Category Archives: Film

Feedback. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Cast: Eddie Marsan, Paul Anderson, Ivana Baquero, Richard Brake, Oliver Coopersmith, Alexis Rodney, Anthony Head, Alana Boden, Nacho Aldeguer, Stephen Hughes, Lis Torron, Garrett Wall.

When you are the king or queen of your own little bubble, when you can say exactly what is on your mind and damn the consequences, that is the moment when you should arguably take note of your surroundings more and keep careful watch for the haters and the accusers, the Feedback is one that is important, because it might stop you from being placed in a situation that you cannot win. 

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(436 words, estimated 1:45 mins reading time)

Knives Out. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Shannon, Don Johnson, Toni Collette, LaKeith Stanfield, Christopher Plummer, Katherine Langford, Haeden Martell, Riki Lindhome, Edi Patterson, Frank Oz, K Callan, Noah Segan, M Emmet Walsh, Marlene Forte, Raul Castillo, Shyrley Rodriguez, Kerry Frances, Gary Tanguay, Octavia Chavez-Richmond, Paul Bellafeuille, Ben Bunnag, Michael Burnell, Frankie Francois.

There is always room for the whodunnit genre to bring forth a new detective to the public’s attention; and in a world that salutes the genius of Agatha Christie’s creations and the drama brought forward in the likes of Sherlock Holmes, Benoit Blanc might just be the next detective in which to place faith in.

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

Riot Girls. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating *

Cast: Madison Iseman, Paloma Kwiatkowski, Jenny Raven, Munro Chambers, Atticus Mitchell, Ajay Friese, Carson MacCormac, Evan Marsh, Jordana Blake, Jake Sim, Callan Potter, Keanu Lee Nunes, Darren Eisnor, Stafani Kimber, Alexandre Bourgeois, Vinson Tran, Chris Mark, Robyn Alomar, Nicolas Aqui, Mason Moon Moorhouse, Joseph Curto.

Missed opportunities within storytelling are ones lost to the ether, perhaps forever, and certainly to the shame of the writer.

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(435 words, estimated 1:44 mins reading time)

The Kid. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7/10

Cast: Jake Schur, Ethan Hawke, Chris Pratt, Leila George, Dane DeHaan, Charlie Chappell, Clint Obenchain, Chris Bylsma, Chad Danshaw, Ben Dickey, Tait Fletcher, Hawk D’Onofrio, Diana Navarrete, Samantha Zajarias, Vincent D’Onofrio, David Devereaux, Rachel Singer, Jenny Gabrielle, Keith Jardine, Adam Baldwin.

To be witness to history as it unfolds is an honour we are unaware of at the time, one perhaps made easier in today’s modern world by the wall to wall coverage provided by the media and the advent of the ever prying eye of the internet but in the past it was one of the preserve of those who actually saw it with their own two eyes and who recorded it for all to learn from.

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(462 words, estimated 1:51 mins reading time)

Death Us Do Part. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7/10

Cast: Zoe Tapper, Ed Speleers, Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Jan Bijvoet, Lukas Loughrain, Klaus Hjuler, Danny Thykaer, Robin Gott, Patrik Karlson, Thomas Chaanhing, Per Lofberg, Fredric Ollerstam, Ida Gyllensten, Oliver Dimsdale, Barbara D’Alterio, Ed Hughes.

By reducing the amount of space that an actor has to work with, somehow it can, in the right hands, intensify the mood in which is being portrayed. The wide scope that cinema affords is noble, it adds extra vision to the scene being acted out, however, by focusing the attention of a limited amount of space, on the same allowance of freedom of movement that is afforded in the theatre, suddenly a different kind of aesthetic is felt, one that can bring a greater degree of subtlety and perspective to a film that might have originally been anticipated by the viewer.

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

Little Monsters: Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * *

Cast: Lupita Nyong’o, Alexander England, Josh Gad, Kat Stewart, Diesal La Torraca, Nadia Townsend, Marshall Napier, Glenn Hazeldine, Ava Caryofyllis, Charlie Whitley, Mason Mansour, Kim Doan, Wolfgang Gledhill, Caliah Pinones, Jack Schuback, Vivienne Albany, Shia Hamby, Ashton Arokiaswamy, Gareth Davies, Jason Chong, Alan Dukes, Felix Williamson, Rahel Romahn, Stephen Peacocke.

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(486 words, estimated 1:57 mins reading time)

Sinister: Film Review. (2012).

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Ethan Hawke, Juliet Rylance, Fred Dalton Thompson, James Ransone, Vincent D’Onofrio, Michael Hall D’Addario, Clare Foley, Rob Riley, Tavis Smiley, Zanet Zappala, Victoria Leigh, Cameron Ocasio, Ethan Haberfield, Danielle Kotch, Blake Mizrahi, Nicholas King, Lorraine Aceves, Rachel Konstantin.

To feel your blood run cold is not always a stipulation of a having enjoyed a good horror story, but it is arguably the closest endorsement to how a film can take you to a place that you have no intention of being part of, and yet you find you cannot draw your attention away from the unfolding feel of dread, panic and shock that is coming your way.

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(455 words, estimated 1:49 mins reading time)

Le Man ’66. Film Review.

 Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Matt Damon, Christian Bale, Jon Bernthal, Caitriona Balfe, Josh Lucas, Noah Jupe, Tracey Letts, Remo Girone, Ray McKinnon, JJ Field, Jack McMullen, Corrado Invernizzi, Christopher Darga, Shawn Law, Emil Beheshti, Darrin Prescott, Alex Gurney, Benjamin Rigby, Ben Collins, Francesco Bauco, Guido Cocomello, Adam Mayfield, Sean Carrigan, Giles Matthey, Rudolph Martin.

It is human nature to forget the past, to look to the now and see the hero in which you believe has never been held aloft take their bow as something unique, a one-off and yet it is arrogance which makes us dismiss the distinctive and the indomitable of the past which paved the way for the modern hero to rise.

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(586 words, estimated 2:21 mins reading time)

Midway. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * *

Cast: Ed Skrein, Patrick Wilson, Luke Evans, Woody Harrelson, Mandy Moore, Dennis Quaid, Alexander Ludwig, Aaron Eckhart, Darren Criss, Nick Jonas, Jake Weber, Luke Kleintank, Keean Johnson, David Hewlett, Mark Rolston, Tadanobu Asano, Brennan Brown, James Carpinello, Geoffrey Blake, Greg Hovanessian, Jake Manley, Ellen Dubin, Matthew MacCaull, Raynesa Jonas, Christie Brooke, Jacob Blair, Jun Kunimura, Cameron Brodeur, Rachael Perrell Fosket, Brandon Sklenar, Peter Shinkoda, Etsushi Toyokawa, Jason New, Sammy Azero, Leonardo Bourreau, Dean Schaller, Yuta Takenaka, Eric Davis, Tony Nowicki, Kasey Ryne Mazek.

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

The Good Liar. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Helen Mirren, Ian McKellen, Russell Tovey, Johannes Haukur Johannesson, Jim Carter, Mark Lewis Jones, Lily Dodsworth-Evans, Phil Dunster, Michael Culkin, Laurie Davidson, Celine Buckens, Dino Kelly, Aleksander Jovanovic, Stella Stocker, Nell Williams, Bessie Carter, Patrick Godfrey.

In a world looking for companionship and love, the warning of not trusting those who advertise on-line has perhaps never been more acute, more relevant. The older we get, the more it is possible to see the depth of our footprints in the sands of time and for those who might take the plunge in holding a hand out for that special someone, you have to ask, have we walked the path where my footprints lay, together before.

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(473 words, estimated 1:54 mins reading time)