Tag Archives: Willem Defoe

Aquaman. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, Dolph Lundgren, Nicole Kidman, Patrick Wilson, Willem Defoe, Randall Park, Temuera Morrison, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Graham McTavish,Michael Beach, Julie Andrews.

It would not be unfair, unkind or malicious to suggest, openly state, that of all the D.C. comic book heroes to have come and gone, stayed around and become iconic, Aquaman had probably the worst of starts, and continued throughout to receive unjust treatment within the realms of ideas, attention and delivery, the character was a joke, a seismic buffoon brought to life as a foil for the grittiness portrayed in the golden and silver ages of comic books.

Aquaman. Film Review. full post

(602 words, estimated 2:24 mins reading time)

Murder On The Orient Express (2017). Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Penelope Cruz, Willem Defoe, Judi Dench, Johnny Depp, Josh Gad, Derek Jacobi, Leslie Odem, Michelle Pfeiffer, Daisy Ridley, Marwan Kenzari, Olivia Colman, Lucy Boynton, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Sergei Polunin, Tom Bateman, Miranda Raison, Paapa Essiedu, Michael Rouse, Joseph Long, Elliot Levey, David Annen, Kathryn Wilder, Phil Dunster.

It is a story that evokes images that many of us will never see, never experience and one that captures the raw cold hate of many emotions, as well as the beauty of the scenery that is on offer as one of the most famous pieces of engineering takes its passengers through Europe.

Murder On The Orient Express (2017). Film Review. full post

(492 words, estimated 1:58 mins reading time)

The Great Wall, Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating *

Cast: Matt Damon, Tian Jing, Willem Defoe, Andy Lau, Pedro Pascal, Hanyu Zhang, Lu Han, Kenny Lion, Eddie Peng, Xuan Huang, Ryan Zheng, Karry Wang, Cheney Chen, Numan Acar, Johnny Cicco, Vicky Yu, Bing Liu.

There are times when you do have to wonder what studio heads are up to when they allow certain ideas to get past the initial rejection stage of films not being worthy enough to go on the big screen.

The Great Wall, Film Review. full post

(480 words, estimated 1:55 mins reading time)

The Grand Budapest Hotel, Film Review. FACT Cinema, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Tony Revolori, Tilda Swinton, F. Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric, Adrien Brody, Willem Defoe, Jeff Goldblum, Harvey Keitel, Jude Law,Bill Murray, Edward Norton, Saoirse Ronan, Jason Schwartman, Léa Seydoux, Tom Wilkinson.

Every story requires an author, the voice of reason, doubt, uncertainty, humour and charm in which capture every single element possible to make the listener pin back their ears and quietly contemplate what the creator is actually telling them. If every story expects a story teller then Wes Anderson should be the one to be involved at every point of the tale’s conception.

The Grand Budapest Hotel, Film Review. FACT Cinema, Liverpool. full post

(522 words, estimated 2:05 mins reading time)