Malatesta’s Carnival of Blood is the anti-Disneyland where mass slaughter is taking place, via decapitation or injuries of another random nature, and the blood pours like tomato soup; and those disposing of the bodies come …
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Project X Zone 2 on Nintendo 3DS – The DVDfever Review
Project X Zone 2: A brave but boring world. Project X Zone 2 is the second crazy-rostered Strategy anime-style RPG on the Nintendo 3DS where you can play as characters from SEGA, Namco Bandai and …
Continue readingThe Walk 3D on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
The Walk tells the real-life tale of Philippe Petit, a high-wire walker who sets himself increasingly challenging goals, culminating in 1974 with walking across a wire that’s stretched between the top of the North and …
Continue readingThirteen Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review
Thirteen is the first drama commissioned for BBC3 as an online-only channel, yet like all of its new programmes they’re clearly contractually obliged to air on normal TV as well, so basically they’re getting a …
Continue readingThe Martian on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
The Martian is Matt Damon‘s character, Mark Watney, part of the six-strong Ares III mission, visiting the red planet to collect soil samples etc. Unfortunately, some planet seem to have worse weather than Greater Manchester …
Continue readingThe Mutilator Special Edition on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
The Mutilator is not a movie title that’ll keep you up for night after night wondering what the plot might revolve around. Ed Jr (Matt Mitler) is heading out to spend fall break at his …
Continue readingStewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle Series 4 Episode 1: Wealth – The DVDfever Review
Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle is rather like Luther – it comes round every 2-3 years and is to the TV schedules what oxygen is to our bodies – an essential requirement. Often, the programme is …
Continue readingAudition Special Edition on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Audition starts with the heart-wrending situation for Shigeharu Aoyama (Ryo Ishibashi) whose wife, Ryoko (Miyuki Matsuda), passes away. Seven years later, his son wants him to marry again. It’s not an easy task to meet …
Continue readingBrooklyn on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Brooklyn was one of those films where I saw the trailers and it just didn’t grab me. But then I saw all the BAFTA and Oscars interest; plus the fact that Saoirse Ronan is a …
Continue readingAssassins Creed Chronicles on Xbox One – The DVDfever Review
Assassins Creed Chronicles is the latest title in a franchise which has spawned many titles over the years since its debut in November 2007. The games are set in a fictional history while drawing inspiration …
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