Men Against Fire is the fifth, and penultimate, entry in Black Mirror Series 3, and after the disappointment of San Junipero, I was hoping for a return to form. But I didn’t get it. Dom …
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San Junipero – Black Mirror Series 3 Episode 4 – The DVDfever Review
San Junipero is the fourth new Black Mirror episode from series 3, and for me, the first disappointment. Such a shame, since it began in 1987 with nerdy Yorkie (Mackenzie Davis) being entranced by hip …
Continue readingShut Up And Dance – Black Mirror Series 3 Episode 3 – The DVDfever Review
Shut Up and Dance is the third episode in this third series of Black Mirror, and the best of the new run so far. After a mysterious car park scene, the bulk of the story …
Continue readingPlaytest – Black Mirror Series 3 Episode 2 – The DVDfever Review
Playtest is the second new entry in the third series of Black Mirror, and follows Cooper (Wyatt Russell), an American guy who’s getting in the trip of a lifetime while he’s young, whilst avoiding calls …
Continue readingDark 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 …
Continue readingOrdinary Lies Series 2 Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review
Ordinary Lies Series 2 changes location to sports clothing company Coopers, and specifically, the warehouse and call centre behind it. I loved the first series (even the performance from the usually-irritating Jason Manford), and once …
Continue readingBlack Mirror: Nosedive – Series 3 Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review
Black Mirror is back and with more episodes in one run than ever before. With an increased number of installments, this means that they’re not all 100% written by its creator, Charlie Brooker, although they …
Continue readingBurnt 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 …
Continue readingThe Crystal Maze (2016) – The DVDfever Review – Stand Up 2 Cancer
The Crystal Maze was a wonderful piece of nonsense with Richard O’Brien, creator of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, in the early ’90s. He hosted it for four series in his own inimitable style before …
Continue readingPlay Expo 2016 – The DVDfever Review
Play Expo 2016 – another two days of gaming and cosplay, and so much fun that, once again, as the second day ended, I wanted to hide under a table and go where all the …
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