Civil War paints a picture where the USA is falling, amongst deep dissatisfaction with the incumbent government and President (Nick Offerman – Dumb Money), although it doesn’t get into the specifics why, other than he’s …
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The Virgin Suicides 4K Restoration – The DVDfever Cinema Review – Sofia Coppola, Kirsten Dunst
The Virgin Suicides has been released in a 4K Restoration almost 25 years after its original cinema outing (and this is my first time, so be gentle…), the story, itself, taking place “25 years ago” …
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 readingThe Beguiled – Trailer 1 – Elle Fanning
The Beguiled is a remake of Clint Eastwood’s 1971 western, directed by Don Siegel. While imprisoned in a Confederate girls’ boarding school, an injured Union soldier cons his way into each of the lonely women’s …
Continue readingThe Beguiled – Teaser 1 – Elle Fanning
The Beguiled is a remake of Clint Eastwood’s 1971 western, directed by Don Siegel. While imprisoned in a Confederate girls’ boarding school, an injured Union soldier cons his way into each of the lonely women’s …
Continue readingHidden Figures – Official Trailer 2 – Taraji P Henson
Hidden Figures centres around a team of African-American women who provide NASA with important mathematical data needed to launch the program’s first successful space missions. The US are racing against Russia to put a man …
Continue readingMidnight Special on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Midnight Special is one of those films that didn’t grab me from the trailer but then I read only good word about it. The brief premise is that a young boy called Alton (Jaeden Lieberher) …
Continue readingMidnight Special – Official Trailer #1 – Joel Edgerton
Midnight Special has a rather oversimplified premise that it’s just about a father and son who go on the run after the dad learns his child possesses special powers. In fact, the son turns into …
Continue readingFargo Season 2 Episode 1: Waiting For Dutch – The DVDfever Review
Fargo Season 2 began with Waiting for Dutch, with a rather odd little scene on the set of the bogus movie Massacre at Sioux Falls, starring then-actor Ronald Reagan, who wasn’t on screen at any …
Continue readingMelancholia on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Melancholia starts with a number of very slo-mo shots, nothing making particular sense – at this point, even if I was to try and describe them, such as a horse falling down backwards, a woman …
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