Oculus begins with a spooky mirror being auctioned off by Kaylie Russell (Karen Gillan), the premise being that it has some sort of supernatural powers but that no buyer ever has knowledge of its capability …
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Edge of Tomorrow – The DVDfever Cinema Review
Edge of Tomorrow is a film which seems to have been timed for release to coincide with the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings because that’s essentially what’s on show here, although the Germans have …
Continue readingX-Men Days of Future Past – The DVDfever Cinema Review
X-Men Days of Future Past is the second in what will no doubt end up as a trilogy of ‘young X-Men’ films, where the younger roles of the two lead characters are played by James …
Continue readingGodzilla – The DVDfever Cinema Review
Godzilla is the monster that just won’t stay dead, or at the very least, attempt to be killed. I enjoyed Roland Emmerich’s 1998 take on the character, as an enjoyable piece of hokum, and while …
Continue readingThe Amazing Spider-Man 2 IMAX 3D – The DVDfever Cinema Review
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 gives Andrew Garfield his inevitable second appearance as the titular hero, given the success of 2012’s first outing. And given the packed crowds on Good Friday for this sequel, no doubt …
Continue readingDivergent – The DVDfever Cinema Review
Divergent is one of those post-apocalyptic dramas.. dystopian near-future, blah blah blah… and in this one, the war has forced the government to segregate everyone into one of five factions: Erudite – the place for …
Continue readingThe Grand Budapest Hotel – The DVDfever Cinema Review
The Grand Budapest Hotel centers around an elderly Mr. Moustafa (F. Murray Abraham), in 1985,recounting tales about his life at the hotel to a young writer (Jude Law), starting from the moment he started as …
Continue readingThe Monuments Men – The DVDfever cinema review
The Monuments Men is a film that can be summed up in one sentence, and really should be meant to play out equally succinctly but, unfortunately, is allowed by its director and lead actor, George …
Continue readingStalingrad 3D – The DVDfever cinema review
Stalingrad, as you’d expect, is a film which looks at the famous battle which mostly took place in late 1942, during World War II, and is a Russian-made film which surprised me in managing to …
Continue readingDallas Buyers Club – The DVDfever Cinema Review
Dallas Buyers Club doesn’t beat about the bush when it comes to introducing the protagonist. Ron Woodroof (Matthew McConaughey) is a sexist, homophobic mysoginist and when we first see him, having sex with with a …
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