Category Archives: TV

We Hunt Together. Television Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Eve Myles, Babou Ceesay, Hermoine Corfield, Vicki Pepperdine, Dipo Ola, Kris Marshall, Babirya Bukilwa, Sharlene Whyte, Neil Stuke, Nigel Harman, Freya Durkan, Steffan Rhodri, Ayomidun Odunaiya, Anaya Beckford-Cole, Kate Dobson, Sylvie Erskine, Anthony Shuster, Perry Fitzpatrick, Kamare Abraham, Michael Bertenshaw, James Redmond.

We fear the murderer in our midst with quite rightful concern, the image of the lone slayer is one that frequents crime novels and the news with ever increasing abundance. From the insatiable to the silent and the patient killer, our screens are filled with the character to whom we see in our nightmares, whose figure is one to whom our own personal Grim Reaper leaves us dreading making their acquaintance.

We Hunt Together. Television Drama Review. full post

(424 words, estimated 1:42 mins reading time)

Secret Invasion. Television Series Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Emilia Clarke, Don Cheadle, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Killian Scott, Ben Mendelsohn, Olivia Coleman, Charlayne Woodward, Samuel Adewunmi, Katie Finneran, Irmena Chichikova, Cobie Smulders, Dermot Mulroney, Michael Epp, Anna Madeley, Mark Bazeley, Mark Lewis, Christopher McDonald, Martin Freeman, Nisha Aaliya, Uriel Emil, Tony Curran.

There was a time when artists, actors of all persuasions and abilities, were being dragged to the Senate to give evidence, and to name those to whom they ‘suspected’ of what was euphemistically called ‘Anti-American Activities’, essentially of harbouring the supposed ill-will against the United States of America in the fight against America.

Secret Invasion. Television Series Review. full post

(548 words, estimated 2:12 mins reading time)

Yellowjackets: Series Two. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Cast: Melanie Lynskey, Tawny Cypress, Christina Ricci, Juliette Lewis, Sophie Néilsse, Nicole Maines, Elijah Wood, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Sophie Thatcher, Samantha Hanratty, Steven Krueger, Warren Kole, Courtney Eaton, Liv Hewson, Kevin Alves, Alexa Barajas, Luciano Leroux, Mya Lowe, Ella Purnell, Sarah Desjardins, Jane Widdop, Alex Wyndham, Rukiya Bernard, Aiden Stoxx, Simone Kessell, Lauren Ambrose, Nia Sondaya, Rekha Sharma, Nuha Jes Izman, John Reynolds, Jeff Holman.

Television series come and go with alarming ferocity, and to be caught in its glare for more than one series is to admit in modern terms that there is a seismic appreciation for the tale being played out for the benefit of the viewer.

Yellowjackets: Series Two. Television Review. full post

(540 words, estimated 2:10 mins reading time)

The Full Monty. Television Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Cast: Robert Carlyle, Mark Addy, Paul Barber, Steve Huison, Paul Clayton, Lesley Sharp, Miles Jupp, Talitha Wing, Natalie Davies, Tom Wilkinson, Sophie Stanton, Dominic Sharkey, Philip Rhys Chaudhary, Joshua Jo, Tupele Dorgu, William Fox, Aiden Cook, Hugo Speer, Wim Snape, Arnold Oceng, Susan Hilton, Bruce Jones, Jessica Lee, Emily Bevan.

Should we ever revisit a success?

The Full Monty. Television Drama Review. full post

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

Van Der Valk: Magic In Amsterdam. Television Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Marc Warren, Maimie McCoy, Darrell D’Silva, Emma Fielding, Azen Ahmed, Django Chan-Reeves, James Atherton, Eleanor Fanyinka, Olivia D’Lima, Clara Onyemere, Steven Pacey, Esra Abdioglu, Annelies Appelhof, Shaima Boone, Poal Cairo, Robert Mitchell, Joris Smit, Loes Haverkort, Mike Libanon.

