Milli Vanilli‘s career is something I remember this happening at the time. They had a meteoric rise to power, then crashed the year later, so hard. Under the tutelage of producer Frank Farian – who …
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Sumotherhood – The DVDfever Cinema Review – Adam Deacon
Sumotherhood is a sequel from Adam Deacon, but I went into this not having seen the previous film, Anuvahood, which was a spoof on Noel Clarke’s Adulthood and Kidulthood. I’ve not seen either of those, …
Continue readingThe Miracle Club – The DVDfever Cinema Review – Maggie Smith, Laura Linney
The Miracle Club begins in Dublin, 1967, where Chrissie Ahearn (Laura Linney – Ozark) is attending her mother, Maureen’s, funeral, even though she’s been away from the area for 40 years, having left under rather …
Continue readingAssassins Creed Mirage on PC / Ubisoft Connect – The DVDfever Review
Assassins Creed Mirage is out now, following the Viking Epic Valhalla from 2020, which I reviewed and enjoyed immensely. Looking back and recently playing Valhalla again, it doesn’t really feel like an AC game and …
Continue readingThe Burning Girls – The DVDfever Review – Paramount+ – Samantha Morton
The Burning Girls starts off in 1556, in the Chapel Croft Village, Sussex, where two girls are being burned at the stake. So, not exactly a family-friendly start to the proceedings, and then fast-forward to …
Continue readingBodies – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Stephen Graham
Bodies is a new 8-part drama where a dead body is found in four different timelines, but it’s actually the same body! Starting in 2023, cop Shahara Hasan (Amaka Okafor – Grace) is on the …
Continue readingThe Great Escaper – The DVDfever Cinema Review – Michael Caine, Glenda Jackson
The Great Escaper clearly plays on the World War II movie title from the ’60s, but in this case, it relates to a true story, albeit one I wasn’t aware of… then again, it harks …
Continue readingBlackberry – The DVDfever Cinema Review – Jay Baruchel, Glenn Howerton
Blackberry is quite possibly one of the best films of the year, even for someone who never had one, but whose favourite mobile phones were the T-Mobile G1 and G2 (also known as the HTC …
Continue readingThe Exorcist: Believer – The DVDfever Cinema Review – Ellen Burstyn
The Exorcist: Believer… where to start? This is technically a direct sequel to the 1973 The Exorcist – a film I didn’t like when I first saw it when I was younger, but did enjoy …
Continue readingLessons in Chemistry – The DVDfever Review – Apple TV+ – Brie Larson
Lessons in Chemistry begins with Elizabeth Zott (Brie Larson – Fast X) hosting a cookery show, a la Delia Smith in the ’80s, but since this is set during the ’60s, programmes are filmed live …
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