Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem sees the ‘heroes in a half-shell’ returning to the big screen, even though they haven’t been a draw to anyone for quite some time. However, upon seeing the trailer, …
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Meg 2: The Trench – The DVDfever Cinema Review – Jason Statham
Meg 2: The Trench is out now, and one person who did NOT suffer the jaws of defeat was the first film’s Suyin. Bingbing Li didn’t return to her role for reasons unexplained, but because …
Continue readingGran Turismo – The DVDfever Cinema Review – David Harbour, Orlando Bloom
Gran Turismo sees yet another popular videogame being transferred to the silver screen. Will it race to success, or just end up in the pit? Orlando Bloom (Unlocked, Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar’s Revenge) plays …
Continue readingAlone – The DVDfever Review – Channel 4 reality gameshow
Alone starts with a naked man walking through the forest… so, make sure you’ve finished your dinner by the time this starts. We learn he’s on the edge of the arctic circle, although I don’t …
Continue readingThe Virgin Suicides 4K Restoration – The DVDfever Cinema Review – Sofia Coppola, Kirsten Dunst
The Virgin Suicides has been released in a 4K Restoration almost 25 years after its original cinema outing (and this is my first time, so be gentle…), the story, itself, taking place “25 years ago” …
Continue readingBarbie – The DVDfever Cinema Review – Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling
Barbie – it’s the film you never thought you needed… maybe. Why was I watching this in the cinema? Well… Barbenheimer, but we’ll get to that. Dom RobinsonReviewer of movies, videogames and music since 1994. …
Continue readingOppenheimer in 70mm IMAX 1.43:1 – The DVDfever Cinema Review – Christopher Nolan, Cillian Murphy
Oppenheimer opens with a quote about Prometheus, the Godo of Fire: “Prometheus stole fire from the gods and gave it to man. For this he was chained to a rock and tortured for eternity.”, but …
Continue readingCross of Iron on 4K Blu-ray Steelbook – The DVDfever Review – James Coburn
Cross of Iron is Sam Peckinpah‘s 1977 war movie, which I’d never heard of before seeing the news of this 4K remaster, but it does feel bizarre in that it’s a World War II movie, …
Continue readingWolf – The DVDfever Review – BBC drama – Ukweli Roach
Wolf begins with a person in a complete Hazmat suit dragging a body across field, then stabbing it, as if to make clear that they’re not in the right mind. Then cut to cop Jack …
Continue readingThe Power of Parker – The DVDfever Review – BBC comedy – Conleth Hill, Sian Gibson
The Power of Parker is set in Stockport, 1990, beginning with one of titular character’s terrible-looking TVs adverts for his electrical store, to mimic those of the era. As things begin, thankfully, it’s only a …
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