The Mauritanian is a true life drama which begins in November 2001, two months after 9/11, where the titular character, Mohamedou Ould Slahi (Tahar Rahim – The Serpent), is arrested, but as we first see …
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The Irregulars – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Thaddea Graham, Darci Shaw
The Irregulars is a new Netflix supernatural drama set in the 19th Century, the time of Sherlock Holmes, and with two sisters in the leading roles. Bea (Thaddea Graham – Us (2020)) is turning 17, …
Continue readingTom and Jerry: The Movie – The DVDfever Review – Chloë Grace Moretz
Tom and Jerry: The Movie: I grew up with a big love for this cat-and-mouse pairing in cartoons back in the ’80s, some of which were even originally made in 2.55:1 Cinemascope, but badly cropped …
Continue readingEggcelerate! on PC / Steam – The DVDfever Review – Time trial driving game
Eggcelerate! is a new time-trial game with 30 levels, released just in time for Easter which, in 2021, is April 2nd to 5th, for anyone who hasn’t yet checked their calendar. Head round the obstacle …
Continue readingAmmonite – The DVDfever Review – Saoirse Ronan, Kate Winslet
Ammonite is set in the 1840s, and centres around standoffish fossil hunter Mary Anning (Kate Winslet – in the forthcoming Mare Of Easttown), who’s taking huge, fossilised rocks off the beach, starting with a titular …
Continue readingSir Lovelot on Playstation 5 – The DVDfever Review
Sir Lovelot is a new and very charming platformer with 8-bit pixel-style graphics, set over 40 levels across four worlds – well, 42 levels, since there’s two bonus ones you weren’t expecting. Except, now you …
Continue readingThe Falcon and the Winter Soldier – The DVDfever Review – Disney+ – Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier continues on from 2019’s Avengers: Endgame – set five months on, and is also in a 2.39:1 widescreen aspect ratio like the non-IMAX version of those last two films, …
Continue readingSix Minutes To Midnight – The DVDfever Review – Eddie Izzard, Judi Dench
Six Minutes To Midnight is set as we head towards the summer of 1939, after which, World War II will be on the way. Thomas Miller (Eddie Izzard – The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance) …
Continue readingCalls – The DVDfever Review – Karen Gillan, Lily Collins – Apple TV+
Calls is based on a French series of the same name, which has aired across 12 episodes so far between 2017 and 2020. Apple TV+’s version numbers 9 episodes so far, for which each episode …
Continue readingGrace: Dead Simple – The DVDfever Review – John Simm – ITV drama
Grace… Det Supt Roy Grace… John Simm plays the latest ITV detective, whose surname makes the entire title of the drama. He’s a troubled detective, like them all, but in his case, his wife went …
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