The Party is an invite I’d not accepted until now… yes, that’s a lame joke with which to introduce a review for a comedy from Pink Panther collaborators Blake Edwards and Peter Sellers which was …
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A Man Called Ove on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
A Man Called Ove portrays Rolf Lassgård in the titular role as the grumpiest of grumpy old men, not understanding why he can’t get one bunch of flowers for 35krone, simply because he has a …
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Double Date – The DVDfever Cinema Review – The perfect Halloween horror-comedy!
Double Date centres around two women on dates with a difference – they’re homicidal murderers. Yes, if you’ve ever wondered why you didn’t get a second date with a woman – Did she not fancy …
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Memoirs of a Spectrum Addict on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Memoirs of a Spectrum Addict focuses on the home computer that defined my teenage years – the Sinclair ZX Spectrum. Originally known as the ZX-82, it was named the ‘Spectrum’ so to show how it’s …
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Berlin Syndrome on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Berlin Syndrome‘s title infers similarities with Stockholm Sydrome, when a captive bonds with their captor. New to the city, and hanging out with some impromptu friends on the roof of her hostel, Clare (Teresa Palmer) …
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Blade Runner 2049 – The DVDfever Cinema Review – Good, but not iconic
Blade Runner 2049 comes 35 years after the original Blade Runner, but time has moved on just 30 years. Is it worth seeing on the big screen? It is, but bear in mind that it’s …
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I Am Not Madame Bovary on DVD – The DVDfever Review
I Am Not Madame Bovary is so-called as the lead character, Li Xuelian (Bingbing Fan), is considered a woman of ill repute (as she had an affair), and all following her failed marriage to Qin …
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Brimstone – The DVDfever Cinema Review
Brimstone is a bit of an odd film, but one I enjoyed a lot more than I expected to after seeing the rather middling trailer. It’s essentially a story of revenge and retribution, told over …
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Dunkirk 1958 (Digitally Remastered) on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Dunkirk (1958) is out now in a restored Blu-ray and DVD, and I won’t go into the detail of the plot, as it is, since anyone will have heard plenty on the news, even if …
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London Korean Film Festival 2017 Preview by Helen M Jerome
London Korean Film Festival 2017 Preview: We’re giving you the heads-up early this year, so you can book to see the hottest Korean films around – and some of the biggest directors and stars, too. …
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