Penguin Bloom is based on the true story about Sam Bloom (Naomi Watts – Allegiant), who lived the perfect family life out in Thailand, with three growing kids and husband Cameron (Andrew Lincoln), before things …
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The Dig – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Carey Mulligan, Ralph Fiennes
The Dig begins in 1938, in Suffolk, where Edith Pretty (Carey Mulligan, Collateral) had learned there were approximately 18 ancient burial mounds on the Sutton Hoo estate, near to her home, so she summons M …
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Pieces Of A Woman – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Vanessa Kirby, Shia LaBeouf
Pieces of a Woman takes place over a period of a number of months, starting on September 17th, where mum-to-be Martha (Vanessa Kirby – Mission Impossible: Fallout) buys a new, spacious car with husband Sean …
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We Can Be Heroes – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Pedro Pascal, Priyanka Chopra
We Can Be Heroes follows on from 2005’s writer/director Robert Rodriguez‘s The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl 3D, which I haven’t seen, but should because I like 3D films. I get the impression that whereas …
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The Midnight Sky – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – George Clooney, Felicity Jones
The Midnight Sky begins observing Augustine (George Clooney – Return of the Killer Tomatoes… yes, seriously!), at the Barbeau Observatory in The Arctic Circle, where we see him sat down, eating lunch on his own …
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Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Chadwick Boseman
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom refers to a particular song, rather than a part of her anatomy, and after a brief early scene, seeing Ma Rainey (Viola Davis – Suicide Squad) play in a couple of …
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Mank – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Gary Oldman
Mank…Herman J Mankiewicz, played by Gary Oldman, is a man whose scriptwriting work often went uncredited, but back in 1940, at the age of just 24, Orson Welles was given a contract by then-struggling RKO …
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The Christmas Chroncicles 2 – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Kurt Russell
The Christmas Chronicles 2 comes two years after the first movie, and when I read about the premise of how Kate Pierce (Darby Camp) is now a cynical teen and needs to team up with …
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Hillbilly Elegy – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Amy Adams, Glenn Close
Hillbilly Elegy: When I first saw the trailer for this, it looked a bit dull… but then everyone was raving about it online, so I figured I’d give it a chance. As I watch the …
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The Life Ahead – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Sophia Loren
The Life Ahead centres around two people: Madame Rosa (Sophia Loren) – a former ‘lady of the night’, who’s long into her retirement, and who looks after children who are either orphaned or not with …
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