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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Remembrance Of The Daleks on DVD – Doctor Who – The DVDfever Review – Sylvestor McCoy
Doctor Who: Remembrance Of The Daleks sees The Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) and Ace (Sophie Aldred) arrive on Earth in 1963 to deal with some unfinished business. Two rival factions of Daleks are after The Hand …
Continue readingThe Abyss: Special Edition on DVD – The DVDfever Review
The Abyss: Special Edition At 0922 local time an American nuclear submarine, the USS Montana with 156 men went down about 22 miles from where the crew of the Deepcore are working and they’re being …
Continue readingThe 10th Kingdom on DVD – The DVDfever Review
The 10th Kingdom: “Love will find a way, if you want it to”, so spake progressive rock group Yes, but I don’t think even they counted beastiality as being on the cards. Virginia Lewis (Father …
Continue readingThe 6th Day – The DVDfever Cinema 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 readingAnother 48 Hrs on DVD – The DVDfever Review
Another 48 Hrs: Eight years after the first two-day stretch for our heroes, director Walter Hill brought Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy back together again, although this time their fortunes were reversed and Murphy was …
Continue readingChicken Run on DVD – The DVDfever Review – Mel Gibson
Chicken Run is the first full-length feature film from Aardman Animations, in a homage – or is that ‘rip off’, to The Great Escape, and sees a whole coop of chickens attempting to escape their …
Continue readingX-Men on DVD – The DVDfever Review
X-Men is the long-awaited big-screen outing for the Marvel Comic superheroes that have magic powers and – usually – two names, one real and one flashy. Plot-wise, it’s good against evil and that’s about it. …
Continue readingAbsolutely Fabulous Series 1 on DVD – The DVDfever Review
Absolutely Fabulous is or isn’t, depending on your opinion. I couldn’t quite get into the show, occasionally hitting the mark but to me it had more misses than hits and watching this disc hasn’t changed …
Continue readingAardman Classics on DVD – The DVDfever Review
Aardman Classics: Over the past twenty or so years, Aardman Animations have come to the fore, even though they’ve been around for a lot longer. They’ve made scores of short animated films all of which …
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