Given the hype and the strength of the cast, I expected big things from The 51st State. Elmo McElroy (Samuel L Jackson) is a master chemist who wears a kilt and can concoct any drug …
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Thir13en Ghosts on DVD – The DVDfever Review
Thir13en Ghosts: If you’re going to be left a house by someone in their will, make sure it’s not that left by Cyrus Kriticos in this movie, unless you fancy living in a haunted house …
Continue readingSwimming with Sharks on DVD – The DVDfever Review
Swimming With Sharks sees writer and film school graduate Guy (Frank Whaley) finds his crap boss in Hollywood bigshot Buddy Ackerman (Kevin Spacey in a career-best performance), and everyone’s had a crap boss at one …
Continue readingThree Dog Night: Live in Concert on DVD – The DVDfever Review
Three Dog Night: Live in Concert was filmed at The Renaissance Center in Dickson, Tennessee alongside the Tennessee Symphony Orchestra to give the proceedings a more classical bent. Many a classic is performed here, including …
Continue readingRavenous on DVD – The DVDfever Review
Ravenous has a bizarre premise and one that makes you wonder why someone saw fit to make a film about, but it still draws powerful performances from the two main leads. For his part in …
Continue readingStrange Days on DVD – The DVDfever Review
Strange Days poses these questions: Have you ever jacked in? Have you ever wire-tripped? Those are asked by Lenny Nero (Ralph Fiennes) when he wants you to try out his Superconducting Quantum Interference Device, or …
Continue reading15 Minutes on DVD – The DVDfever Review
Andy Warhol said that everyone would be famous for 15 Minutes or perhaps five if you’re on Right To Reply 🙂 An oddball Czech – Emil Slovak (Karel Roden) – and Russian – Oleg Razgul …
Continue readingThe Bedroom on VHS video – The DVDfever Review – Hisayasu Satô
The Bedroom is a club of which Kyoko is a member. All the girls there use “hallusion”, a highly hallucinatory drug, and then let men do what they like with them. Kyoko is mourning the …
Continue readingThe 6th Day on DVD – The DVDfever Review
On the 6th Day, it’s stated that God created man in his own image. It’s just that each of us were only meant to be pieced together once and after you’ve had your prescribed measure …
Continue reading1492: Conquest of Paradise on DVD – The DVDfever Review
1492: Conquest of Paradise: In 1992, two films about Christopher Columbus were made, some 500 years after his time. There was the laughable Christopher Columbus: The Discovery with George Corraface in the title role, plus …
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