One Life proves, yet again, that one of our greatest national treasures of all time is Anthony Hopkins, still pulling out winning performances at the age of 86, following his absolute powerhouse of a performance …
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The Royal Hotel – The DVDfever Cinema Review – Julia Garner, Jessica Henwick
The Royal Hotel is the name of a dingy pub in the Australian backwater, where Canadians Hanna (Julia Garner – Ozark) and Liv (Jessica Henwick– On The Rocks) are backpacking through as part of a …
Continue readingThe Power of the Dog – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Benedict Cumberbatch
The Power of the Dog is a Western set in Montana, 1925, where the unnecessarily nasty Phil Burbank (Benedict Cumberbatch) constantly refers to his complacent brother, George (Jesse Plemons – The Irishman), as “fatso”. Plus, …
Continue readingAmmonite – The DVDfever Review – Saoirse Ronan, Kate Winslet
Ammonite is set in the 1840s, and centres around standoffish fossil hunter Mary Anning (Kate Winslet – in the forthcoming Mare Of Easttown), who’s taking huge, fossilised rocks off the beach, starting with a titular …
Continue readingHow to Talk to Girls at Parties on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
How to Talk to Girls at Parties has shown me one first: Hawaiian-born and Australia-raised Nicole Kidman with a Cockney accent… and shouting “We Are England!” Hmm… It’s 1977 – the year of the Queen’s …
Continue readingShame on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Shame pits Brandon (Michael Fassbender) as a man who looks like he has it all. He’s tall, attractive and has a posh apartment which he keeps spic-and-span, so why does he feel the need to …
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