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DVD Review – ‘The Equalizer 2’ is a flat, jumbled action sequel

18/12/2018 Patrick Wilson 0 Comment 2018, Action, Antoine Fuqua, Ashton Sanders, Bill Pullman, Certificate: 15, December 2018, Denzel Washington, DVD, Melissa Leo, Orson Bean, Pedro Pascal, Rating: Poop, Sakina Jaffrey, The Equalizer, The Equalizer 2, Thriller

Denzel Washington stars in his first ever sequel with Equalizer 2, but leaves you wondering why this caused him to break his golden rule.

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DVD Review – ‘The Littlest Reindeer’ is a perfectly acceptable kids’ film for Christmas

22/11/2018 Luke Stevenson 0 Comment 2018, Animation, Certificate: PG, Christmas, DVD, Jeff Dunham, Jennifer Westcott, John Cleese, Josh Hutcherson, Martin Short, Morena Baccarin, October 2018, Rating: Pop, Samantha Bee, The Littlest Reindeer

Josh Hutcherson and Samantha Bee star in family-friendly Christmas film The Littlest Reindeer, which is out on DVD in the UK now.

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DVD Review – Anime series ‘Yuri!!! On Ice’ makes a figure skating romance compelling

09/10/2018 Patrick Wilson 0 Comment 2018, Anime, Certificate: 12, DVD, Jerry Jewell, Josh Grelle, Micah Solusod, October 2018, Rating: Pop, Sayo Yamamoto, Yuri!!! On Ice

Half sporting underdog tale and half engrossing romance, Yuri!!! On Ice is an interesting and entertaining anime series.

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DVD Review – ‘Entebbe’ is important politically, but drab as a movie

13/09/2018 Luke Stevenson 0 Comment 2018, Ben Schnetzer, Certificate: 12, Daniel Brühl, Drama, DVD, Eddie Marsan, Entebbe, José Padilha, Lior Ashkenazi, Nonso Anozie, Rating: Poop, Rosamund Pike, September 2018, Thriller

Political resonance cannot save the historical hostage thriller Entebbe from its own lack of tension and lacklustre cinematic style.

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‘I Feel Pretty’ on DVD and the lingering curse of bad movie trailers

10/09/201813/09/2018 Luke Stevenson 0 Comment Amy Schumer, Comedy, DVD, Emily Ratajkowski, I Feel Pretty

Amy Schumer’s divisive comedy is out now on DVD, but the unfortunate stench of its trailer can’t help but get in the way.

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DVD Review – ‘Hatchet 4: Victor Crowley’ brings the gore, but little else

04/09/201807/09/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Adam Green, Brian Quinn, Certificate: 18, Chase Williamson, Dave Sheridan, DVD, Felissa Rose, Hatchet, Hatchet 4: Victor Crowley, Horror, Kane Hodder, Katie Booth, Krystal Joy Brown, Laura Ortiz, Parry Shen, Rating: Poop, September 2018, Tiffany Shepis, Tony Todd

Kane Hodder returns as the terrifying bayou butcher in Hatchet 4: Victor Crowley, as Adam Green revives his slasher franchise.

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DVD Review – ‘Beast of Burden’ traps Daniel Radcliffe in a cockpit

13/08/201809/08/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Action, August 2018, Beast of Burden, Certificate: 15, Daniel Radcliffe, DVD, Grace Gummer, Jesper Ganslandt, Pablo Schreiber, Rating: Poop, Robert Wisdom, Thriller

Daniel Radcliffe goes it alone for most of drug trafficking thriller Beast of Burden, which is set largely within the cockpit of his tiny plane.

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DVD Review – ‘Proud Mary’ wastes Taraji P Henson’s badass charisma

28/07/201828/07/2018 Tom Beasley 1 Comment 2018, Action, Babak Najafi, Billy Brown, Certificate: 15, Crime, Danny Glover, DVD, Jahi Di'Allo Winston, July 2018, Rating: Poop, Taraji P Henson, Thriller

Henson is a great choice for an action lead, but Proud Mary is a dramatically deficient crime thriller with limp action sequences.

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DVD Review – ‘Dark Crimes’ sees Jim Carrey go dark, without much spark

10/07/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Agata Kulesza, Alexandros Avranas, Certificate: 18, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Crime, Dark Crimes, DVD, Jim Carrey, July 2018, Kati Outinen, Marton Csokas, Piotr Glowacki, Rating: Poop, Robert Wieckiewicz, Thriller, Vlad Ivanov

Dark Crimes is Jim Carrey as you’ve never seen him before, and never want to see him again.

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DVD Review – ‘Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House’ is only slightly less dull than its title

10/07/201810/07/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Bruce Greenwood, Certificate: 12, Diane Lane, Drama, DVD, Ike Barinholtz, Julian Morris, July 2018, Liam Neeson, Maika Monroe, Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House, Marton Csokas, Michael C Hall, Peter Landesman, Rating: Poop, Tony Goldwyn

Liam Neeson shelves the action in order to pace around darkened rooms as the FBI veteran who turned into a notorious whistleblower.

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DVD Review – ‘The Lodgers’ never provokes a shiver within its haunted house

28/06/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Bill Milner, Brian O'Malley, Certificate: 15, Charlotte Vega, David Bradley, DVD, Eugene Simon, Horror, June 2018, Rating: Poop, The Lodgers

Haunted house horror movie The Lodgers is a rather generic genre tale that chooses to wallow in uninventive misery and bleakness.

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