Paydirt is an exercise which feels more interesting in some of the casting than the film as a whole. On/off Bros member Luke Goss‘ biggest film role (outside of Bros: After The Screaming Stops) is …
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Tombstone Rashomon on DVD – The DVDfever Review – Alex Cox
Tombstone Rashomon is a new Alex Cox movie where… well, it was technically released in 2017, but is just coming to the home market now, so it was new to me. Everyone remembers what went …
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Villain on DVD – The DVDfever Review – Craig Fairbrass
Villain is a rare thing in cinema these days – an 18-certificate. Too many studios steer away from it, sometimes reducing violence and other scenes in a bid to get a 15-certificate, even if it …
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Primal on DVD – The DVDfever Review – Nicolas Cage
Primal sees the prolific Nicolas Cage back onscreen as Nicolas Cage, but this time he’s animal hunter Frank Walsh, in the Brazillian jungle, exporting a 400lb jaguar back to the US on the same ship …
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Balloon – The DVDfever Review – World War II drama
Balloon takes us up, up and away… eventually, in a World War II tale of two families based in East Germany who would rather be in West Germany, because the Nazis are nasty. The first …
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Kaleidoscope – The DVDfever Review – Toby Jones
Kaleidoscope gives us Toby Jones (Marvellous, Don’t Forget The Driver) as Carl, who lives in a flat that looks like it hasn’t been redecorated since the ’70s. In fact, as he wakes up from a …
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Lost In London – The DVDfever Review – Woody Harrelson
Lost In London was fascinating from the trailer, since it’s a film that was shot in just one-take. It reminded me of the superb 2015’s Victoria, starring Laia Costa, which did the same thing, although …
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The Guilty – The DVDfever Review – Jakob Cedergren
The Guilty centres around Danish emergency services call operator Asger Holm (Jakob Cedergren, above), who at first comes across as far from understanding when he gets a call from someone who’s taken drugs and is …
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Speed Kills on DVD – The DVDfever Review – John Travolta
Speed Kills joins Backtrace in a January UK premiere which stars Matthew Modine in a film which has received stinking ratings on IMDB, but then so did Allure and Dark Crimes, and both of those …
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Tag (2018) on DVD – The DVDfever Review
Tag seemed rather childish from its premise, as lifelong friends have, annually during the month of May, been playing the same titular game since they were… children. In its opening scene, it was already beginning …
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