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I, Daniel Blake begins with the 59-year-old carpenter titular character, portrayed by comedian Dave Johns, applying for ESA (Employment and Support Allowance), and being asked a succession of – irrelevant, to him – questions when …
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Dark Water Special Edition on Blu-ray/DVD Double play – The DVDfever Review
Dark Water is, once again, me filling in my missing film knowledge with another sumptuous release from Arrow’s many quality titles. From Hideo Nakata, the director of the original Ringu (another one – it pains …
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Burnt Offerings Special Edition on Blu-ray/DVD Double play – The DVDfever Review
Burnt Offerings is a horror movie from 1976 which formed a central part of my childhood, as it was one of those classics shown in the early ’80s which we recorded on VHS and I …
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Vamp Special Edition on Blu-ray/DVD Double play – The DVDfever Review
Vamp shows there’s humour in horror as death comes to a bizarre town for Keith (Chris Makepeace) and AJ (Robert Rusler), or rather they come to the bizarre town as they end up there by …
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Equals on DVD – The DVDfever Review
Equals centres around a large number of individuals working for a scientific company called Atmos, which is practically like a commune in the way it carries on. Communication between the workers is mostly limited, and …
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Money Monster on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Money Monster begins with the financial breaking news that Ibis Clear Capital’s shares plumetted due to “a glitch in their algorithm”, since all our money is just zeroes and ones in the electronic ether, rather …
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The Sacrifice on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
The Sacrifice shows that at 149 minutes, Andrei Tarkovsky never knew the word ‘brevity’ after his first movie, Ivan’s Childhood, as those since seem to have gone on forever when they really didn’t have to. …
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Slugs Special Edition on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Slugs… Mutant killer slugs! Yes, they’re not just irritating little blighters that crawl onto your path, slither their muck all over the place, eat your plants and then complain to their MP when you pour …
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Love And Friendship on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Love And Friendship is based on Jane Austen‘s novella “Lady Susan“, and was a film I was really looking forward to after watching the trailer. It opened with introductions to members of the cast, as …
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Deepwater Horizon – a gripping big-screen experience – The DVDfever Cinema Review
Deepwater Horizon is the name of the rig which BP used to go exploring under the sea bed for oil. On April 20, 2010, it caught fire. Why? You’ll get the full details while you …
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