First Man is a film which I really wanted to see in 70mm IMAX scenes in full-height (1.44:1), for the lunar scenes, which is normally the preserve of 70mm screenings, such as last year’s Dunkirk. …
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First Man – Trailer 2 – Ryan Gosling
First Man has a second trailer out now, and I’ve since learned that some scenes (IMDB confirms it’s the lunar sequences) are shot in 70mm IMAX, where the screen will open up to 1.44:1, so …
Continue readingSicario 2: Soldado – Better than the first? – The DVDfever Cinema Review
Sicario 2: Soldado was a film for which I didn’t even know was planned, until the first teaser came out, so I was certainly looking forward to this, as the first movie was great. Plus, …
Continue readingCity of Lies – Trailer 1 – Johnny Depp
City of Lies has a great premise for a film, but a terrible title. It centres around the investigation about the murders of rappers Tupac Shakur and Notorious BIG, in 1996, and the possible connections …
Continue readingThe Catcher Was a Spy – Trailer 1 – Paul Rudd
The Catcher Was a Spy looks like a John Le Carre thriller from the outset and in the trailer, until you see the premise which states that Paul Rudd plays Moe Berg, a major league …
Continue readingBeirut – Trailer 1 – Jon Hamm
Beirut brings us Jon Hamm (Baby Driver) as a US diplomat, who flees Lebanon in 1972 following the tragic murder of his wife. Ten years later, he’s called back to war-torn Beirut by CIA operatives …
Continue readingDeath Note – The DVDfever Cinema / Netflix Review
Death Note has the simple premise about a book which passes from one owner to another, and whoever possesses it at the time can write the name of the person they want to die, as …
Continue readingDeath Note – Trailer 1 – Nat Wolff
Death Note centres around Light Turner (Nat Wolff), a bright student who stumbles across a mystical notebook that has the power to bump off any person whose name he writes in it. He decides to …
Continue readingKong: Skull Island – Decent creature-feature fun – The DVDfever Cinema Review
Kong: Skull Island is normally the kind of films that would shown up on the big screen in the summer, but has actually come at a welcome time for parents of young children. Their offspring …
Continue readingKong: Skull Island – ‘Rise of the King’ Trailer
Kong: Skull Island reboots the classic story once again. While I never got round to watching Peter Jackson’s King Kong (I have an aversion to overlong movies, sometimes, and that one’s over three hours in …
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