The Masque of the Red Death feels like a pre-cursor to the current pandemic. It begins in Wuhan, China where the evil Xi Jinping is creating a virus in a lab… Oh, no, that’s a …
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To Olivia – The DVDfever Review – Hugh Bonneville, Keeley Hawes
To Olivia is promoted as “The true story of Roald Dahl and Patricia Neal“, yet only covers a couple of years in their life, so won’t be the whole story. It begins in 1962, with …
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I Care A Lot – The DVDfever Review – Amazon Prime Video – Rosamund Pike
I Care A Lot is one of those films where the trailer made it look like it could go either way, as to whether it was worth a full watch. It centres around Marla Grayson …
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The Map Of Tiny Perfect Things – The DVDfever Review – Amazon Prime Video – Kathryn Newton
The Map of Tiny Perfect Things is a rather overlong title, which gave the impression of a teen romance film that wasn’t as twee as the name would make it seem. It’s early morning for …
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Space Sweepers – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Sung-hee Jo, Kim Tae-ri
Space Sweepers is set in 2092, banging the drum wit environmental nonsense, at a time when Earth is classed as “still breathing, but on life support”, resulting in the population going to work in the …
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Goteborg Film Festival 2021 – The DVDfever Review by Helen M Jerome
Goteborg Film Festival 2021: Helen M Jerome ‘visits’ Goteborg Film Festival 2021 and is so impressed, she’s hoping to go in person next year… Obviously I was thrilled to attend Goteborg Film Festival for the …
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Below Zero – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Javier Gutiérrez
Below Zero sees conscientious and experienced cop Martín (Javier Gutiérrez) partaking in a prisoner transfer, which are sometimes carried out at night for security reasons. Going down the back roads to Cuenca, this is a …
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News Of The World – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Tom Hanks, Helena Zengel
News Of The World is a new Tom Hanks (A Beautiful Day In The Neighbourhood, Greyhound) film during which you should not expect music from The Jam, nor see a tawdry tabloid because it begins …
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Bliss – The DVDfever Review – Amazon Prime Video – Owen Wilson, Salma Hayek
Bliss sees middle-aged Greg Wittle (Owen Wilson) in a dead-end job, and taking medication for a bad shoulder and other aching limbs. About to be fired, he accidentally knocks out his boss, or has he …
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Malcolm and Marie – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Zendaya, John David Washington
Malcolm and Marie is a film which plays out in real time, and pretty much the first thing you see is Marie (Zendaya – Dune 2021) hitching up her skirt, to go to the toilet …
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