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 …
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The 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 …
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The 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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Koyaanisqatsi and Powaqqatsi: Special Edition on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Koyaanisqatsi and Powaqqatsi are two films put together in one boxset which, respectively translate from the Hopi language as “Life Out Of Balance” and “Life in Transformation”. In addition, the two films also look at …
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Oculus – The DVDfever Cinema Review
Oculus begins with a spooky mirror being auctioned off by Kaylie Russell (Karen Gillan), the premise being that it has some sort of supernatural powers but that no buyer ever has knowledge of its capability …
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RoboCop (2014) on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
RoboCop is one of the most iconic action films of all-time, showing off the capitalist greed of the 1980s whilst containing some of the most violent scenes committed to film at the time, not least …
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All Is Lost on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
All Is Lost proves that ‘life on the ocean wave’ isn’t just a jaunty song, it’s a fact for the main character in this film, played by Robert Redford, whose character doesn’t have a name …
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Generation War on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Generation War is a German World War II drama split into three parts, where five friends find their lives will be affected in different ways by the war as it takes them away from each …
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Edge of Tomorrow – The DVDfever Cinema Review
Edge of Tomorrow is a film which seems to have been timed for release to coincide with the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings because that’s essentially what’s on show here, although the Germans have …
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Svengali on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Svengali tells the tale of Dixie, aka Paul Dean (Jonny Owen), who dreams of coming to London and following in the footsteps of the likes of Brian Epstein and Alan McGee to manage a very …
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