The Personal History of David Copperfield is a film with a title that made my heart sink – ANOTHER period drama? Thankfully, not, as it comes from Armando Iannucci (In The Loop), who has directed this new movie. Yes, it’s based on the novel by Charles Dickens, but you can be sure that it’ll have […]
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The Wedding Guest tells a story centered on a mysterious British Muslim man (Dev Patel) on his journey across Pakistan and India. This is clearly something different for Dev Patel, and shows him moving into stronger adult roles, leaving behind the likes of Slumdog Millionaire and The Last Airbender. Dom RobinsonReviewer of movies, videogames and […]
Hotel Mumbai takes a true-life terrorist attack and turns it into ‘Hotel Has Fallen’ with crap dialogue such as when the staff are told it’s okay if they go home to their familes, and one replies, “I’ve been here 35 years. THIS is my home”. Oh dear… But as per the billing: A gripping true […]
The BAFTA 2017 Awards took place last night. The nominations are here, and the winners are as follows: Best film: La La Land Outstanding British film: I, Daniel Blake Director: Damien Chazelle – La La Land Dom RobinsonReviewer of movies, videogames and music since 1994. Aortic valve operation survivor from the same year. Running DVDfever.co.uk […]
Posted in News Tags: 13th, A Love Story, Adam Valdez, Afolabi Kuti, Andrew R Jones, Anna Pinnock, Anushka Kishani Naanayakkara, Arrival, BAFTA 2017, Babak Anvari, Bernard Gariepy Strobl, Casey Affleck, Claude La Haye, Damien Chazelle, Dan Lemmon, Daniel Blake, Daniel Mulloy, Daniel Phillips, Dev Patel, Elena Ruscombe-King, Emily Leo, Emma Stone, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Fences, Florence Foster Jenkins, Gábor Sipos, Hacksaw Ridge, I, J Roy Helland, Jackie, John Gilbert, Justin Hurwitz, Kenneth Lonergan, Khaled Gad, Kubo and the Two Strings, La La Land, Linus Sandgren, Lion, Lucan Toh, Luke Davies, László Nemes, Madeline Fontaine, Manchester By The Sea, Oliver Roskill, Robert Legato, Scott O’Donnell, Shpat Deda, Son Of Saul, Stuart Craig, Sylvain Bellemare, The Jungle Book, Tom Holland, Under the Shadow, Viola Davis, home No Comments »The OSCARS 2017 will take place on Sunday February 26th and will be broadcast on Sky in the middle of the night if you’re in the UK. The nominations are as follows: Best Picture: Arrival Fences Hacksaw Ridge Hell or High Water Hidden Figures La La Land Lion Manchester by the Sea Moonlight Dom RobinsonReviewer […]
Posted in News Tags: Andrew Garfield, Arrival, Barry Jenkins, Captain Fantastic, Casey Affleck, Damien Chazelle, Denis Villeneuve, Denzel Washington, Dev Patel, Elle, Emma Stone, Fences, Florence Foster Jenkins, Hacksaw Ridge, Hell Or High Water, Hidden Figures, Isabelle Huppert, Jackie, Kenneth Lonergan, La La Land, Lion, Loving, Lucas Hedges, Mahershala Ali, Manchester By The Sea, Mel Gibson, Meryl Streep, Michael Shannon, Michelle Williams, Moonlight, Naomie Harris, Natalie Portman, Nicole Kidman, Nocturnal Animals, Octavia Spencer, Ruth Negga, Ryan Gosling, Viggo Mortensen, Viola Davis, jeff bridges No Comments »The BAFTA 2017 Awards will take place on Sunday February 12th and will be broadcast on BBC1 that evening. The nominations are as follows and, as usual, they include a stack of films which haven’t even been released yet in the UK. Best film: Arrival I, Daniel Blake La La Land Manchester by the Sea […]
Posted in Features Tags: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, American Honey, Amy Adams, Andrew Garfield, Anya Taylor-Joy, Arrival, BAFTA 2017, Captain Fantastic, Casey Affleck, Damien Chazelle, Denial, Denis Villeneuve, Dev Patel, Emily Blunt, Emma Stone, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Fences, Florence Foster Jenkins, Hacksaw Ridge, Hayley Squires, Hell Or High Water, Hugh Grant, I Daniel Blake, Jackie, Jake Gyllenhaal, Ken Loach, Kenneth Lonergan, La La Land, Laia Costa, Lion, Lucas Hedges, Mahershala Ali, Manchester By The Sea, Meryl Streep, Michelle Williams, Moonlight, Naomie Harris, Natalie Portman, Nicole Kidman, Nocturnal Animals, Notes on Blindness, Ruth Negga, Ryan Gosling, The Girl on the Train, Tom Ford, Tom Holland, Under the Shadow, Viggo Mortensen, Viola Davis, jeff bridges No Comments »The Man Who Knew Infinity is Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar (Slumdog Millionaire‘s Dev Patel) who, while growing up poor in Madras, India, earned admittance to Cambridge University during World War I where he became a pioneer in mathematical theories under the guidance of his professor, GH Hardy (Jeremy Irons). Also starring Toby Jones, Jeremy Northam, Kevin […]
This comp is now closed and the winners were Jenny P Shannon, Lyn Bosomworth & Simon Tinsley. DVDfever.co.uk and 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment have teamed up to give you a chance to win a copy of The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel on DVD, which stars Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy, Dev Patel, […]
Chappie is the latest film from Neill Blomkamp, director of the superb District 9, and also Elysium. And now, the Official UK trailer for Chappie has been released. Every child comes into the world full of promise, and none more so than Chappie: he is gifted, special, a prodigy. Like any child, Chappie will come […]
Posted in Movie, TV & game trailers Tags: Chappie, Dev Patel, Hugh Jackman, Neill Blomkamp, Sigourney Weaver No Comments »The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel proves that a successful film breeds a sequel with a stupid name, as two hopeful new arrivals at The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel for the Elderly and Beautiful, but quickly learn that there is only a single room left to rent. The sizeable cast features Richard Gere, Bill Nighy, […]
