The Round-Up is set in the France in July 1942, during the Second World War when the Nazis forced their occupation and, on Hitler’s order, rounded-up all the Jews to take them to internment camps, …
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My recent holiday in Prague…
Sunday July 3rd 2011 Travelling to Prague was my first holiday in 14 years. I’d been to this city back in 1992 as part of a month-long interrailing trip with Nigel, a good friend from …
Continue readingF.E.A.R. 3: Alma Matters… on Xbox 360 – The DVDfever Review
F.E.A.R. 3: Alma is back, and this time she’s bringing her child… Well, a foetus, really, as it hasn’t yet been born and you’re tasked with preventing its birth, as Alma ended up pregnant at …
Continue readingUnknown on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Unknown stars Liam Neeson as Dr Martin Harris, a man who’s taken a trip to Berlin for a biotechnology summit so he can give a presentation, with his wife, Elizabeth (January Jones), accompanying him on …
Continue readingThe Adjustment Bureau on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
The Adjustment Bureau stars Matt Damon as David Norris, a man who wants to be the next Senator of New York, but when he’s way out in the lead, a newspaper scandal threatens to derail …
Continue readingSwinging with the Finkels – The DVDfever Cinema Review
Swinging with the Finkels: Let me offer a word of congratulation – Jonathan Newman deserves a bottle of champagne for the title. Why? Because it makes his movie sound an awful lot more fun than …
Continue readingRed Faction Armageddon on Xbox 360 – The DVDfever Review
Red Faction Armageddon sees you back on Mars, 50 years after the last game, as Darius Mason, grandson of Alec Mason and Samanya, the heroes of the revolution from Red Faction: Guerilla, finding that the …
Continue readingDon’t Look Now Special Edition – The DVDfever Blu-ray Review
Don’t Look Now is a film I hadn’t seen prior to its debut on Blu-ray, but with Nicolas Roeg at the helm, it’s got to have some dodgy shenanigans in it and I don’t just …
Continue readingIncendies – The DVDfever Cinema Review
Incendies: You have read much about my view of the importance of endings during the past six months. Too many movies have finales which just seem away and leave a sense of dissatisfaction. Some, as …
Continue readingBrighton Rock (2010) on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Brighton Rock is a remake of the 1947 film, directed by John Boulting, changing the setting from the 1930s to 1964, during the mods and rockers era, where Kite, the leader of a gang, is …
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