The Roses is based on the 1981 novel, The War of the Roses, which I remember best as an exceptional black comedy starring Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner as the warring couple, Oliver and Barbara …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of ANOTHER SIMPLE FAVOR!
Another Simple Favor (aka Another Simple Favour, in any territory that can spell) comes seven years after A Simple Favour, and after all this time, I’m not sure who was clamouring for a sequel, but …
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Jackpot! – The DVDfever Review – Amazon Prime Video – Awkwafina, John Cena
Jackpot! is an action comedy where we’re told The California Grand Lottery started during The Great Depression of 2026, leading everyone to be obsessed with it, because the prize amount can be worth billions. However, …
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The School of Good and Evil – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Michelle Yeoh
The School for Good and Evil sees two brothers – Rafal and Rhian (both played by Kit Young) – having shared power peacefully for eons, but things seldom stay as they are… For best friends …
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Severance – The DVDfever Review – Patricia Arquette – Apple TV+
Severance is a bizarre new Apple TV+ series, with some episodes directed by Ben Stiller. Initially, we see a woman fast asleep on the table. She’s woken up by a tannoy, and asked a series …
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A Simple Favour on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
A Simple Favour (or A Simple Favor for those who don’t know how to spell) is one of those films for when I want to try and prove myself wrong, and since I’ll want to …
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Office Christmas Party on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Office Christmas Party begins with Josh (Jason Bateman) getting a divorce, which is rather handy given that for the rest of the movie, he’ll be dilly-dallying around computer whizz Tracey (Olivia Munn), and if you’re …
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Ghostbusters (III) 2016 – Film of the Year!*– The DVDfever Cinema Review
If there’s something weird… in you neighbourhood… and it don’t look good… what must it be? Paul Feig‘s reboot of Ghostbusters! Ghostbusters (III) starts off very well with some mysterious and spooky goings-on during a …
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Trumbo – The DVDfever Cinema Review
Trumbo, Dalton Trumbo. Prolific and successful screenwriter but a communist. Hollywood liked the former, but not the latter. The film begins in 1947, yet Trumbo joined the Communist Party of the USA in 1943 after …
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Spy: Extended Cut on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Spy proves that hayfever can be a killer. That’s because super spy Bradley Fine (Jude Law) tracks down Tihomir Boyanov (Raad Rawi), the only man who knows the location of a huge bomb. Alas, while …
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