School of Rock comes back to cinemas for its 20th anniversary, and while I do recall seeing this once before, it was mid-afternoon at the weekend, and as I watched this big-screen release, I think …
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Uncut Gems – The DVDfever Netflix Review – Adam Sandler in career-best performance!
Uncut Gems is a film I’ve been looking forward to immensely since I heard about it, as The Safdie Brothers, who direct and co-write this, also brought us 2017’s Good Time, starring Robert Pattinson, which …
Continue readingEighth Grade on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Eighth Grade is a film that looked superb from the trailer, but was one of those indie films that I knew would get short shrift from the multiplexes, so watching it on Blu-ray would be …
Continue readingThe Girl In The Spider’s Web on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
The Girl In The Spider’s Web comes from the same director as the Evil Dead 2013 reboot, Fede Alvarez, and while it wasn’t a great film by any stretch of the imagination, it did have …
Continue readingIsle Of Dogs – The DVDfever Cinema Review – Woof! Woof!
Isle of Dogs is the colloquial term given to Trash Island, a place where all the Japanese non-recycled rubbish goes to, just outside of the country. Following a huge showdown between all the dogs and …
Continue readingLady Bird – The DVDfever Cinema Review
Lady Bird is another film selected for potential BAFTA and Oscar glory, yet is also another film that’s less than the sum of its parts, which is a shame, as Saoirse Ronan is superb in …
Continue readingThe Grand Budapest Hotel on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
The Grand Budapest Hotel makes its way on to Blu-ray and DVD, with a bold instruction at the start of the film: “PLEASE SET YOUR MONITOR TO 16X9”. You’ll see why in due course. The …
Continue readingInside Llewyn Davis on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Inside Llewyn Davis starts off at the Gaslight Cafe, 1961, where Llewyn Davis (Oscar Isaac) sings “Hang Me, Oh Hang Me”. From there, we follow a week in the life of this struggling folk singer, …
Continue readingThe Grand Budapest Hotel – The DVDfever Cinema Review
The Grand Budapest Hotel centers around an elderly Mr. Moustafa (F. Murray Abraham), in 1985,recounting tales about his life at the hotel to a young writer (Jude Law), starting from the moment he started as …
Continue readingMoonrise Kingdom on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Moonrise Kingdom is a film I wanted to see because I really enjoyed The Darjeeling Limited and I loved The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. And a film with Bill Murray, Bruce Willis and Harvey …
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