Raymond and Ray is one of those low-key movies which, overall, feels more than the sum of its parts. It centres around the two half-brothers in the title, Raymond (Ewan McGregor) and Ray (Ethan Hawke), …
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Halloween Ends – The DVDfever Cinema Review – Jamie Lee Curtis
Halloween Ends is the final movie in the current Halloween trilogy, and I say ‘current’, because if this is the last we ever see of Michael Myers, I’ll bare my bottom in Dixons’ window. Early …
Continue readingThe School of Good and Evil – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Michelle Yeoh
The School for Good and Evil sees two brothers – Rafal and Rhian (both played by Kit Young) – having shared power peacefully for eons, but things seldom stay as they are… For best friends …
Continue readingDon’t Worry Darling – The DVDfever Cinema Review – Florence Pugh
Don’t Worry Darling is a 1950s-set psychological drama, so by the very mention of that, you know a lot of weird nonsense is going to happen before too long, and you won’t be disappointed in …
Continue readingSignificant Other – The DVDfever Review – Maika Monroe – Paramount+
Significant Other should really begin with the popular nursery rhyme which begins… # If you go down to the woods today, you’re sure of a big surprise # While young couple Ruth (Maika Monroe – …
Continue readingSmile – The DVDfever Cinema Review – Sosie Bacon
Smile begins with psychotherapist Rose Cotter (Sosie Bacon) dealing with a man, who’s talking about the evil visions he’s having about death. Dom RobinsonReviewer of movies, videogames and music since 1994. Aortic valve operation survivor …
Continue readingAvatar – The DVDfever IMAX 3D 1.78:1 Cinema Review – James Cameron
Avatar is back in cinemas, as a precursor to the release of the December 16th sequel, Avatar: The Way of Water, and apparently, in a 4K Remaster, but it will have been shot in at …
Continue readingThe Greatest Beer Run Ever – The DVDfever Review – Zac Efron – Apple TV+
The Greatest Beer Run Ever has a bizarre premise, but it’s even more bizarre that it’s based on a true story. Starting in Inwood, Northern Manhattan, New York City, in 1967, the Vietnam war has …
Continue readingSee How They Run – The DVDfever Cinema Review – Sam Rockwell, Saoirse Ronan
See How They Run refers to mice, and opens with a 1953 West End performance of The Mousetrap, the Agatha Christie play which I’ve not seen, and I don’t think it’s ever been made into …
Continue readingStar Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Director’s Cut – The DVDfever Cinema Review
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Director’s Cut is easily the best of the first six Star Trek movies. The first one, I saw properly recently (correct widescreen ratio, Director’s Edition, etc), No.4 was …
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