Tag Archives: Jordan Peele

The Twilight Zone: Try, Try. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Topher Grace, Kylie Bunbury, Jordan Peele, Logan McInnes, Bruno Rudolf, Kelly Ann Woods, Kam Kozak, Jina Anika, Mark Chavez, Marc Williams, Britney Mocca, Leo Chiang.

There is surely no denying that Groundhog Day is one of the classic American comedies of the last 40 years, not only does it see Bill Murray at his best, a tall feat when you consider just how influential he has been throughout his entire career, but the premise of the film is charming, beguiling and one that captures the idea of persistence and change right down to its very core.

The Twilight Zone: A Small Town. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Damon Wayans Jr., David Krumholtz, Natalie Martinez, Paula Newsome, Keegan Connor Tracy, Andrew Alvarez, Jordan Peele, Steel Bey, Jason Asuncion, Marc Gaudet, Peter New, Michael P. Northley, Linda Darlow, Patrick Keating, Christina Jastrzembska, Tim Zhang, Krish Lohtia, Kelly Richard Nelson, Jeremy Arnold, Kristina Arnold.

If we could look down on creation and find a way to change all that is bad, all that is annoying, bothersome and frustratingly simple to fix, if we could do this, would we do it in full glare of the watchful eye of all who have their own agendas, or would we solve the problems anonymously, in quiet contemplation and never take a single word of praise for doing the right thing.

The Twilight Zone: A Human Face. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision * * *

Cast: Christopher Meloni, Jenna Elfman, Tavi Gevinson, Jordan Peele.

A Human Face is all that is needed to make a person change their mind and perspective on most things, it is that connection we have, the pinpoint of recognising the similarity rather than the blank face of obscurity and blind hatred which makes us creatures that can feel empathy and love, even for those who have left us, who may have hurt us with words, who belong to a nation that wishes to see us humbled, subjugated, destroyed.

The Twilight Zone: 8. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * *

Cast: Joel McHale, Nadia Hilker, Michelle Ang, Tim Armstrong, Brandon Jay McLaren, Jordan Peele, Michael Adamthwaite, Mark Silverman, Amy Rotifer.

It is in the arrogance of our species that we believe we have the unalienable right to investigate all that we see, not out of curiosity and how we can live alongside all things natural and unexplained, but out of a wanton desire to manipulate, to influence, too confirm our mastery over all we survey.

The Twilight Zone: Among The Untrodden. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Abbie Hern, Sophia Macy, Jordan Peele, Amanda Burke, Halle Galloway, Anisa Harris, Marci T. House, Esther Li, Graelle Owour.

What is great power without responsibility, a question posed by every comic and graphic novel artist when introducing a new superhero for the fans to wrap their imagination around.

The Twilight Zone: Ovation. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Jurnee Smollett, Tawny Newsome, Sky Ferreira, Dan Martin, Paul F Tompkins, Thomas Lennon, Jordan Peele, Aliza Vellani, Murat Alvarez, Chris Webb, Silver Kim, Derek Morrison.

The whole world seems to crave fame, to either prove they existed at one point in time, or because they believe that their life will be better for it, the chance to be driven round in luxurious cars, eat at the best restaurants, have people at their command and carrying out their every whim and desire…fame is an evil in the guise of luminosity, in which celebrity is more lethal than any drug, which can be more destructive than any disease and the reason is because it is shallow, it feeds on vanity, sadness, the superficial and arrogance.

The Twilight Zone: The Who Of You. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Ethan Embry, Daniel Sunjata, Mel Rodriguez, Billy Porter, Jay Hindle, Carmel Amit, Veena Sood, Jordan Peele, David Lewis, Samantha Rose, Miles Phoenix Foley, Joel Chico, Frank C. Turner, Paolo Maiolo, Bailey Corneal.

Not all of us have the opportunity to see the world through the eyes of another soul, we may sympathise with their plight, we can perhaps engage with their worries, their suffering, be overjoyed at their feelings of love, their elation, the demands on their time, the peace they wish for; but we cannot ever fully experience what it is to see our shared surroundings and understand the way they view it.

Toy Story 4. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Tom Shanks, Tim Allen, Annie Potts, Tony Hale, Keegan-Michael Key, Madeleine McGraw, Christina Hendricks, Jordan Peele, Keanu Reeves, Ally Maki, Jay Hernandez, Lori Alan, Joan Cusack, Bonnie Hunt, Kristen Schaal, Emily Davis, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger, Blake Clark, June Squibb, Carl Weathers, Lily Sage Bromley, Jeff Garlin, Maliah Bargas-Good, Jack McGraw, Juliana Hansen, Estelle Harris, Laurie Metcalf, Steve Purcell, Mel Brooks, Alan Oppenheimer, Carol Burnett, Betty White, Carl Reiner, Bill Hader, Patricia Arquette, Timothy Dalton, Flea, Melissa Villasenor, Jeff Pidgeon, John Morris.

Fargo: Morton’s Fork. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Allison Tolman, Colin Hanks, Martin Freeman, Bob Odenkirk, Keith Carradine, Joey King, Susan Park, Gary Valentine, Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, Chantel Perron, Andrew Neil McKenzie, Amanda Guenther.

There is always one television series that stands out each year and Fargo could well be it for 2014. If they never make another series then the writer, the Coen brothers and the actors who have been associated with this terrific endeavour will have more than amply done their jobs.

Fargo: A Fox, A Rabbit And A Cabbage. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Allison Tolman, Colin Hanks, Martin Freeman, Bob Odenkirk, Keith Carradine, Joey King, Susan Park, Stephen Root, Helena Mattsson, Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, Lorne Cardinal, Jennifer Copping, Jade Davis.

When the Devil makes the most of the innocuous then you know it’s time to be really terrified.