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Empire of Light takes us back to 1980, and to the Empire Cinema in Margate (normally the Dreamland Margate cinema), which we first see in 1980, the year of which I could tell because they’re …
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How 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 …
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Bodyguard Series 1 – The DVDfever Review – Richard Madden
Bodyguard begins with Afghanistan war veteran cop David Budd (Richard Madden) tries to play “spot the terrorist” on a train, and he quickly makes himself the ‘Liam Neeson’ of the piece. Before getting into more …
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 …
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The Commuter – Philip K Dick’s Electric Dreams Episode 3 – The DVDfever Review
The Commuter is the third episode in Philip K Dick’s Electric Dreams and is set in an era that feels like a mixture of ’60s, ’70s and ’80s, with decor jumping between all three. Having …
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The Dresser (2015) – The DVDfever Review
The Dresser tells the story of something of which I have zero experience – working backstage at a touring Shakespearean theatre company. In a production of King Lear, the lead actor is bordering on insanity …
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The Veteran on DVD – The DVDfever Review
The Veteran: Robert Miller (Toby Kebbell) is a soldier returning home from Afghanistan after his final tour of duty. Life doesn’t have much in store for him, while he lives on a grim council estate …
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