The First Omen instantly misses a trick by shooting it in 1.85:1, unlike the original cinema trilogy from the ’70s and ’80s. It’s possible that they could be following in the footsteps of the 2006 …
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Rabbit Hole – The DVDfever Review – Paramount+ – Kiefer Sutherland
Rabbit Hole is a new Paramount+ thriller which brings Kiefer Sutherland back to the fore, first drinking in a bar, watching his favourite football team – or ‘soccer’ as they call it in the US, …
Continue readingThis England – The DVDfever Review – Sky Max – Kenneth Branagh
This England is the long-awaited six-part Sky drama in which Kenneth Branagh plays the former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, even though the sweaty oaf still was at the time of the recording. Interspersed with actors …
Continue readingThe Serpent Queen – The DVDfever Review – Starzplay – Samantha Morton
The Serpent Queen is set in France, beginning in 1560, where Queen Catherine De Medici (the brilliant Samantha Morton – I Am Kirsty, Save The Cinema) reigns with terror… rather like the Tories in the …
Continue readingThe Sandman – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Tom Sturridge
The Sandman begins in 1916, at Wych Cross, England, and in the waking world, aka the ‘real world’. Meanwhile, the titular Sandman is in the dream world, with Dream (Tom Sturridge – Remainder, Journey’s End) …
Continue readingLast Action Hero on 4K Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review – Arnold Schwarzenegger
Last Action Hero was Sony’s big 1993 summer movie and up against Universal’s Jurassic Park – and we know how that fight turned out, although if you haven’t seen this Arnie actioner, you really should …
Continue readingMank – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Gary Oldman
Mank…Herman J Mankiewicz, played by Gary Oldman, is a man whose scriptwriting work often went uncredited, but back in 1940, at the age of just 24, Orson Welles was given a contract by then-struggling RKO …
Continue readingThe Crown Season 4 – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Emma Corrin, Gillian Anderson
The Crown Season 4: I’ve never seen the first three seasons of The Crown as I just never got round to it, but as it enters the fourth season, it moves into a time I …
Continue readingThe Singapore Grip – The DVDfever Review – David Morrissey, Luke Treadaway
The Singapore Grip centres around Walter Blackett (David Morrissey – Inside No.9) and his family, and at least it gives you a giggle when you learn he’s a ‘rubber baron’. The first episode begins in …
Continue readingThe Iron Mask – The DVDfever Review – Arnold Schwarzenegger
The Iron Mask is the UK title for a 2019 film which has had no end of different monikers. It’s actually the sequel to a 2014 film called Viy (more on that in a bit), …
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