G.I. Joe Retaliation – Hmm… at first this film seemed like it was bordering on the verge of Capricorn One territory when, early on, almost all of the ‘Joes’ are wiped out in an attack …
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Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters 3D – The DVDfever Cinema Review
Hansel & Gretel – everyone knows the fairy tale about these siblings, where they came across a house made of candy in the forest, ate some of it, then went inside and encounted a witch …
Continue readingStolen – The DVDfever Cinema Review
Stolen opens with a great sequence with Will Montomery (Nicolas Cage) committing a $10m heist with Vincent (Josh Lucas), seemingly unknowingly while being watched by the FBI, while partners-in-crime Riley (Malin Akerman) and Hoyt (M.C. …
Continue readingThe Paperboy – The DVDfever Cinema review
The Paperboy – Before I saw this, I wanted to like it more than I did. This was because it’s got two great lead actors who can pull off a blinding performance when they’ve got …
Continue readingSightseers on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Sightseers: Three months into any relationship and couples are still trying to find out what makes each other tick. At this point for Sightseers Chris (Steve Oram) wants to show girlfriend Tina (Alice Lowe) his …
Continue readingAmour on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Amour begins with firemen breaking into a flat in France, where they discover Anne’s (Emmanuelle Riva) deceased corpse lying on her bed, elegantly dressed, eyes closed and with flower petals scattered around her. Her husband …
Continue readingOz: The Great and Powerful – The DVDfever Cinema Review
Oz: The Great and Powerful: (Spoilers ahead) I really didn’t fancy this at all. I mean, with a very few honourable exceptions (X-Men First Class, Indiana Jones and The Temple Of Doom) prequels are uniformly …
Continue readingStitches on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Stitches is a clown, played by comedian Ross Noble, who hates children with a passion. On the plus side, for him, he won’t have to do the job for much longer because when he attends …
Continue readingArgo – The DVDfever Review
Argo begins with a bit of a history lesson, telling us how Mohammad Reza Shah ruled Iran from 1953 until 1979, at which point Khomeini took over after years of opulence and excess from Shah, …
Continue readingCloud Atlas – The DVDfever Cinema Review
Cloud Atlas is a film I hadn’t even heard of until a few days before watching it, but there was something intriguing about it in the way it mixes six different stories, each from a …
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