The Handmaiden is a film from Park Chan-wook, whose Oldboy has been on my never-ending to-watch list for some time, but now my Park cherry has been popped with this 1930s-set tale of well-to-do Japanese …
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Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets 3D – The DVDfever Cinema Review
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets is based on a 1960s French comic book series called Valerian and Laureline, the two main characters, and while the title sounds as bizarre as you’d expect …
Continue readingPower Rangers (2017) – The DVDfever Review
Power Rangers or… Go! Go! Power Rangerrrrrrs! Yes, that’s the original theme and it pops up very briefly around 3/4 of the way through this overlong trawl into Rebootsville. In fact, there is something good …
Continue readingShroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues on PC – The DVDfever Review
Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues is a review of a current work in progress available through the Steam Early Access program. When the game eventually leaves Early Access into full release, some things may …
Continue readingDiana: In Her Own Words – The DVDfever Review – Channel 4
Diana: In Her Own Words comes close to the 20th anniversary of her death, on 31st August 1997. It not only tells her story in her words, but also in the words of others and …
Continue readingDunkirk – 70mm IMAX – The DVDfever Cinema Review
Dunkirk tells the story of the evacuation of Dunkirk, which was code-named Operation Dynamo – although that wasn’t named in this film, and showed the extrication of our soldiers from Dunkirk’s beaches and harbour in …
Continue readingDreamscape Special Edition on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Dreamscape is an early ’80s movies I thought I didn’t catch first time round, even on VHS – although I realised I did see it on DVD in 2001, where it had a bit of …
Continue readingElectric Dreams Special Edition on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review – one of the ’80s forgotten gems
Electric Dreams proves that whether you’re in the ’80s or the ’10s, computers can frequently be a complete pain in the arse. Described, onscreen by a computer, this movie is described as “a fairytale for …
Continue readingOne – Casualty – One-take Episode Special
One is the BBC’s much-hyped one-take Casualty episode, which could be said to be two, because there’s a pre-credits scene before it cuts to those. However, the programme has been extended by five minutes to …
Continue readingFinal Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age on PS4 – The DVDfever Review
Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age proves that once again, I find myself reviewing a remaster, and once again I find it being a game I had never played. Interestingly, I was 90% sure this …
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