Cat Person is one of those films based on someone’s short story you’ve never heard of, in some New York newspaper, and initially sets the scene by quoting Margaret Atwood: “Men are scared that women …
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Locke and Key – The DVDfever Review – Netflix
A man takes a call telling him that Rendell Locke* is dead… which is followed by a whole smattering of weird supernatural stuff happening which I won’t divulge here because… then you’ll be expecting it. …
Continue readingHorrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans brings the series to the big screen (for the second time, following 2015’s Shakespeare comedy, Bill), and begins with Claudius (portrayed – as with the 1976 TV series …
Continue readingHorrible Histories: The Movie – Trailer and Poster
Horrible Histories: The Movie makes its way to the big screen, albeit not for the first time as many of the cast also brought us the very entertaining 2015 Shakespeare comedy Bill, as well as …
Continue readingTwo For Joy – The DVDfever Cinema Review – Daniel Mays
Two For Joy begins with the last day of school for Vi (Emilia Jones, daughter of Aled Jones and she was brilliant opposite Guy Pearce in Brimstone), but life is far from easy for her. …
Continue readingBrimstone – The DVDfever Cinema Review
Brimstone is a bit of an odd film, but one I enjoyed a lot more than I expected to after seeing the rather middling trailer. It’s essentially a story of revenge and retribution, told over …
Continue readingBrimstone – Trailer 1 – Dakota Fanning
Brimstone apparently tells a triumphant epic of survival and a tale of powerful womanhood and resistance against the unforgiving cruelty of a hell on earth. The heroine is Liz (Dakota Fanning), carved from the beautiful …
Continue readingYouth on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Youth begins with probably the best cover version of You’ve Got The Love I’ve ever heard, this one coming from The Retrosettes Sister Band. Unfortunately, that’s one of the best things about this film which …
Continue readingUtopia: the mostly superb Channel 4 drama has been cancelled
Utopia was an amazing drama when it first starting, introducing the nation to the eerie question – “Where is Jessica Hyde?” – while damaging and scooping out one of Winston Winston’s eyes, then making you …
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