Baby Driver is another of those heist films where the protagonist has to complete just one more job, and he’s out… and you’ll just know that there’s no escape, since why would a bad-guy boss …
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Bad Moms Christmas – The DVDfever Cinema Review – serving up an early Christmas turkey
Bad Moms Christmas is actually titled “A Bad Moms Christmas”, but as well as it being bad for SEO (search engine optimisation) – given the ‘A’ at the start, calling it that will just file …
Continue readingMurder on the Orient Express (2017) – The DVDfever Cinema Review
Murder on the Orient Express – Listen very carefully; I shall review this only once! The film centres around… yes, a murder, on the train known as the Orient Express. Bet that surprised you, eh? …
Continue readingYour Name on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Your Name centres around two school children – Mitsuha, a girl living in the countryside, and Taki, a boy in the bustling city of Tokyo. It quickly gets on with the plot as once the …
Continue readingBlood Simple: Director’s Cut on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Blood Simple has a simple premise, but it’s far from simple how events will turn out. Texan Bar owner Julian Marty (Dan Hedaya) suspects his wife, Abby (Frances McDormand), of playing away with young barman …
Continue readingEat Locals on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Eat Locals is a play on the phrase ‘Eat Local’, same as ‘Shop Local’, i.e. buy from local independent shops rather than the big chain stores that’ll live forever, anyway, but Eat Locals – with …
Continue readingGrace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami – The DVDfever Cinema Review – Amazing Grace!
Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami opens with Miss Grace’s iconic Slave To The Rhythm, with the lead singing whilst using the hula hoop, same as when she appeared at the Queen’s Jubilee Concert in 2012 …
Continue readingChurchill on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review – Brian Cox
Churchill… Winston Churchill… like Solo… Han Solo… and Bond… James Bond… Okay, let’s be serious for a moment. Churchill probably sounded like a great idea on paper. Wartime movies are sprinkling their way through the …
Continue readingThe Party on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
The Party is an invite I’d not accepted until now… yes, that’s a lame joke with which to introduce a review for a comedy from Pink Panther collaborators Blake Edwards and Peter Sellers which was …
Continue readingA Man Called Ove on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
A Man Called Ove portrays Rolf Lassgård in the titular role as the grumpiest of grumpy old men, not understanding why he can’t get one bunch of flowers for 35krone, simply because he has a …
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