Kraven The Hunter gets off to a bad start, proving that the best thing about this long-unawaited superhero film is beginning by nicking Basil Poledouris’ theme from The Hunt for Red October, as the titular …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of GLADIATOR II!
Gladiator II opens with a brief, hand-painted summary of the first film over the opening credits, which I wasn’t expecting. Well, I say ‘hand-drawn’, but I expect these days, CGI and AI played their part. …
Continue readingThelma – The DVDfever Cinema Review – June Squibb
Thelma… so good, they named her once. She’s portrayed by the brilliant June Squibb (Inside Out 2), who I didn’t think was as old as the titular character’s 93 years, but she was at the …
Continue readingThe Pale Blue Eye – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Christian Bale
The Pale Blue Eye is a new Netflix movie where, under the notification from Captain Hitchcock (Simon McBurney), Augustus Landor (Christian Bale) is tasked by Superintendent Thayer (Timothy Spall) to investigate the mysterious death, and …
Continue readingThe White Lotus – Official Trailer – HBO – Alexandra Daddario
The White Lotus is a new, limited series written and directed by Mike White, and is a social satire set at an exclusive Hawaiian resort. It follows the vacations of various hotel guests over the …
Continue readingThe Woman in the Window – Official Trailer – Amy Adams
The Woman in the Window stars Amy Adams as Anna Fox, an agoraphobic woman living alone in New York, who begins spying on her new neighbours only to witness a disturbing act of violence, and …
Continue readingNews Of The World – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Tom Hanks, Helena Zengel
News Of The World is a new Tom Hanks (A Beautiful Day In The Neighbourhood, Greyhound) film during which you should not expect music from The Jam, nor see a tawdry tabloid because it begins …
Continue readingEighth Grade on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Eighth Grade is a film that looked superb from the trailer, but was one of those indie films that I knew would get short shrift from the multiplexes, so watching it on Blu-ray would be …
Continue readingVox Lux – Trailer 1 – Natalie Portman
Vox Lux makes you feel really old, because this is the film where Natalie Portman plays a mother, even though she was only about 13 in Leon, released in Frances and the US in 1994, …
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