The Martian is Matt Damon‘s character, Mark Watney, part of the six-strong Ares III mission, visiting the red planet to collect soil samples etc. Unfortunately, some planet seem to have worse weather than Greater Manchester …
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The Walk IMAX 3D – The DVDfever Cinema Review
The Walk tells the real-life tale of Philippe Petit, a high-wire walker who sets himself increasingly challenging goals, culminating in 1974 with walking across a wire that’s stretched between the top of the North and …
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The Physician on DVD – The DVDfever Review
The Physician is set in the 11th Century, at a time when modern day hospitals are way off and the great unwashed have to rely on travelling barbes with poor knowledge. Meanwhile, an NHS, of …
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Everest IMAX 3D – The DVDfever Cinema Review
Everest is the tale of how Ted Moult built up his famous double-glazing company… Well, at least that’s what I was led to believe… (not really). As of 1992, it had become a business for …
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John Wick on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
John Wick says, “People keep asking am I back? Well, yeah! I’m thinking I’m back!” Back from where? We’ve never heard of you before, Mr Wick! In fact, he’s got to come back from the …
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Big Game on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Big Game begins with 13-year-old Oskari (Onni Tommila) living in the woods with his father. His Dad is one of those movie Dads who gives a lot of important instruction to his child at the …
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Girlhood on DVD – The DVDfever Review
Girlhood tells the coming-of-age tale of Marieme (Karidja Touré, below-right), a 16-year-old girl in a rough Parisian neighbourhood still trying to find where she belongs in the pecking order of life. In looking after her …
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Zardoz Special Edition on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Zardoz stars Sean Connery as Zed. He understands that Zardoz says if you obey him then you’ll go to a vortex when you die and live forever. So, Zed’s dead? This is another of those …
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Eaten Alive (1976) Special Edition on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Eaten Alive, directed by Tobe Hooper, is not to be confused with 1980’s horror movie of the same name, which was directed by Nightmare City‘s Umberto Lenzi that same year, even if the plot is …
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Mississippi Burning on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Mississippi Burning is set in 1964, at a time when attitudes in the world were shamefully backwards in just how racist they were. It would be another year before Martin Luther King’s landmark walk in …
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