking of ending things – The DVDfever Review – Charlie Kaufman – Netflix
i’m thinking of ending things is what’s going through the mind of the young woman – referred to as such in the credits, albeit named both Lucy and Louisa during the film – played by …
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Tenet in 70mm IMAX – The DVDfever Review – Christopher Nolan
Tenet is a film that’s weird to review because, before seeing it, I didn’t quite get what was going on, and then after seeing it, I’m still trying to process it; and I think a …
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Bill And Ted Face The Music – The DVDfever Review – Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter
Bill And Ted Face the Music is – I figured before I watched it – certainly a film that’s a curiosity, but a lot has been riding on it because it’s been 29 years since …
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The Tax Collector – The DVDfever Review – Shia LeBeouf
The Tax Collector starts with something particularly gross, not from what you might normally expect in a film where firearms are going to play a part, but when David Cuevas (Bobby Soto) wakes up, his …
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Go Back To China – The DVDfever Review – Emily Ting, Anna Akana
Go Back To China centres around Sasha Li (singer/actress/Youtube/all-rounder Anna Akana, above-centre), who’s looking for a job in fashion design, yet is struggling because she can’t get any experience, and no experience means she can’t …
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Escape from Pretoria – The DVDfever Cinema Review – Daniel Radcliffe
Escape from Pretoria is the South African Prison Break! Set in 1979, the film begins with freedom fighters/terrorists (take your pick) Tim Jenkin (Daniel Radcliffe – Horns, Imperium) and Stephen Lee (Daniel Webber, above-right with …
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First Love – The DVDfever Cinema Review – Takashi Miike
First Love is the third film I’ve seen from director Takashi Miike, who has made over 100 in his time. I loved Audition, but was woefully disappointed with Terra-Formars, so how does this one fare? …
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Parasite – The DVDfever Cinema Review – Bong Joon Ho
Parasite has won a number of gongs during Awards Season, but did it deserve them all, or was it just the Academy pandering to diversity and ticking boxes, as this time is the first ever …
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