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 …
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Last 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 …
Continue readingApostasy on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Apostasy is defined as “abandonment or renunciation of a religion by a person” and is what happened to one of the characters within. I’m not at all religious, but I’d heard a lot of good …
Continue readingMadame on DVD – The DVDfever Review
Madame may boast Toni Collette (Wanderlust) and Harvey Keitel (Reservoir Dogs) as its leads, Anne and Bob, a well-off American couple who are about to host a big dinner for lots of people, but the …
Continue readingLucky – The DVDfever Cinema Review – Harry Dean Stanton
Lucky is the name given to character portrayeed by the late, great Harry Dean Stanton, who clearly must have earned it because how does he manage to get such a clean shave from an electric …
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