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Spirited is a new Apple TV+ Christmas movie which begins with a Ms. Blansky (Rose Byrne in a cameo) being given short shrift by the Grim Reaper, given her recent behaviour in the neighbourhood. However, …
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Tag: Octavia Spencer
Encounter – The DVDfever Review – Amazon Prime Video – Riz Ahmed
Encounter is a new thriller starring Riz Ahmed (Four Lions, The Sound of Metal) in which the aliens are coming to town! Early on, something crash-lands to Earth, with a loud bang, triggering car alarms …
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Thunder Force – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Melissa McCarthy, Octavia Spencer
Thunder Force brings together Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer as superheroes… yeah, exactly. Early on, we learn how, in March 1983, cosmic rays struck the Earth, etc. and affected a ton of people who became …
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The Witches on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review – Anne Hathaway, Octavia Spencer
The Witches comes to Blu-ray and DVD following its streaming debut on HBO Max, not appearing in cinemas because this year has gone a bit ‘2020’. It’s a new take on the Roald Dahl story, …
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The Witches – The DVDfever Review – Anne Hathaway, Octavia Spencer
The Witches is a new take on the Roald Dahl story, starring Anne Hathaway (Interstellar), and comes from director Robert Zemeckis (Allied, The Walk 3D, Back To The Future). We learn, early on, how witches …
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Snowpiercer on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review – Chris Evans
Snowpiercer is one of those films I meant to get round to watching for ages, and then came the news that a Blu-ray was finally being released in the UK. However, like buses, there’s none …
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Self Made: Inspired By The Life Of Madam C.J. Walker – Announcement – Netflix
Self Made: Inspired By The Life Of Madam C.J. Walker is a forthcoming Netflix drama series, based on the biography On Her Own Ground by A’Lelia Bundles, and tells the untold and highly irreverent story …
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Dolittle – Trailer 1 – Robert Downey Jr
Dolittle sees the titular doctor played this time by Robert Downey Jr… junior doctor? Either way, RDJr has bowed out of the Marvel universe to deal with different sorts of creatures, but is still joined …
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Being John Malkovich Special Edition on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Being John Malkovich: Even 20 years on, it’s hard to find a film that’s more bizarre in the entire history of the movies. Craig Schwartz (John Cusack, who had previously starred alongside the titular actor …
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Luce – Trailer 1 – Octavia Spencer
Luce is the name of the son in the care of a married couple, who are forced to reckon with their idealised image of him, adopted from war-torn Eritrea, after an alarming discovery by a …
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