The Magician’s Apprentice is the first episode in Series 9 (if you’re only counting new series since 2005) and apparently the preview reviews had said it was amazing. Well, all the mainstream reviewers of the …
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Zardoz Special Edition on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Zardoz stars Sean Connery as Zed. He understands that Zardoz says if you obey him then you’ll go to a vortex when you die and live forever. So, Zed’s dead? This is another of those …
Continue readingEaten Alive (1976) Special Edition on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Eaten Alive, directed by Tobe Hooper, is not to be confused with 1980’s horror movie of the same name, which was directed by Nightmare City‘s Umberto Lenzi that same year, even if the plot is …
Continue readingThe Gamechangers – The DVDfever Review
The Gamechangers tells the story of Rockstar Games, creators of the Grand Theft Auto franchise, and how one of their releases nearly brought down the company, thanks, in part, to a sticky-beak lawyer who needed …
Continue readingThis Is England 90 Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review
This Is England 90 is the final series to feature the characters first seen in the movie This Is England from writer/director Shane Meadows, and I have to admit I haven’t seen a jot of …
Continue readingAn Inspector Calls (2015) – The DVDfever Review
An Inspector Calls is the second in BBC1’s current series of literary classics being brought to the screen, and follows last week’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover which was exactly like every other adaptation – except that …
Continue readingMetal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain on PS4 – The DVDfever Review
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is long-awaited, but has arrived not quietly and all stealth-like, but instead has kicked the door in and demanded you show it some love. The question is… does …
Continue readingMississippi Burning on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Mississippi Burning is set in 1964, at a time when attitudes in the world were shamefully backwards in just how racist they were. It would be another year before Martin Luther King’s landmark walk in …
Continue readingDoctor Foster Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review
Doctor Foster looked predictable from the stylish trailer where Paloma Faith’s garish cover of Never Tear Us Apart wailed away in the background. And wouldn’t you know it – the first episode played out 100% …
Continue readingLady Chatterley’s Lover (2015) – The DVDfever Review
Lady Chatterley’s Lover is the tale of this woman… Lady Chatterley is her name. She’s played by Holliday Grainger and she’s got this lover, and, erm… they get up to rumpy pumpy, except when it’s …
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