Category Archives: Film

Wicked Little Letters. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision * * * *

Cast: Jessie Buckley, Olivia Colman, Hugh Skinner, Timothy Spall, Anjana Vasan, Lolly Adefope, Eileen Atkins, Alisha Weir, Joanna Scanlan, Jason Watkins, Gemma Jones, Malachi Kirby, Richard Goulding, Paul Chahidi, Grant Crookes, Adam Treasure, Jamie Chapman, Susie Fairfax, Ryan Mann, Neil Fox-Roberts, Paul A Munday.

The act of a keyboard warrior who takes great delight in taking down people online is one of extreme cowardice, the mark of the scoundrel; but it is not one that is new to us in society, and since the advent of communication, since the ability to send letters in near anonymity, the scope of bringing distress and harm to others has been more invasive, terrible, cruel, and even pushed many to a place where death/suicide is an outcome the, the cowards, are hoping for.

Asteroid City. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Bryan Cranston, Edward Norton, Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Jake Ryan, Grace Edwards, Maya Hawke, Rupert Friend, Tilda Swinton, Adrien Brody, Jeffrey Wright, Steve Carell, Hope Davis, Steve Park, Liv Schreiber, Aristou Meehan, Ethan Josh Lee, Sophia Lillis, Matt Dillon, Tony Revolori, Bob Balaban, Fisher Stevens, Ella Faris, Gracie Faris, Willan Faris, Deanna Dunagan, Vandi Clark, Pedro Placer, Willem Dafoe, Margot Robbie, Jeff Goldblum, Rita Wilson.

Argylle. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Bryce Dallas Howard, Sam Rockwell, Henry Cavill, John Cena, Bryan Cranston, Catherine O’ Hara, Dua Lipa, Samuel L. Jackson, Richard E. Grant, Ariana DeBose, Jason Fuchs, Tomás Paredes, Sofia Boutella, Jing Lusi, Tomiwa Edun, Rob Delaney, Stanley Morgan, Louis Partridge, Ben Daniels.

Spiderman: Across The Spider-Verse. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld, Brian Tyree Henry, Luna Lauren Velez, Jake Johnson, Oscar Isaac, Jason Schwartzman, Issa Rae, Daniel Kaluuya, Karen Soni, Shea Whigham, Greta Lee, Mahershala Ali, Amandla Stenberg, Jharrel Jerome, Andy Samberg, Jack Quaid, Rachel Dratch, Ziggy Marley, Jorma Taccone, J.K. Simmons, Donald Glover, Elizabeth Perkins, Kathryn Hahn, Ayo Edebiri, Nicola Delaney, Nina Lentini, Atsuko Okatsuka, Peter Sohn, Melissa Sturm, Lorraine Velez, Nic Novicki, Taran Killam, Metro Boomin, Josh Keaton, Sofia Barclay, Danielle Perez, Yuri Lowenthal.

There are cinematic events that deserve nothing finer than the glory of the largest screen available.

Invitation To A Murder. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * *

Cast: Mischa Barton, Chris Browning, Bianca A. Santos, Giles Matthey, Grace Lynn Kung, Seamus Dever, James Urbaniak, Amy Sloan, Alex Hyde-White, Clark Carmichael, Rae Gray, Liz Pazik, Curtis Edward Jackson, Q’Ira.

There are some invitations that should be returned to the sender with the decline option fully enforceable and expected. For in the rush to entertain the public we allow a multitude of dramas to occupy our time that in all honesty are far from the stocking filler treat that is demanded, the thrill ride and the belief in the intelligence of collective humanity that we frame when presented eagerly to the world of the armchair detective.

Aquaman 2: Aquaman And The Lost Kingdom. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 3/10

Cast: Jason Momoa, Patrick Wilson, Yayha Abdul-Mateen II, Nicole Kidman, Randall Park, Temuera Morrison, Dolph Lundgren, Martin Short, Jani Zhao, Indya Moore, Vincent Regan, Jay McDonald, Amber Heard.

Film appreciation is in part understanding the chaos that is suffered during production, it is the point where the audience or the casual onlooker can be informed of the trials and tribulations behind the scenes, and where it might lead to understanding that the cracked porcelain vase of celluloid has been neglected or undergone what could arguably be described as a form of sabotage or cinematic early death.

Shazam! Fury Of The Gods. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * *

Cast: Zachary Levi, Asher Angel, Jack Dylan Grazer, Rachel Zegler, Lucy Liu, Helen Mirren, Djimon Hounsou, Adam Brody, Ross Butler, D.J. Cotrona, Grace Caroline Currey, Meagan Good, Faithe Herman, Ian Chen, Jovan Armand, Marta Milans, Cooper Andrews, Rizwan Manji, Diedrich Bader, P.J. Byrne, David Lengel, Carson MacCormac, Evan Marsh, Gal Gadot.

Sick. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7/10

Cast: Gideon Adlon, Bethlehem Million, Dylan Sprayberry, Marc Menchaca, Jane Adams, Joel Courtney, Chris Reid, Duane Stephens, Logan Murphy.

The inevitability of it all is such that not even a pandemic can stop the forces of a home invasion film revolving around the descent of grief and the need for revenge.

The Pope’s Exorcist. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * *

Cast: Russell Crowe, Daniel Zovatto, Alex Essoe, Franco Nero, Peter DeSouza-Feighoney, Laural Marsden, Cornell John, Ryan O’Grady, Ralph Ineson.

All the devils are here…or as cinema would have you believe.

The fact that William Friedkin’s 1973 classic The Exorcist is lauded as highly as it should not be seen as an open door for others to attempt to match its ferocity of film making in a subject matter that leaves little to the imagination and at times a bad taste in the mouth as its religious fervour is one of corruptibility in the face of cinematic dogma.

No One Will Save You. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Kaitlyn Dever, Jack Duhame, Lauren Murray, Geraldine Singer, Dane Rhodes, Daniel Rigamer, Dari Lynn, Evangeline Rose, Elizabeth Kaluev.

Everything can be an allegory if you look deep enough for it.

It seems obvious to state that as we look for meaning in between the lines of every part of human life, experience, and words maybe bandied around in jest, but the symbolic metaphor can be found residing, breathing, thriving, in all pieces of art, but when you see it unfold in a way that leaves you breathless, that requires such a barren landscape of vocalised expression to engage the viewer with an abundant brilliance…then you know how deeply the writer has given to metaphor.