Time Bandits (2024) is about to begin on Apple TV, and Terry Gilliam’s Time Bandits is one of my all-time favourite films, which I’ve seen so many times I could practically play it in my …
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The Magician’s Elephant – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Noah Jupe, Mandy Patinkin
The Magician’s Elephant is a new Netflix animation, where people in the town of Baltese have suddenly just stopped believing in magic, causing the town to go from being vibrant and colourful, to change and …
Continue readingCocaine Bear – The DVDfever Cinema Review – Ray Liotta, Elizabeth Banks
Cocaine Bear – Yes, it’s as ridiculous as it sounds, BUT, it was based on a true story, apparently. In 1985, Andrew Thornton (Matthew Rhys) is throwing cocaine packages out of a plane, attempts to …
Continue readingHello Tomorrow! – The DVDfever Review – Apple TV+ – Billy Crudup
Hello Tomorrow! is a new Apple TV+ drama, starring Billy Crudup (The Morning Show) as Jack Billings, a smarmy travelling salesman who sells timeshares based on the moon, even to an overworked old man who …
Continue readingHOOPS – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Jake Johnson
HOOPS (yes, all in capitals – I didn’t just fall on my keyboard) is a new animated series starring Jake Johnson from Let’s Be Cops and Jurassic World, who plays basketball coach Ben Hopkins, and …
Continue readingTiger King – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Joe Exotic
Tiger King is a documentary I missed on its release, but even over three weeks later, it’s still being talked about so I though I’d give it a look. The titular individual calls himself Joe …
Continue readingThe Lego Movie 2: The Second Part 3D on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part 3D is out now, with a 2D version for those without the requisite equipment, and after the original The LEGO Movie 3D was a good film, is the …
Continue readingWhat We Do In The Shadows 2019 Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review – Taika Waititi
What We Do in the Shadows follows a quartet of vampires who’ve lived together for centuries, on Staten Island, and is the second programme starting on the BBC tonight (following BBC1’s Gentleman Jack), which has …
Continue readingHolmes And Watson on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Holmes And Watson: When I first saw the trailer for this, it looked pretty terrible. I’m not a Will Ferrell-does-comedy fan which doesn’t help, but John C Reilly is usually worth a watch. However, as …
Continue readingDisenchantment Season 1 – The DVDfever Review – Netflix
Disenchantment is the latest creation from The Simpsons and Futurama head honcho Matt Groening. Set in Medieval times, in a fantasy kingdom called Dreamland, it centres around Tiabeanie – aka Bean (Abbi Jacobson), a hard-drinking …
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