A Late Quartet begins with the band appearing on stage and getting ready to perform. But Peter (Christopher Walken, below) feels his time with the band is coming to an end, after 25 years. This …
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Compliance – The DVDfever Cinema Review
Compliance is one of the most compelling and intense films I’ve seen in a long time and takes place at a fast food joint which, to me, feels like the equivalent of a shitty Little …
Continue readingG.I. Joe Retaliation IMAX 3D – The DVDfever Cinema Review
G.I. Joe Retaliation – Hmm… at first this film seemed like it was bordering on the verge of Capricorn One territory when, early on, almost all of the ‘Joes’ are wiped out in an attack …
Continue readingHansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters 3D – The DVDfever Cinema Review
Hansel & Gretel – everyone knows the fairy tale about these siblings, where they came across a house made of candy in the forest, ate some of it, then went inside and encounted a witch …
Continue readingStolen – The DVDfever Cinema Review
Stolen opens with a great sequence with Will Montomery (Nicolas Cage) committing a $10m heist with Vincent (Josh Lucas), seemingly unknowingly while being watched by the FBI, while partners-in-crime Riley (Malin Akerman) and Hoyt (M.C. …
Continue readingThe Paperboy – The DVDfever Cinema review
The Paperboy – Before I saw this, I wanted to like it more than I did. This was because it’s got two great lead actors who can pull off a blinding performance when they’ve got …
Continue readingOz: The Great and Powerful – The DVDfever Cinema Review
Oz: The Great and Powerful: (Spoilers ahead) I really didn’t fancy this at all. I mean, with a very few honourable exceptions (X-Men First Class, Indiana Jones and The Temple Of Doom) prequels are uniformly …
Continue readingCloud Atlas – The DVDfever Cinema Review
Cloud Atlas is a film I hadn’t even heard of until a few days before watching it, but there was something intriguing about it in the way it mixes six different stories, each from a …
Continue readingLincoln – The DVDfever Cinema Review
Lincoln: If you keep seeing Daniel Day-Lewis popping up on news items for winning another award, then you’ll probably have heard of his latest film role – playing America’s most venerated President in Steven Spielberg’s …
Continue readingFlight – The DVDfever Cinema Review
Flight is the one about Denzel Washington playing Captain William “Whip” Whitaker, a functioning alcholic and drug addict who, after a heavy night with air hostess, Trina (Nadine Velazquez), he takes to the sky in …
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