The Expendables 2: Right, the plot of this film is…., erm…. Well, they’re either going into difficult situations to free someone or rescue something important, but then later on they have a bigger issue with …
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The Dark Knight Rises in 70mm IMAX – The DVDfever Cinema Review
The Dark Knight Rises: Without a hint of opening credits, Gary Oldman appears onscreen at a press conference, where the world is mourning the death of Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart). Yes, it’d been ages since …
Continue readingThe Amazing Spider-Man IMAX 3D – The DVDfever Cinema Review
The Amazing Spider-Man: Okay, so when it came to this film, I was not expecting anything ground-breaking. In fact, had it not been showing on an IMAX screen, and having been so impressed with Prometheus …
Continue readingPrometheus IMAX 3D – The DVDfever Cinema Review
Prometheus is the first full feature film which I have seen in IMAX and it felt like being shouted at in the face for a full two hours… in a good way. I’ve only ever …
Continue readingJohn Carter (of Mars) – The DVDfever Cinema Review
John Carter: Prior to seeing this film, I knew precious little about it. It wasn’t until seeing Mark Kermode’s review on BBC News that I realised it was originally entitled John Carter of Mars and …
Continue readingSafe House – The DVDfever Cinema Review
Safe House is the kind of film where, for anyone who’s seen the trailer, you can simply check your brain at the door. It’s really not a film about rocket science. Matt Weston (Ryan Reynolds) …
Continue readingChronicle – The DVDfever cinema review
Chronicle begins with no opening credits, and simply with Andrew Detmer (Dane DeHaan, below-right) setting up his video camera which he’ll take with him everywhere. It’s not 100% clear *why* he’s doing this, other than …
Continue readingUnderworld Awakening 3D – The DVDfever Cinema Review
Underworld: Awakening is the second sequel in the Underworld series, with Underworld: Rise of the Lycans being the prequel to the first film Underworld and Underworld: Evolution being the first sequel… Got it? Good. I …
Continue readingThe London Korean Film Festival 2011 – The DVDfever Review
The London Korean Film Festival 2011: Right now it seems as if there’s a film festival for every genre and every country. But I can honestly say that the recent 2011 Korean Film Festival – …
Continue readingLondon Film Festival 2011 Part 3: The DVDfever Awards (Oct 12th-27th)
AND THE AWARD GOES TO… This was such a richly rewarding London Film Festival that DVDfever split its retrospective coverage in three. In the first two, longer instalments we looked in depth at the movies …
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