The Critic is a film I was drawn to, because Ian McKellen (Last Action Hero – yes, seriously!) – in the lead role as The Chronicle’s drama theatre critic Jimmy Erskine – is a national …
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Last 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 readingThe Good Liar – Trailer 2 – Helen Mirren
The Good Liar now has a second trailer, and the film is still out on November 15th in the US, but now, the UK release date is confirmed as November 8th. Check out the trailer …
Continue readingCats – Trailer 1 – Taylor Swift
Cats. Yes, it’s musical time, again. After 2017’s The Greatest Showman, it’s time for more loud shouting masquerading as singing. Dom RobinsonReviewer of movies, videogames and music since 1994. Aortic valve operation survivor from the …
Continue readingBeauty and the Beast (2017) – The DVDfever Review
Beauty and the Beast – Meh. More or less a beat-by-beat retread of the animation. On the couple of occasions it adds something new, it’s quite good, but adds little to the original. Emma Watson …
Continue readingBeauty and the Beast Official Trailer 1 – Emma Watson
Beauty and the Beast finds Emma Watson taking time off from fannying around at the United Nations to become Belle in a new live-action Disney retelling of a tale I never saw in any other …
Continue readingBAFTA 2016 Television nominations announced!
BAFTA 2016 Television nominations have been announced, and the awards will be broadcast on BBC1 on May 8th. Best Actor: Ben Whishaw, London Spy Idris Elba, Luther Mark Rylance, Wolf Hall Stephen Graham, This is …
Continue readingThe Dresser (2015) – The DVDfever Review
The Dresser tells the story of something of which I have zero experience – working backstage at a touring Shakespearean theatre company. In a production of King Lear, the lead actor is bordering on insanity …
Continue readingX-Men: Days of Future Past – The Rogue Cut on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
X-Men: Days of Future Past – The Rogue Cut – IMPORTANT! This review discusses The Rogue Cut in a fair amount of detail so there will be spoilers! You have been warned. And you cannot …
Continue readingRogue Cut – X-Men: Days of Future Past – released July 13th
Rogue Cut is the version of X-Men: Days of Future Past which the fans have been waiting for, where you get to put on your favourite make-up and a bit of lipstick and… (pardon? …Oh, …
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