The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug is the second in a three-part series, since director Peter Jackson wanted to turn a small book into another huge franchise, although with the visuals on display it’s entirely …
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Jurassic Park 3D on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Jurassic Park was released in 1993, a fantastic suspense film with some cracking one-liners, based on the novel by the late Michael Crichton. In fact, it’s still an exceptional film 20 years on, unlike its …
Continue readingBig Trouble In Little China: Special Edition on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Big Trouble In Little China is a film I never quite got into when I was younger, so figured it was worth a re-viewing in the brand new Blu-ray transfer. Jack Burton (Kurt Russell) is …
Continue readingWe’re The Millers on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
We’re The Millers begins with David (Jason Sudeikis) continuing to live like an eternal student, dealing weed while watching daytime TV. Living in the same apartment block is Rose (Jennifer Aniston), a stripper, with La …
Continue reading2 Guns on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
2 Guns opens with a few scenes that introduce us to self-assured and selfish small-time thieves, Bobby (Denzel Washington) and Stig (Mark Wahlberg), or so it seems, wisecracking their way through life without a care …
Continue readingBetty Blue: Director’s Cut on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Betty Blue: Béatrice Dalle = perfection. When I was a Keele University student at the start of the ’90s, like many late teenagers becoming young adults, I had the poster up on my wall, I …
Continue readingAlan Partridge: Alpha Papa on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa is like a gift that keeps on giving. I was very sceptical that if an Alan Partridge movie was made – after all this time the character has been around – …
Continue readingThe London Film Festival 2013 Part 3: The Annual DVDfever Awards (October 9th-20th)
YES, THEY’RE HERE, THE ANNUAL DVDfever AWARDS… AND THE AWARD GOES TO… (DRAMATIC PAUSE WHILE VIRTUAL ENVELOPE IS OPENED)… The London Film Festival 2013: It’s that time again. When DVDfever looks through its notes, tots …
Continue readingInvasion of the Body Snatchers: Special Edition on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Invasion of the Body Snatchers begins with spores leaving a distant planet and heading for San Francisco, transpiring into raindrops which hit the leaves of plants and spawn weird, but pretty, rose-like flowers. Public health …
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