The London Film Festival 2012: Yep, it’s that time again – and there’s a brand new sheriff in charge of the UK’s biggest film festival, says Helen M Jerome. The first thing you notice is …
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Killing Them Softly – The DVDfever Cinema Review
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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