Midnight Special is one of those films that didn’t grab me from the trailer but then I read only good word about it. The brief premise is that a young boy called Alton (Jaeden Lieberher) …
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Solaris on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Solaris is the name of a space station where a lot of weird stuff has been happening, sending some of the crew insane. Psychologist Kris Kelvin (Donatas Banionis) is about to take a trip up …
Continue readingEddie The Eagle on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Eddie The Eagle is a film that the man in question has been looking to make for about 17 years, and looked great from the trailers, but fell strangely fairly flat in the full telling, …
Continue readingSing Street on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Sing Street is the sort of film that has a well-worn tale, but it’s the brilliance in which it all comes together that grabs your attention and rarely lets go. With his rowing parents on …
Continue readingSuicide Squad – The DVDfever Cinema Review
Suicide Squad gets right what Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice got so wrong. Warner Bros thought the way to go was to be all mean and moody and growly for the three weeks it …
Continue readingLondon Has Fallen – The DVDfever Review
London Has Fallen begins with the news that the Prime Minister is dead. For world leaders, it’s a time of great sadness. You could imagine what the reaction would be like on Twitter and Facebook, …
Continue reading10 Cloverfield Lane on DVD – The DVDfever Review
10 Cloverfield Lane: Wow! Well, that’s not a very descriptive review, is it, but this is a film where it’s best to know the bare minimum before you start to watch it, so feel free …
Continue readingJason Bourne – The DVDfever Cinema Review
Jason Bourne is Matt Damon‘s titular hero who gave us ‘Die Hard in a Forgetful Man’s Head‘ in Robert Ludlum‘s Bourne Trilogy, beginning with Doug Liman‘s superb 2002 opener, The Bourne Identity which, even before …
Continue readingPoor Cow on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Poor Cow was Ken Loach‘s first feature-length movie and this is the first time I’ve seen it – another in a long line of films I’ve never got round to seeing until their Blu-ray debut. …
Continue readingI am Setsuna on PC – The DVDfever Review
I am Setsuna: Tokyo RPG Factory’s first game hails back to days gone by, a time when the Super Nintendo was the in-thing (or SEGA Megadrive in my case!) I am Setsuna is similar in …
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