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Killing Them Softly starts against the backdrop of late 2008 America, with the impending election that’ll bring either Obama or McCain to power, although the film is very pro-Obama. Now, there’s not a massive amount …
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House at the End of the Street – The DVDfever Cinema Review
It’s a lovely day for a double murder as, for no apparent reason, a young girl overpowers and kills her parents. This happens to happen in… altogether now… the House At The End Of The …
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Total Recall (2012) – The DVDfever Cinema Review
Total Recall – Where to begin? I could go into detail about the basics of the plot, but if you’ve seen the original several times then this will feel mostly like a bog-standard retread. Oh, …
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The Expendables 2 – The DVDfever Cinema Review
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 …
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The 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 …
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Prometheus 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 …
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John 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 …
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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) …
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Chronicle – 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 …
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