Category Archives: Film

Operation Mincemeat. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Colin Firth, Matthew Macfadyen, Penelope Wilton, Kelly Macdonald, Johnny Flynn, Mark Gatiss, Paul Ritter, Jason Issacs, Simon Russell Beale, Hattie Morahan, Will Keen, Alex Jennings, Jonjo O’Neill, Rufus Wright, Ruby Bentall, Charlotte Hamblin, Lorne Macfadyen, Casper Jennings, Dolly Gadsdon, Michael Bott, Ellie Haddinton, Paul Lancaster, Simon Rouse, Amy Marston, Gabrielle Creevy, Nicholas Rowe, Alexander Beyer, Markus von Lingen, Nico Birnbaum, James Fleet, Mark Bonnar, Javier Godino, Pedro Casablanc, Laura Morgan, Miguel Guardiola, Pep Tosar, Alba Brunet, Oscar Zafra.

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(676 words, estimated 2:42 mins reading time)

The Menu. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Anya Taylor-Joy, Nicholas Hoult, Hong Chau, Janet McTeer, Paul Adelstein, John Leguizamo, Aimee Carrero, Reed Birney, Judith Light, Rebecca Koon, Rob Koon, Rob Yang, Arturo Castro, Mark St. Cyr, Peter Grosz, Christina Brucato, Adam Aalderks, Jon Paul Allyn, Mel Fair, Cristian Gonzalez, Matthew Cornwell, John Wilkins III.

Living is a matter of taste. The varied list of options upon the great smorgasbord of life is one that we either dip in and out of, or depending on the pound on our pocket, might entice us to try a different flavour just for the experience; all this is natural, we eat our way through existence to discovery joy and hold memories firm.

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(562 words, estimated 2:15 mins reading time)

Hounded. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Samantha Bond, Malachi Pullar-Latchman, James Vance, Hannah Traylen, Nick Moran, Nobuse Jnr, Ross Coles, James Faulkner, Larry Lamb, Louis Walwyn, Duncan Casey, Heather Tracy, Chris Porter, Matt Addis, Katrina Syran.

What serves as an inspiration on screen can be found to have come from a source of truth, and whilst that can be seen readily in an action film, a love story, even a political drama, to witness such a film based within the horror genre is perhaps a deeper mystery to fathom; and yet if you move away from the sight of ghouls, ghosts, unmentionable beings, then you can see where the true monsters lay…the image of ourselves staring at us from on high on the silver screen.

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(451 words, estimated 1:48 mins reading time)

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets Of Dumbledore. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7/10

Cast: Jude Law, Eddie Redmayne, Mads Mikkelsen, Alison Sudol, Dan Fogler, Jessica Williams, Ezra Miller, Callum Turner, Richard Coyle, Poppy Corby-Tuech, Maja Bloom, Paul Low-Hang, William Nadylam, Victoria Yeates, Manuel Klein, Aleksander Kuznetsov, Oliver Masucci, Valerie Pachner, Dave Wong, Maria Fernanda Cândido, Lucas Englander, Fiona Glascott, Matthias Bremner, Peter Simonischek, Katherine Waterston.

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets Of Dumbledore. Film Review. full post

(531 words, estimated 2:07 mins reading time)

Amsterdam. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, John David Washington, Alessandro Nivola, Andrea Riseborough, Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Rock, Matthias Schoenaerts, Michael Shannon, Mike Myers, Taylor Swift, Timothy Olyphant, Zoe Saldana, Rami Malek, Robert De Niro, Mel Fair, Vaughn Page, Bonnie Hellman, Max Perlich, Jessica Drake, Ed Bagley Jr., Colleen Camp, Gabe Doppelt, Lauren Shaw, Brandon Davis, Casey Biggs, Dey Young, Sean Avery,  Gigi Bermingham, Andre Tardieu, Casey Graf, Rebecca Wisocky, Daniel Riordan.

