Gladiator II opens with a brief, hand-painted summary of the first film over the opening credits, which I wasn’t expecting. Well, I say ‘hand-drawn’, but I expect these days, CGI and AI played their part. …
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Wonka – The DVDfever Cinema Review – Timothée Chalamet
Wonka… Willy Wonka… portrayed in this new film by Timothée Chalamet (Dune Part One), and he begins by railing against the Tories’ stupid ‘Stop the Boats’ policy, by sailing across the sea to make his …
Continue readingPolar – The DVDfever Netflix Review – Mads Mikkelsen
Polar is based on the Dark Horse graphic novel, to which I was not aware of prior to hearing about this film, but the premise is that when assassins retire at the imposed age of …
Continue readingPolar – Trailer 1 – Mads Mikkelsen
Polar sees Mads Mikkelsen is no slouch with his winter-based movies, given the also upcoming release of Arctic next month, but for now we have this new film from Netflix. He plays Duncan Vizla, a …
Continue readingMissing Link – Trailer 1 – Hugh Jackman
Missing Link stars Hugh Jackman as the charismatic Sir Lionel Frost, who considers himself to be the world’s foremost investigator of myths and monsters. The trouble is none of his small-minded high-society peers seems to …
Continue readingHow to Talk to Girls at Parties on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
How to Talk to Girls at Parties has shown me one first: Hawaiian-born and Australia-raised Nicole Kidman with a Cockney accent… and shouting “We Are England!” Hmm… It’s 1977 – the year of the Queen’s …
Continue readingHow to Talk to Girls at Parties – Trailer 1 – Elle Fanning
How to Talk to Girls at Parties, from John Cameron Mitchell, director of the acclaimed Hedwig and the Angry Inch, takes us to an exotic and unusual world: suburban London in the late 70s. Under …
Continue readingVic and Bob’s Big Night Out – 2017 Christmas Special – The DVDfever Review
TROUSERS! Vic and Bob’s Big Night Out was one of my favourite shows on Channel 4 when it first aired in 1990, and it only ran for two series, yet stuck in my brain ever …
Continue readingTwice Upon A Time – Doctor Who Christmas 2017 – The DVDfever Review
Twice Upon A Time sees The First Doctor – played originally by William Hartnell, but here by David Bradley – in his final story arc, The Tenth Planet, leaving for the TARDIS in the South …
Continue readingThe Doctor Falls – Doctor Who Series 10 Episode 12 – The DVDfever Review
The Doctor Falls followed a first part which concluded with a ‘next time’, making it look like Peter Capaldi would be leaving at the end of the series as he regenerates into a new Doctor, …
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