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His Dark Materials is the Philip Pullman trilogy of novels which I have never read, nor did I see The Golden Compass, the 2007 movie made with the intention to kickstart a whole trilogy, but …
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Outlaw King – Trailer 2 – Chris Pine
Outlaw King is a forthcoming Netflix film which stars Star Trek Beyond‘s Chris Pine as… Robert The Bruce… yes, I know. Stop laughing at the back. It tells the untold, true story of the man …
Continue readingIn Darkness – Trailer 1 – Natalie Dormer
In Darkness centres around blind musician Sofia (Natalie Dormer), who hears a murder committed in the apartment upstairs from her’s, which sends her down a dark path into London’s gritty criminal underworld. It looks like …
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Stormy Monday Special Edition on Blu-ray and DVD combo – The DVDfever Review
Stormy Monday takes place during America Week in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, so events will be carried out over more than the one day that the name might imply. (Yes, it’s title of the 1948 song from T-Bone …
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Wonder Woman – aka Wearisome Woman – The DVDfever Cinema Review
Wonder Woman, in her Gal Gadot incarnation, first came to our cinema screens in Spring 2016 as the ‘guest star’ of the mediocre Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice. In DC Comics, it was followed …
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SS-GB Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review – Sam Riley drama
SS-GB is set in an alternate past, beginning in November 1941, fourteen months after the Germans won the Battle of Britain… yes, you read that right. Due to extreme austerity, it’s not only a time …
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T2 Trainspotting – The DVDfever Cinema Review
Choose T2 Trainspotting. Choose following up the original film 20 years later with a film that’s a mixture of Irvine Welsh‘s sequel novel, Porno, and a new story, and realising that T2 Trainspotting is a …
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Ben-Hur 2016 – Rodrigo Santoro, as Jesus, nails it – The DVDfever Cinema Review
Ben-Hur 2016 begins with some mad, macho-style posturing, as it fast-forwards to the eventual chariot race when brothers Judah Ben-Hur (Jack Huston) and Messala (Toby Kebbell), his brother from another mother, are at odds with …
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Highlander 30th Anniversary Edition on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Highlander is a film I’ve seen a couple of times before now, but it’s been a long time since I last saw it and, 30 years on from its theatrical release, it’s good to reconnect …
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The Durrells Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review
The Durrells is a new six-part ITV drama based on Gerald Durrell‘s Corfu Trilogy, mixing light family-friendly drama with a hint of comedy, with Keeley Hawes‘ matriarch Louisa, frustrated at her lot. She’s a widow …
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