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 …
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Safe 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 …
Continue readingLondon Film Festival 2011 Part 2: Imported Gems (Oct 12th-27th)
London Film Festival 2011 Part 2: Imported Gems: Welcome to the second part of DVDfever’s London Film Festival retrospective. Last time we looked at the big budget and indie movies from the US and UK. …
Continue readingLondon Film Festival 2011 Part 1: The Big Fellas (Oct 12th-27th)
London Film Festival 2011 Part 1: The Big Fellas: We’re going to mix it up a bit for this year’s look back over the London Film Festival. In fact, we’ve got so much to say …
Continue readingJurassic Park (2011 re-release) – The DVDfever Cinema Review
Jurassic Park: The world is a happy place. This film is just as I remember it. Big, noisy and pretty damned scary for a PG. This year, I have apparently shocked a few people with …
Continue readingHorrible Bosses – The DVDfever Cinema Review
Horrible Bosses: Saturday night at the movies, Nottingham Cineworld screen 4 was packed and Mrs W and I were in need of a good giggle. I’d been informed by very reliable sources that we would …
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