Resident Evil Afterlife is the fourth film in the series, but only the second one I’ve actually watched, the other being the original. I was drawn to this on the promise of it having a …
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Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps on DVD – The DVDfever Review
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps follows on from the wonderful, original Wall Street, Bud Fox (Charlie Sheen) sneaking into the business affections of Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas) by bringing him a gift of his favourite …
Continue reading22 Bullets on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
22 Bullets stars Jean Reno as Charly Matteï, a mobster who’s gone straight and wants to leave his old life behind him. Easier said than done in the mafia world, but he’s spent the past …
Continue readingThe Disappearance of Alice Creed on DVD – The DVDfever Review
The Disappearance of Alice Creed begins with the two male leads, Vic (Eddie Marsan) and Danny (Martin Compston, below with Marsan) stealing a van from a car park, then taking a trip to buy a …
Continue readingThe Last Airbender on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
In The Last Airbender, the world has been split into four separate nations, one for each of the four elements – air, water, earth and fire. The film begins with two members of the Southern …
Continue readingBarney’s Version – The DVDfever Cinema Review
Barney’s Version: Fresh from his personal triumph at the Golden Globes – winning Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy for this performance – Paul Giamatti struts his comic stuff across this long and winding …
Continue readingCertified Copy on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Certified Copy begins with writer James Miller (William Shimell) giving a talk about his new book, entitled Certified Copy. He writes about art, in terms of original works and those which are reproductions. Juliette Binoche …
Continue readingGamer on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Gamer begins with no titles as such, just words like ‘Kable Killer’ and ‘Slayers’ posted up as electronic billboards on buildings all around the city. This is because a man known as Kable (Gerard Butler) …
Continue readingTRON Legacy 3D – The DVDfever Cinema Review
Tron, back in 1982 at the age of 10, was a film for me which changed my life. Not only was I at an impressionable age, although I can still be impressed at 38, but …
Continue readingRambo (2008) on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Rambo is back, and this time he’s in Thailand to sort out the 60-year civil war between the Burmese police and the Karen people, who are routinely killed, sometimes for sport. It doesn’t start out …
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