We Are What We Are begins with an old man who’s seen walking about a shopping mall in Mexico and leering at shop window dummies… As the shop’s owner shoos him away and cleans the …
Continue reading7 Wonders of the Solar System on 3D Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
7 Wonders of the Solar System – yes, I would’ve expected there to be scores more wonders around the planet we inhabit, but for the purposes of this documentary, there are just seven of them. …
Continue readingMy Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece by Annabel Pitcher – The DVDfever Review
My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece by Annabel Pitcher – Audiobook Review I apologise right now. For those new to the audiobook experience, I am afraid that this is precisely the kind of story that …
Continue readingThe Man Who Fell To Earth – The DVDfever Blu-ray Review
The Man Who Fell To Earth – the ‘man’ in question is Thomas Jerome Newton (David Bowie), who does indeed pass for human, well, as much as the Thin White Duke can do. The film …
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Bedevilled on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Bedevilled shows that there’s nothing like a great foreign film… since Bedevilled is nothing like one! What you’re expecting from the film, based on the initial presentation, is a slow build-up to an intriguing story …
Continue readingGame of Death (2010) on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Game Of Death shows how much things have changed, since in the early ’90s, Wesley Snipes was a popular actor. Powerful performances in Jungle Fever, New Jack City plus an attempt to be young pretender …
Continue readingThe Social Network on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
The Social Network starts in the autumn of 2003 when Mark Zuckerberg had an idea, although it wasn’t one that was wholly his own… The swot who scored a perfect 1600 in his SAT tests …
Continue readingRED on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
RED banding together a group of old-timers for a modern-day thriller – this isn’t a new idea, but sometimes it can be a rewarding one. Clearly where it didn’t pay dividends was with 2010’s The …
Continue readingResident Evil Afterlife on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Resident Evil Afterlife is the fourth film in the series, but only the second one I’ve actually watched, the other being the original. I was drawn to this on the promise of it having a …
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