Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars is the documentary about the singer/songwriter who was once, rightly, called God. The film takes in his early influences – which were mostly blues music (although precious few of …
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Ingrid Goes West – The DVDfever Review
Ingrid Goes West portrays Aubrey Plaza in the titular lead, distinctly sick and tired of individuals who live their life through Instragram and other social media playforms, and expressing her displeasure at not being invited …
Continue readingFlatliners (2017) – The DVDfever Review
Flatliners is one of my all-time favourite films. The 1990 original, that is. Joel Schumacher’s vision was amazing, and the widescreen visuals were killed on pan-and-scan VHS tape, so it’s no surprise that when I …
Continue readingFifty Shades Darker Unmasked Edition – The DVDfever Review
Fifty Shades Darker returned the mismatched pair to the big screen where we learn Christian Grey (Jamie Dornan) had a troubled childhood, similar to how this film series had a troubled history when original director, …
Continue readingLondon Korean Film Festival 2017 by Helen M Jerome
London Korean Film Festival 2017: Every year, as winter comes around, we look forward to this event, and 2017 certainly lived up to expectations. There seems to be a real urgency in the country’s exploration …
Continue readingRaw – The DVDfever Review
Raw centres around freshman University student and vegetarian Justine (Garance Marillier) who, together with her biology class, are liberally splattered with animal blood as part of an initiation, leaving her with a huge rash. It …
Continue readingBFI 61st London Film Festival Part 3 by Helen M Jerome
BFI 61st London Film Festival Part 3 brings us all the documentaries, plus the 2017 DVDfever Film Awards! No matter the quantity and quality of high-profile feature films spread across the London Film Festival, you …
Continue readingBFI 61st London Film Festival Part 2 by Helen M Jerome
BFI 61st London Film Festival Part 2: What a time for international filmmaking – and particularly European movies from our near neighbours, Spain, Italy and France, plus Hungary, Austria and Poland. Vive la difference! So …
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BFI 61st London Film Festival Part 1: Let me take you by the hand and lead you towards the films that are streets ahead of the rest, the ones you’ll need to track down, and …
Continue readingAva – The DVDfever Review
Ava (Noée Abita) is a girl of 13 years of age, who has just learned that her sight is failing. Sure, this happens to all of us, but not at that age, and it’s happening …
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