The Revenant refers to a person who has returned, and supposedly from the dead. In this case, it’s Hugh Glass (no, not Hugh Jass), portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio. As we’re introduced to this frontiersman in …
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Insurgent: The Divergent Series – The DVDfever Review
Insurgent begins with the kids from Fame – all running and smiling after escaping the evil Jeanine (Kate Winslet) – going to Amity to hide out for a while, but all is not plain sailing, …
Continue readingFifty Shades Of Grey: The Unseen Edition – The DVDfever Review
Fifty Shades Of Grey is the film I never saw at the cinema, based on the book I never read. But then I don’t read books, anyway. And I didn’t go to see it at …
Continue readingLove 3D on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Love 3D begins with the onscreen announcements: “The theater management warns you” and then the screen changes to “Put your glasses on. ‘Love’ will start in a few seconds”. But then surely if you’re watching …
Continue readingTracey Ullman’s Show Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review
Tracey Ullman’s Show is the comedienne’s first programme for UK television since ITV’s Girls On Top back in 1983 and presumably she couldn’t call it the more customary title of The Tracey Ullman Show as …
Continue reading45 Years on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
45 Years is nearly the amount of time since Kate (Charlotte Rampling) and Geoff Mercer (Tom Courtenay) have been married and they’re now preparing for their anniversary celebrations, which are just a few days away …
Continue readingSnoopy and Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie – The DVDfever Review
Snoopy and Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie was originally billed with a title comprised of just the last three words, but was changed to the longer one as if the studio had zero confidence that …
Continue readingAmy – The DVDfever Review
Amy Winehouse is someone whose music I – and I know I’m possibly in a minority – never really cared for. There were a couple of decent songs, such as Back To Black, and she …
Continue readingThe Hateful Eight – The DVDfever Review – Quentin Tarantino’s latest gun-show is a huge misfire
The Hateful Eight starts with two of the octet, hangman John Ruth (Kurt Russell) taking his prisoner, Daisy Domergue (Jennifer Jason Leigh), to Red Rock to hang. What’s her crime? Well, you’ll find that out …
Continue readingAmerican Ultra – The DVDfever Review
American Ultra had one of the best trailers of 2015 (below), building the tale slowly of Mike Howell (Jesse Eisenberg), a regular stoner working in a convenience store, daydreaming of a better life as a …
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