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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 …
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Troll 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 …
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Troll 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 …
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First 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. …
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Monkey 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, …
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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 …
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The 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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The 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 …
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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 …
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The 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 …
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