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Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom refers to a particular song, rather than a part of her anatomy, and after a brief early scene, seeing Ma Rainey (Viola Davis – Suicide Squad) play in a couple of …
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The Glass Man – The DVDfever Review – Andy Nyman, James Cosmo
The Glass Man begins with put-upon Martin Pyrite (Andy Nyman) getting ready for another day at work, with the perfect timing of the look of disdain on his face as he’s trying to shave while …
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London Korean Film Festival 2020 Review by Helen M Jerome
London Korean Film Festival 2020: Another festival strong on content – though slimmer and focused online – as Helen M Jerome discovered. Now Korean film is finally getting the critical plaudits, mainstream audiences, and major …
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Host (2020) – The DVDfever Review – Rob Savage – Zoom horror thriller
Host takes us into the ever-familiar world of Zoom/Skype/etc meetings which many of us have experienced during lockdown, ever since the beginning of the COVID19 pandemic. For myself, I’ve been working from home since the …
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Mank – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Gary Oldman
Mank…Herman J Mankiewicz, played by Gary Oldman, is a man whose scriptwriting work often went uncredited, but back in 1940, at the age of just 24, Orson Welles was given a contract by then-struggling RKO …
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London Film Festival 2020 Part 2 by Helen M Jerome – The DVDfever Review
London Film Festival 2020 Part 2: Here we go – straight into part two of our round up of the London Film Festival 2020 (part one is where to get your fix of reviews of …
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The Christmas Chroncicles 2 – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Kurt Russell
The Christmas Chronicles 2 comes two years after the first movie, and when I read about the premise of how Kate Pierce (Darby Camp) is now a cynical teen and needs to team up with …
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Hillbilly Elegy – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Amy Adams, Glenn Close
Hillbilly Elegy: When I first saw the trailer for this, it looked a bit dull… but then everyone was raving about it online, so I figured I’d give it a chance. As I watch the …
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London Film Festival 2020 Part 1 by Helen M Jerome – The DVDfever Review
London Film Festival 2020 Part 1: Extreme circumstances and setbacks can change some things for the better. And that has to be the conclusion after this year’s remarkable London Film Festival, which managed to stream …
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Proxima – The DVDfever Review – Eva Green, Matt Dillon
Proxima centres around astronaut Sarah Loreau (Eva Green, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children) who’s preparing to spend a year onboard the International Space Station, with the intent that this is the final NASA mission …
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