Van Der Valk: Magic In Amsterdam. Television Drama Review. full post

(420 words, estimated 1:41 mins reading time)

White House Plumbers. Television Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Woody Harrelson, Justin Theroux, Lena Hedley, Domhnall Gleeson, Kim Coates, Toby Huss, Liam James, Tony Plane, Yul Vasque, Zoe Levin, Tre Ryder, Nelson Ascencio, Judy Greer, Ike Barinholtz, Kiernan Shipka, Alexis Valdés, Julie Hays, Peter Mitchell, Kisha Barr, F. Murray Abraham, John Carroll Lynch, David Krumholtz, Kathleen Turner, Gary Cole, Peter Serafinowicz.

You need separate your feelings and your emotions when watching the five-part miniseries, White House Plumbers, for the sense of disbelief will be all consuming as the understanding of just how perilously close the United States of America came to be under a tyranny, and how deliriously the ineptness of certain individuals saved the country from being a danger to itself.

White House Plumbers. Television Drama Review. full post

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

Picard. Series Three. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jeri Ryan, Michelle Hurd, Brent Spiner, Ed Speleers, Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFaden, Todd Stashwick, Mirana Sirtis, Michael Dorn, LeVar Burton, Amanda Plummer, Alice Kriege, John de Lancie, Tim Russ, Stephanie Czajkowski, Orla Brady, Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut, Jospeh Lee, Jin Maley, Maeline Wise, Dylan Von Halle, Steve Gutierrez, Mica Burton, Tiffany Shepis, Chad Lindberg.

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(509 words, estimated 2:02 mins reading time)

Staged. Series Three. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: David Tennant, Michael Sheen, Georgia Tennant, Anna Lundberg, Lucy Eaton, Simon Evans, Nina Sosanya, Ben Schwartz, Adrian Lester, Jim Broadbent, Peter de Jersey, Olivia Coleman.

When you have seen the joke before, the punchline becomes inevitable…

And yet it must be said, if the joke is crafted well, you cannot but help smile and laugh, even though you know the setup, even though you know what’s coming, it still raises the corners of the mouth and gives way to that the emotion of being amused, of enjoying the company which told you the series of events which culminate in that often repeated punchline.

Staged. Series Three. Television Review. full post

(548 words, estimated 2:12 mins reading time)

Not Going Out. Series 13. Television Comedy Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Lee Mack, Sally Breton, Hugh Dennis, Abigail Cruttenden, Deborah Grant, Geoffrey Whitehead, Francesca Newman, Max Pattison, Finlay Southby, Selina Griffiths, Chris McCausland, Melvyn Hayes, Kiana Wu, Melanie Gray, Rich Keeble, Bryan Hands, Mukamajule Michelo, Sanchia McCormack, Viss Elliot Safavi, Tanvi Virmani, Jonny Dixon, Adam Boardman, Dan Linney, David Ajao, James Benson, Naveed Khan, Sabrina Sandhu, Matt Weyland.

Despite the loss of Bobby Ball as Lee’s Father, series 13 of the acclaimed comedy Not Going Out stands out as one that is unafraid to tackle certain sensitivities that come as life’s journey winds on.

Not Going Out. Series 13. Television Comedy Review. full post

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

Poker Face. Series One. Television Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Natasha Lyonne, Benjamin Bratt, Simon Helberg, Adrian Brody, Ellen Barkin, Nick Nolte, Chloë Sevigny, Dascha Polanco, Noah Segan, Ron Perlman, Luis Guzmán, Hong Chau, Tim Meadows, Megan Suri, Colton Ryan, John Ratzenburger, Brandon Michael Hall, Judith Light, S. Epatha Merkerson, Tim Russ, Tim Blake Nelson, Joseph-Gordan Levitt, Clea Duval, David Castañeda, Lil Rel Howery, Danielle Macdonald, Shane Paul McGhie, Larry Brown, Jameela Jamil, Audrey Corsa, Charles Melton.

Poker Face. Series One. Television Drama Review. full post

(659 words, estimated 2:38 mins reading time)