Category Archives: Film

Collide. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Nicholas Hoult, Felicity Jones, Ben Kingsley, Anthony Hopkins, Marwan Kenzari, Clemens Schick, Erdal Yildiz, Michael Epp, Aleksander Jovanovic, Markus Klauk, Johnny Palmiero, Ben Hacker, Joachim Krol, Christine Hecke, Lara Melina Siebertz, Nadia Hilker.

The question of what we will do for money and love is as old as recorded time, the two go hand in hand, the pair are intrinsically linked to the way we perceive what is important, for without money, what we love cannot be saved, bought or bartered for, at least that is the way writers will always have you believe, that a heart can only be saved if it has some sort of monetary association attached to it.

Harriet. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Cast: Cynthia Erivo, Leslie Odom Jr., Joe Alwyn, Clarke Peters, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Omar J. Dorsey, Henry Hunter Hall, Tim Guinee, Nick Basta, Joseph Lee Anderson, Antonio J Bell, CJ McBath, Alexis Louder, Ana Brooks, Janelle Monae, Zackary Momoh, Frank Riley III, Daphne Reed, Jenna Marie Hess, Kathryn Tkel, Vondie Curtos-Hall, Jennifer Nettles, Deborah Ayorinde, Mike Marunde, Kamillah Matthews, Rakeem Lewis, Tory Kittles, Tia L. Davis, Mitchell Hoog, William L. Thomas.

Blithe Spirit. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Dan Stevens, Isla Fisher, Leslie Mann, Judi Dench, Emilia Fox, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Michele Dotrice, Simon Kunz, James Fleet, Adil Ray, Alfredo Tavares, Callie Cooke, Colin Stinton, Stella Stocker, Dave Johns, Georgina Rich, Tam Williams, Julian Ferro, Martyn Mayger, Delroy Atkinson, Issy van Randwyck, Jaymes Sygrove, Owun Birkett, Dean Winchester, Charlie Carter, Winchester, Zach Wyatt, Connor Jones, Theo Ip, Andrew Reed, Christine Callaghan, Alex Winchester, Peter A. Rogers. 

Soul. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Jamie Foxx, Tina Fey, Graham Norton, Rachel House, Alice Braga, Richard Ayoade, Phylicia Rashad, Donnell Rawlings, Questlove, Angela Bassett, Cora Champommier, Margo Hall, Daveed Diggs, Rhodessa Jones, Wes Studi, Sakina Jaffrey, Fortune Feinster, Calum Grant, Laura Mooney, Peggy Flood, Zenobia Schroff, June Squibb, Ochuwa Oghie, Jennie Tirado, Cathy Cavadini, Dorian Lockett, Doris Burke, Ronnie Del Carmen, Esther Chae, Elisapie Isaac, Marcus Shelby, Jason Pace. 

An Invisible Woman. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Felicity Jones, Ralph Fiennes, Kristen Scott Thomas, Perdita Weeks, Joanna Scanlan, Tom Hollander, Amanda Hale, John Kavanagh, Tom Burke, Susanna Hislop, Tommy Curson-Smith, David Collings, Michael Marcus, Richard McCabe, Gabriel Vick, Mark Dexter, Joseph Paxton, Charlotte Hope, Philippe Smolikowski.

How sincere is the light we shine on other’s flaws when we cannot acknowledge our own? The politician and the layman might preach and be found wanting and shunned from office, but the artist, how much do expect from them when it is their creativity and observation that can make them prone to fall in m oral outrage, and yet rise without sanction, without misgivings from the public as they continue to demand more from their insightful hero.

One Way To Denmark. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Rafe Spall, Darren Evans, Elis James, Joel Fry, Martin Frisley Ammitsbol, Thomas W. Gabrielsson, Benedikte Hansen, Vicktoria Noell Ingberg, Jeanette Lindbaek, Simone Lykke, Steve Speirs, Benny Botchiaer Thomsen, Maylenah Carmen Angellina Wiliemsborg, Tim Woodward.

It is tempting at times to believe Government rather than Time and fate deal the cruellest hands when it comes to the way the ordinary person is dealt as if they have no right to expect decency or even just a quiet unassuming life, that the conspiracy of action is just that, kick a person when they are down and with that tough love they will raise themselves out of the situation they have been placed in, as if by magic, their lives will be restored, that growth and strength comes from being treated abysmally.

Centigrade. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 3/10

Cast: Genesis Rodriguez, Vincent Piazza, Mavis Simpson-Ernst.

There is no such thing as an unimportant human story, just uninterested people who refuse to delve out of their comfort zone and place themselves into the shoes, the experiences of another person.

Tailgate. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Jeroen Spitzenberger, Anniek Pheifer, Roosmarijn van der Hoek, Liz Vergeer, Willem de Wolf, Truss te Selle, Hubert Fermin, Tim Linde, Peter Blankenstein.

It comes as no surprise that the world is far angrier place than it has been for decades. However, it is not necessarily all down to the governments of the world refusing to put their houses in order and sue for peace at all costs; we, as individuals, must also bear the brunt of responsibility, for our actions have become dominated by the outraged and the uncompromising activists seeking to further their personal agenda, it is the damnation of the wrathful with no cause to justify happiness for others and the bully and the impatient who inspires rage in others that should seek forgiveness for making the world a less than tolerant and easy place to live.

Marionette. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7/10

Cast: Thekla Reuten, Elijah Wolf, Emun Elliott, Sam Hazeldine, Dawn Steele, Rebecca Front, Bill Paterson, Peter Mullan, Pearl Chanda, Brigitte Urhausen, Luc Feit, Martin Donaghy, Craig McDonald-Kelly, Elisabet Johannesdottir, John Scougall, Jochum ten Haaf, Matilda Gordon, Marnie Baxter, Geoffrey Newland, Rene van Asten, Kern Falconer, Julian Nest, Joseph Black.

The nature of free will has been mulled over in cinema far more times than we arguably need have seen, so much so that the idea of Schrodinger’s Cat has moved on from paradox to the investigation into the psyche of the participant involved, the analysis of their answer attempting to reveal more than they might care to admit.

Bad Boys For Life. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7/10

Cast: Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Vanessa Hudgens, Alexander Ludwig, Charles Melton, Paola Nunez, Kate del Castillo, Nicky Jam, Joe Pantoliano, Jacob Scipio, Theresa Randle, DJ Khaled, Happy Anderson, Bianca Bethune, Dennis Greene, Michael Bay, Gissette Valentin, Rose Bianco, Edelia Merida, Jasmin Lawrence, Shacai O’Neal, Carlos Guerrero, Massi Furlan, Chick Bernhard, Jennifer Badger, Jeff J.J. Authors, Keith Wheeler, Brandi Cohen, Jay Amor, Yessenia Hernandez, Anthony Molinari, Ivo Nandi.