Monkey Shines: An Experiment in Fear was released in 1998 in the US, but didn’t see the light of day in the UK until the following year, which was quite a regular occurence back then, …
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Blue Iguana – The DVDfever Cinema Review – Sam Rockwell
Blue Iguana is one of those films where I’m not really sure *what* I watched, but I know I really enjoyed it, as all the scenes put one after the other don’t feel like the …
Continue readingThe Captain on DVD – The DVDfever Review – World War II drama
The Captain is set in Germany, April 1945, two weeks before the end of World War II, so potentially unfortunate timing for the events which are about to happen. Willi Herold (Max Hubacher) is a …
Continue readingThe Breadwinner on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
The Breadwinner is set in Afghanistan, in 2001, but there’s a less than pleasant odyssey coming up for Parvana (Saara Chaudry), as the Taliban are in charge, and there are many threats to kill each …
Continue readingLast Year In Marienbad on DVD – The DVDfever Review
Last Year In Marienbad is almost 60 years old, and when I saw the trailer for thie recently, I half expected Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse to pop up as if to make a spoof …
Continue readingThe Goodies: The Complete BBC Collection on DVD – The DVDfever Review
The Goodies were a trio I loved watching when growing up with Kitten Kong and the giant Dougal from The Magic Roundabout chasing them round outside being particularly memorable. While I won’t have seen them …
Continue readingSalvador: Masters Of Cinema Series on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Salvador features James Woods at his manic best was waring tensions between different factions heat up, and everythings about to reach a tipping point where even if you’re a resident and you don’t have a …
Continue readingIceman on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Iceman states at the start: “The characters in the following film speak an early version of the Rhaetic language. Translation is not required to comprehend the story… Dom RobinsonReviewer of movies, videogames and music since …
Continue readingBFI 62nd London Film Festival Preview by Helen M Jerome
BFI 62nd London Film Festival Preview: Five weeks before it even kicks off, this already has the feeling of a vintage year for the BFI London Film Festival. There wasn’t a seat to be had …
Continue readingThe Predator – The DVDfever Cinema Review
The Predator: Given how this movie ended, it seems that they certainly have ideas about taking this franchise further. So we can probably expect more movies like this one. And when I say more movies …
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