Tag Archives: Chris Chalk

Perry Mason. Series Two. Television Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Matthew Rhys, Juliet Rylance, Chris Chalk, Shea Whigham, Eric Lange, Diarra Kilpatrick, Justin Kirk, Gayle Rankin, Molly Ephraim, Katherine Waterston, Paul Raci, Jen Tullock, Mark O’Brien, Veronica Falcón, Peter Mendoza, Fabrizio Guido, Onahoua Rodriguez, Jon Chafin, Jee Young Han, Hope Davis, Stephanie Hoston, Wallace Langham, Kersti Bryan, Amber Friendly, Tom Amanes, Gretchen Mol, Mona Lee Wylde, Anthony Molinari, John DiMaggio, Jack Eyman, Brian R. Norris, Christopher Carrington, Tommy Dewey, Sean Astin.

Perry Mason is an American icon, based on a legendary criminal defence lawyer, and to whom was a staple of television in the guise of Raymond Burr in the title role.

Perry Mason. Series Two. Television Drama Review. full post

(562 words, estimated 2:15 mins reading time)

Godzilla vs. Kong. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Alexander Skarsgård, Millie Bobby Brown, Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, Shun Oguri, Eliza González, Julian Dennison, Lance Reddick, Kyle Chandler, Demián Bichir, Kaylee Hottle, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Ronny Chieng, John Pirruccello, Chris Chalk.

When Titans collide it is either a simple case of love or hate for the audiences who cannot but help pick a side, cheer on the winner, take cheap pot shots and boo with bravado the expected loser; this is hard enough to convey with any appropriate meaning when it is two boxers slugging it out in the ring, their signature moves keenly studied and reported, the grudges they bare against each other, but when you transfer that sense of toxic, animalistic brutality to a wider, less human shape, you can end up with a Battle Royale that you cannot keep your eyes from watching, and your heart from pumping with excitement.

Godzilla vs. Kong. Film Review. full post

(590 words, estimated 2:22 mins reading time)

Gotham: Series Five. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Ben McKenzie, Donal Logue, David Mazouz, Morena Baccarin, Sean Pertwee, Robin Lord Taylor, Erin Richards, Carmen Bicondova, Cory Michael Smith, Jessica Lucas, Chris Chalk, Kelcy Griffin, Hunter Jones, Jaime Murray, Francesca Root-Dodson, J.W. Cortes, Cameron Monaghan, Shane West, David W. Thompson, Andrew Sellon, Peyton List, Anthony Carrigan, BD Wong, Richard Kind, Lili Simmons, John Bedford Lloyd, Sarah Schenkkan, Benedict Samuel.

Gotham: Series Five. Television Review. full post

(504 words, estimated 2:01 mins reading time)

Gotham (Series Four). Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Ben McKenzie, Donal Logue, David Mazouz, Morena Baccarin, Sean Pertwee, Robin Lord Taylor, Erin Richards, Carmen Bicondova, Cory Michael Smith, Jessica Lucas, Chris Chalk, Drew Powell, Crystal Reed, Alexander Siddig, Anthony Carrigan, Maggie Geha, Peyton List, Charlie Tahan, David W. Thompson, Kelcy Griffin, Nathan Darrow, Michael Cerveris, Camila Perez, Michelle Veintimilla, Cameron Monaghan, Benedict Samuel, J.W. Cortes, John Doman, B.D. Wong.

Gotham (Series Four). Television Review. full post

(637 words, estimated 2:33 mins reading time)

Gotham: Series Three. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Ben McKenzie, Donal Logue, David Mazouz, Morena Baccarin, Sean Pertwee, Robin Lord Taylor, Erin Richards, Carmen Bicondova, Cory Michael Smith, Jessica Lucas, Chris Chalk, Drew Powell, Maggie Geha, Benedict Samuel, Jamie Chung, James Carpinello, Naian Gonzalez Norvind, Ivana Milicevic, James Remar, Raymond J. Barry, Alexander Siddig.

It is often bewildering to see that some television series are not appreciated at the time of their showing, viewer apathy perhaps, a certain level of niggling tedium born arguably of the fact that society, in the main, has got too used to everything being on demand, too eager to binge and then becoming bored because the art form doesn’t move along as quick as their racing and almost jumbled thoughts.

Gotham: Series Three. Television Review. full post

(536 words, estimated 2:09 mins reading time)

Gotham: Series Two. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Ben McKenzie, Robin Lord Taylor, Donal Logue, David Mazouz, Sean Pertwee, Camren Bicondova, B.D. Wong, Erin Richards, Cory Michael Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith, Morena Baccarin, James Frain, Jessica Lucas, Chris Chalk, Drew Powell, Michael Chicklis.

The city of Gotham, majestic, proud, historic and so it seems rotten to the very core of its existence with just a few people holding the barrier tight against all out disorder and mayhem – just the place for the man who is to become one of the city’s leading lights to hone his skills and get to grips with the darkness under his watch.

Gotham: Series Two. Television Review. full post

(457 words, estimated 1:50 mins reading time)

12 Years A Slave, Film Review. FACT Cinema, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Cast: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Lupita Nyong’o, Sarah Paulson, Benedict Cumberbatch, Brad Pitt, Paul Dano, Adepero Oduye, Paul Giamatti, Garret Dillahunt, Scoot McNairy, Taran Killam, Chris Chalk, Michael K. Williams, Kelsey Scott, Alfre Woodward, Quvenzhane Wallis, Devyn A. Taylor, Cameron Zeigler, Rob Steinberg, Jay Huguley, Christopher Berry, Bryan Batt, Bill Camp, Dwight Henry, Ruth Negga.

12 Years A Slave, Film Review. FACT Cinema, Liverpool. full post

(619 words, estimated 2:29 mins reading time)