The Zero Theorem is one of those off-the-wall films I wanted to see when it came out at the cinema, but my local Odeon criminally ignored it, and while I could’ve found somewhere in Manchester …
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The Grand Budapest Hotel on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
The Grand Budapest Hotel makes its way on to Blu-ray and DVD, with a bold instruction at the start of the film: “PLEASE SET YOUR MONITOR TO 16X9”. You’ll see why in due course. The …
Continue readingNeed For Speed 3D on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Need for Speed aims to do for movie franchises what the bafflingly popular Fast and Furious series has also done, but in this case it’s also based on the popular videogame franchise, and how many …
Continue readingThe Lego Movie 3D on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
The Lego Movie begins with unlikely hero Emmet Brickowoski (Chris Pratt) being inadvertently caught up in a plot where Lord Business (Will Ferrell), an evil guy masquerading as the President, has stolen Kragle, an item …
Continue readingUnder The Skin on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Under The Skin is, let’s get this out the way, the film where Scarlett Johansson gets her kit off. Without anyone in the cast having a name for their character, she plays an alien who …
Continue readingBraquo Season 3 on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Braquo Season 3 is something that I didn’t know had yet been made when the press release dropped into my inbox, but upon seeing it I was all “Mon dieu! It’s time for more Eddy …
Continue readingThunderbolt and Lightfoot on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot sounds morelike the sort of drink you’d buy in a bar in town on a Friday night, these days, but 40 years ago, it was a film about two robbers, played respectively …
Continue reading47 Ronin on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
47 Ronin takes place in ancient feudal Japan, circa 1700, amongst a group of magical islands, home to witches and demons… and Fukishima really hasn’t happened yet? The ronin are basically the cast-offs from society …
Continue readingThe Wolf of Wall Street on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
The Wolf of Wall Street made for an intriguing, if rather long, cinema outing, but it’s certainly worth a re-watch on Blu-ray. The film tells the real-life tale of Jordan Belfort, a stockbroker and playboy …
Continue readingThe Complete Dr Phibes: Special Edition on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
The Complete Dr Phibes brings together my two favourite Vincent Price movies – since you can’t have one without the other, and makes for a fantastic release following the recent Theatre of Blood: Special Edition. …
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