The Choral reunites director Nicholas Hytner with national treasure Alan Bennett, after their 2015 film, The Old Lady and the Van, and three episodes of the 2020 Talking Heads revival, An Ordinary Woman, Bed Among …
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The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry – The DVDfever Cinema Review – Jim Broadbent
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry is a bit of a wordy title, but such is what happens with novels. The titular character, portrayed by Jim Broadbent (The Sea Beast), is a bit of a …
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Allelujah! – The DVDfever Cinema Review – Jennifer Saunders, Alan Bennett
Allelujah! is a film based on a 2018 Alan Bennett (Talking Heads) play, where Sister Gilpin (Jennifer Saunders – The Stranger) steers the Bethlehem Hospital with a firm hand on the tiller, brilliantly mixing in …
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Frank on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Frank – How to describe Frank? “Misfire of the century” would be one way to describe Frank. In fact, Frank probably breaks my record for the lowest expectations I’ve ever had for a film. That …
Continue readingLe Weekend on Blu-ray – competition winners!
Thanks to everyone who entered this and the winners of the Le Weekend Blu-ray competition are: SJ Wesley, Nick Hopkins and Ali Thorpe. You each win a copy of the film on Blu-ray! Look out …
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Le Weekend on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Le Weekend is so-called, not because the film is in French, but because Nick (Jim Broadbent) and Meg (Lindsay Duncan) are on a romantic weekend away to Paris for their wedding anniversary. Having travelled via …
Continue readingAlan Partridge Official US Release Trailer (2013) – Steve Coogan
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa is finally about to be released in the US, but over there it’s simply being released as “Alan Partridge” and it’s getting a limited release on April 4th, preceeded by an …
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Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa is like a gift that keeps on giving. I was very sceptical that if an Alan Partridge movie was made – after all this time the character has been around – …
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Riddick – The DVDfever Cinema Review
Riddick is back. After 10 long years since we last saw him… well, 9 in real terms but 10 in movie terms, Riddick is back. At least that’s the impression that was given, yet the …
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Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa – The DVDfever cinema review
It’s taken me 3 weeks to get chance to see Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa but it was certainly worth the wait. I was very sceptical that if an Alan Partridge movie was made – after …
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