The 5th Wave is another of those ‘end of the world’ sci-fi dramas, this being at the behest of aliens, referred to as “The Others”, but I do like all of this sort of nonsense. …
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Dirty Grandpa: Extended Edition on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Dirty Grandpa sets its stall out early, naming Robert De Niro‘s character Dick. His wife has just died and he needs a release, and that involves attempting to sleep with hot college girls, with Lenore …
Continue readingX-Men: Apocalypse – The DVDfever Cinema Review
X-Men: Apocalypse begins back in Ancient Egypt, around 3600 BCE (Before Common Era – I had to look that up. I presume it means, before Lonnie Rashid Lynn Jr, aka the rapper known as Common, …
Continue readingOrthodox on DVD – The DVDfever Review
Orthodox centres around Stephen Graham as Benjamin, a boxer-turned-butcher who’s still forced to fight because money is tight. The recession has hit his family business hard, so in order to make ends meet, long-time friend …
Continue readingRoobarb and Custard: The Complete Collection on DVD – The DVDfever Review
Roobarb and Custard is one of many classic TV series from my childhood, the original of which was made in 1974 when I was just two, so I mostly remember it as it was repeated …
Continue readingI Am Wrath on DVD – The DVDfever Review
I Am Wrath gave me high hopes as it came from Chuck Russell, the same director as Arnie’s 1996 action epic Eraser, even if that was 20 years ago. John Travolta had a career resurgence …
Continue readingA War (Krigen) on DVD – The DVDfever Review
A War doesn’t take long to get across the horrors of conflict when we see a soldier become a victim of an IED, or improvised explosive device – namely, a landmine. Following this, their commanding …
Continue readingRoom on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Room An 11ft-square room, to be precise. This is a film which really didn’t grab me by its premise of a mother and her son in the one location, even though I have loved some …
Continue readingCaptain America: Civil War – an overlong mess – The DVDfever Cinema Review
Captain America: Civil War – Seriously? What an overlong mess this was. I don’t think I’ve looked at my watch so many times during a film. Note: In this review, there may be what some …
Continue readingFollow The Money Season 1 on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Follow The Money begins with the cops finding a body in the water that once used to be a man called Mikhayil Husenko, but given that it’s difficult to track down day labourers when they …
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