Eightball is a low-budget movie and the first feature-length one for writer/director Robert Allison. The plot is far from an original one as hitman Jon (Max Woollen, bottom-right) plans to do one last job before …
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X-Men 2: Special Edition on DVD – The DVDfever Review
X-Men 2: I’ve never read an X-Men comic, didn’t think much of the first film as it just washed over me completely and so I really wasn’t expecting a great deal from this sequel. Thankfully, …
Continue readingAbout Schmidt on DVD – The DVDfever Review
About Schmidt: Warren R. Schmidt has retired, and he’s at a loss. He’s been married to the same woman for 42 years and has been working in the same job for as long as he …
Continue readingAdaptation on DVD – The DVDfever Review – Nicolas Cage, Spike Jonze
Adaptation shows Spike Jonze is not known for being the most straight-forward director. I hugely enjoyed his previous main feature, Being John Malkovich, although it wasn’t perfect. Then when you watch his latest work, Adaptation, …
Continue reading28 Days Later on DVD – The DVDfever Review
Animal rights activists break into a lab where monkeys are being tested on, attack the scientist (I’m Alan Partridge‘s Tony Hayers, David Schneider) and release the caged creatures. However, they’ve been deliberately infected with ‘Rage’ …
Continue readingJam: The Complete Series on DVD – Chris Morris – The DVDfever Review
Jam was Chris Morris‘ TV version, to a point, of his Radio 1 show “Blue Jam”, something which I tried to listen to but could never get into. Back then I found TV a more …
Continue readingOne Hour Photo on DVD – The DVDfever Review
One Hour Photo is the sort of shop you’d need if you want your snaps developed quickly. Most people do a good enough job in their own vocation in life to get by, but Sy …
Continue readingCold Feet Series 5 on DVD – The DVDfever Review
Cert: Cat.no: GVD 064 Running time: 292 minutes Year: 2002 Pressing: 2003 Region(s): 2, PAL Chapters: 54 plus extras Sound: Dolby Digital 2.0 (Dolby Surround) Languages: English Subtitles: None Widescreen: 16:9 (1.77:1) 16:9-Enhanced: Yes Macrovision: …
Continue readingThe Texas Chainsaw Massacre on DVD – The DVDfever Review
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre opens in August 18th, 1973 where a dead body’s been perched on a monument after its owner was clearly put through some pain prior to the life being taken. People can …
Continue readingWaking Life on DVD – The DVDfever Review
I haven’t the first idea what’s going on in Waking Life. That was my initial impression of this film, a film from a director who, by all accounts, is far from conventional and this is …
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