Tag Archives: Ciarán Hinds

The English. Television Series Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Chaske Spencer, Emily Blunt, Tom Hughes, Steve Wall, Stephen Rae, Valerie Pachner, Malcolm Storry, Nicholas Aaron, Ciarán Hinds,  Ian Pirie, Toby Jones, Miguel Alvarez, William Belleau, Walt Klink, Cristian Solimeno, Tadhg Murphy, Rafe Spall, Julian Bleach, Jan Knightley, Rod Rondeaux, Corey Bird, Sam Alexander, Tonantzin Carmelo, Nichola McAuliffe, Andy Williams, Kristian Phillips, Ben Temple, Gary Farmer, Arturo Vazquez, Matilda Ziobrowski, Jimmy Shaw, Benjamin Victor, Edward Crook, Kimberly Guerrero, Stuart Milligan.

The English. Television Series Review. full post

(597 words, estimated 2:23 mins reading time)

First Man. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7/10

Cast: Claire Foy, Ryan Gosling, Pablo Schreiber, Christopher Abbott, Ethan Embry, Ciaran Hinds, Jason Clarke, Kyle Chandler, Corey Stoll, Shea Whigham, Patrick Fugit, Lukas Haas, Corey Michael Smith, Brady Smith, Olivia Hamilton, John David Whalen, Leon Bridges.

If a film’s aim is to educate and inform, to make an audience appreciate the life and actions of the subject at hand, then Damien Chazelle’s in depth, almost microscopic, look at the life of Neil Armstrong, of the lead up to moment when he became the first human to take a tentative step on the surface of the Moon, the trials, the agony, the heartache that spurred him on, then First Man would be rightly considered to one of the most endearing and enduring of epics.

First Man. Film Review. full post

(497 words, estimated 1:59 mins reading time)

Shetland, Series Three. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Douglas Henshall, Alison O’ Donnell, Steven Robertson, Mark Bonar, Julie Graham, Stewart Porter, Erin Armstrong, Anna Chancellor, Ciarán Hinds, James Cosmo, Saskia Reeves, Sara Vickers, Ace Bhatti, Andrew Rothney, Archie Panjabi, Jamie Michie, Jack Greenlees, Mark Cox, Struan Rodger, Kate Donnely.

The fairly uncomplicated lives of those who reside on the outlying islands of the United Kingdom is one that is prized and highly valued, it is a way of life that has many attractions and one that many could adapt to if they put their minds to it. However, for those forced to relocate out in to the storm tossed seas that surround the mainland, the islands can represent a jail with no locks, keys or guards, the solitude is enough to drive them to the point of no return.

Shetland, Series Three. Television Review. full post

(518 words, estimated 2:04 mins reading time)