Category Archives: Film

Cats. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating *

Cast: Francesca Hayward, Idris Elba, Judi Dench, Ian McKellen, Rebel Wilson, Jennifer Hudson, James Corden, Laurie Davidson, Naoimh Morgan, Danny Collins, Jason Derulo, Robbie Fairchild, Mette Towley, Daniela Norman, Jaih Betote, Larry Bourgeois, Laurent Bourgeois, Jonadette Carpio, Ray Winstone, Steven McRae, Taylor Swift.

There are so many ways in which you can believe you are creating magic on screen, and there are many ways in which that magic can turn sour if the act of hubris is not dealt with, not swallowed to the point where humility can be seen to tread the same boards as the pride you wish to feel; the sense of modesty you wish to convey in your vision.

The Bay Of Silence. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * *

Cast: Claes Bang, Olga Kurylenko, Brian Cox, Assaad Bouab, Alice Krige, Caroline Goodall, Shalisha James-Davis, Litiana Biutanaseva, Lilibet Biutanseva, Duncan Doff, Maroussia Frank, Gijs Scholten van Aschat, Hannah van der Westhuvysen, Agri Scott, Kirsten Davies, Max Frankel, Emily Heyworth, Kaycee Fernandes.

The worst of nightmares to affect any parent is the loss of their child. That sense of despair is heightened when they don’t know how the baby died, that they might not have been able to say goodbye before putting them in the ground and dealing with their grief, separately or together.

Dragonheart: Vengeance. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7/10

Cast: Helena Bonham Carter, Joseph Millson, Jack Kane, Arturo Muselli, Carolina Carlsson, Tam Williams, Richard Ashton, Ross O’Hennessy, Cameron Jack, Fabienne Piolini-Castle, Alexandru Roza, James Longshore, Vlad Radescu, Edourd Philipponnat, Anisoara Doroftei, Daniel Iordan, Silvia Gisca, Fanel Ursu, Tomas Otto Ghela, Diana Vladu, Mihai Verbintschi,

Sonic The Hedgehog. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7/10

Cast: Ben Schwartz, James Marsden, Jim Carrey, Tika Sumpter, Natasha Rothwell, Adam Pally, Lee Maidoub, Neal McDonough, Tom Butler, Frank C. Turner, Melody Nosipho Niemann, Shannon Chan-Kent, Brad Kelly, Elfina Luk, Garry Chalk, Michael Hogan, Peter Bryant, Donna Jay Fulks.

If the subject character is interesting enough, if the obvious flaws in style can be ignored, then there is no reason why a film cannot be found to be entertaining in any circumstances; where a film that relies on fondness for pop culture entertainment, especially one aimed financially at a generation to the one that is being explored, asked to reminisce of the hours spent in pursuit of early gaming, that is where the whole edifice can collapse, come crashing down around the ears of memory.

Black Christmas (2019). Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating *

Cast: Imogen Poots, Aleyse Shannon, Lily Donoghue, Brittany O’Grady, Caleb Eberhardt, Cary Elwes, Simon Mead, Madeleine Adams, Nathalie Morris, Ben Black, Zoe Robins, Ryan McIntyre, Mark Neilson, Lucy Currey, Johnny McBride.

There are many aspects of university life, especially in the United States of America that leave a bad taste in the mouth, and whilst the truth of further education is a must, that people must have the opportunity to expand their mind and knowledge, the sense of history, tradition and ritual is one that can be cold, fearsome and leave the onlooker questioning the belief of power that arises from such institutions.

Little Women (2019). Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Eliza Scanlen, Laura Dern, Timothee Chalamet, Tracy Letts, Bob Odenkirk, James Norton, Louis Garrel, Jayne Houdyshell, Chros Cooper, Meryl Streep.

Your local popular bus has arguably less chance of being as regular as the constant delivery of one of the most adapted books of the 19th century being yet again remade for cinema or television; the difference being is that the bus might take you where you need to get to, but Little Women under any guise will no doubt charm and leave you nursing a love and a craving to immerse yourself once again into Louisa May Alcott’s novel once more.

Peter Rabbit. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Cast: James Corden, Domhnall Gleeson, Rose Byrne, Sam Neil, Margot Robbie, Daisy Ridley, Elizabeth Debecki, Marianne Jean Baptiste, Sia, Fayssal Bazzi, Colin Moody, Christian Gazal, Ewan Leslie, Natalie Dew, Terenia Edwards, Gareth Davies, Vauxhall Jermaine, Tom Greaves, Alexandra Gluck, Taryn Gluck, Sam Haft, Sacha Horler, Will Reichelt, Alex Blias, Dave Lawson, Felix Williamson, Ming-Zhu Hii, Rachel Ward, Bryan Brown, David Wenham.

Emma (2020). Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Anya Taylor-Joy, Gemma Whelan, Bill Nighy, Rupert Graves, Miranda Hart, Angus Imrie, Letty Thomas, Aiden White, Edward Davis, Myra McFadyen, Esther Coles, Suzy Bloom, Suzanne Toase, Nicholas Burns, Josh O’Connor, Johnny Flynn, Connor Dalton, Lucy Briers, Mia Goth, Anna Francolini, Connor Swinells, Christopher Godwin, Vanessa M. Owen, Isis Hainsworth, Hannah Stokely, Charlotte Weston, Max Toovey, Cecelia Jacob, Cody Gipson, Tabitha Coop, Juno Coop, Chloe Pirrie, Oliver Chris, Rose Shaloo, Amber Anderson, Callum Turner, Tanya Reynolds.

Doctor Dolittle (2020). Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7/10

Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Michael Sheen, Antonio Banderas, Jim Broadbent, Jessie Buckley, Harry Collett, Emma Thompson, Rami Malek, John Cena, Kumail Nanjiani, Octavia Spencer, Tom Holland, Craig Richardson, Ralph Fiennes, Selena Gomez, Marion Cotillard, Kasia Smutniak, Carmel Laniado, Frances de la Tour, Jason Mantzoukas, Ralph Ineson, Joanna Page, Sonny Ashbourne Serkis, Oliver Chris, Clive Francis, Eliot Barnes-Worrell.

The Rhythm Section. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * *

Cast: Blake Lively, Jude Law, Raza Jaffrey, Tawfeek Barhom, Sterling K. Brown, Richard Brake, Matilda Ziegler, Elly Curtis, David Duggan, Bill O’Connell, Ivana Basic, Irma Mali, Geoff Bell, Tawfeek Barhom, Jack McEvoy, Nasser Memarzia, Amira Ghazalla.

Cinema loves a good tale of revenge, a lost soul with a cause that is just, who has lost all they had, but who came back fighting with a purpose to right the wrongs bestowed upon them by thieves, murderers and even governments; cinema loves a good tale of vengeance, also it has a lot to say about those films that want to live in that world but barely live up to the highs that the medium has offered audiences throughout the last hundred years.