Amsterdam. Film Review. full post

(563 words, estimated 2:15 mins reading time)

Immaculate. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7/10

Cast: Emile Hirsch, Kate Bosworth, Ashley Greene, M. Emmett Walsh, Alex Sgambati, Oliver Moore, Tiffany Smith, Joel David Moore, Gianna Wichelow.

We all have our price, we all have that one figure in our minds in which a stranger could offer us the kind of escapist fantasy in which we come out on top; not quite a deal with the Devil, but a transaction with burdened peace, an arrangement that will test our nerve and the construct of what we perceive as reality.

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(518 words, estimated 2:04 mins reading time)

The Batman. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Robert Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz, Jeffrey Wright, Colin Farrell, Paul Dano, John Turturro, Andy Serkis, Peter Sarsgaard, Jayme Lawson, Gil Perez-Abraham, Peter McDonald, Con O’ Neill, Alex Ferns, Rupert Penry-Jones, Kosha Engler, Barry Keoghan, Sandra Dickinson.

Every generation has its Batman. Every generation around it could find fault with the portrayal, only as with the divisive nature of religion, there are too many gods in which to hoist your devotion and understanding too. Better it seems is to acknowledge that each interpretation is but a part of a whole, take what you want from it, leave good karma, and revel in perhaps one of graphic novel and comic history’s finest ever creations.

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(582 words, estimated 2:20 mins reading time)

Disenchanted. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, Maya Rudolph, Gabriella Baldacchino, Rachel Duff, James Marsden, Idina Menzel, Yvette Nicole Brown, Jayma Mays, Kolton Stewart, Oscar Nuñez, Alan Tudyk, Griffin Newman, Brooke Josephson, Mila Jackson, Lara Jackson, Eimear Morrissey.

It is the way of the modern world; a studio realises they have a cinematic hit on their hands and quickly takes steps to rush out a sequel. A couple of quick years pass, and the movie is almost seamless, the succession soon passed down, and before you know it you have a franchise on your hands. It is understandable, and whilst commercial capitalism is unhealthy, it does allow the viewer to keep the story in their minds, to keep it fresh, and not allow the tale on screen to become stagnant.

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(576 words, estimated 2:18 mins reading time)

The Northman. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang, Ethan Hawke, Anya Taylor-Joy, Gustav Lindh, Elliott Rose, Willem Dafoe, Phill Martin, Eldar Skar, Olwen Fouéré, Edgar Abram, Jack Gassman, Ingvar Sigurdsson, Oscar Novak, Jack Walsh, Björk, Ian Whyte, Katie Pattinson, Andrea O’Neill, Rebecca Ineson, Katie Dickie, Ísadóra Bjarkardóttir Barney, Kevin Horsham, Seamus O’ Hara, Scott Sinclair, Tadhg Murphy, James Yates, Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, Ian Gerard Whyte, Ralph Ineson, Murray McArthur, Nille Glæsel, Jonas Lorentzen, Magne Osnes, Ineta Sliuzaite, Finn Lafferty, Jon Campling, Helen Roche, Faoileann Cunningham, Gareth Parker, Mark Fitzgerald, Gavin Peden, Eric Higgins, Matt Symonds.

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(574 words, estimated 2:18 mins reading time)

Morbius. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7/10

Cast: Jared Leto, Matt Smith, Adria Arjona, Jared Harris, Tyrese Gibson, Al Madrigal, Zaris-Angel Hator, Joe Ferrara, Charlie Shotwell, Joseph Esson, Michael Keaton, Corey Johnson, Joanna Burnett.

To the casual observer the adaptations of graphic novels to the large screen has become an avalanche that shows no sign of slowing down, to the seasoned watcher, it is near impossible to relay the fact that the studios and directors, the script writers, and the producers, have barely got started yet.

Morbius. Film Review. full post

(516 words, estimated 2:04 mins reading time)