King of Crime (aka Milk and Honey) is a film I was looking forward to once I heard it starred The Bill stalwart, Mark Wingett (above), aka Jim Carver. Alas, no sooner had it begun …
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The Fog Special Edition on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
The Fog Special Edition is one of four John Carpenter classics being re-released in late 2018, on Blu-ray, 4K Blu-ray and DVD, and this is one of the four I haven’t seen before. Beginning with …
Continue readingEdie on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Edie stars Sheila Hancock in the titular role as an elderly lady who’s been caring for her husband for as long as she can remember, since he had a stroke years earlier, but once widowed, …
Continue readingThe Bombing (Air Strike) on DVD – The DVDfever Review – Bruce Willis
The Bombing (aka Air Strike) takes place in China where everyone is obsessed with an annual Mahjong contest, despite floods, droughts and, now, World War II. I thought I’d signed up to watch an action …
Continue readingTroll 2 on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Troll 2 is set in a town called Nilbog (which is ‘goblin’ backwards), where the Waits family participate in an early Air BNB-style situation as they go to live in a house that’s clearly been …
Continue readingTroll and Troll 2: The Complete Collection on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Troll takes place in San Francisco, preying on the residents of an apartment block, which is actually the enchanted gateway to the ancient world of Troll… not that they know it yet. This is also …
Continue readingFirst Man – First Bore? – The DVDfever Cinema Review
First Man is a film which I really wanted to see in 70mm IMAX scenes in full-height (1.44:1), for the lunar scenes, which is normally the preserve of 70mm screenings, such as last year’s Dunkirk. …
Continue readingMonkey Shines: An Experiment in Fear Special Edition on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
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, …
Continue readingBlue 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 …
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