Category Archives: TV

Resident Alien. Series Two. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Alan Tudyk, Sara Tomko, Corey Reynolds, Alice Wetterlund, Levi Fiehler, Judah Prehn, Elizabeth Bowen, Meredith Garretson, Gary Farmer, Diane Bang, Jenna Lamia, Kaylayla Raine, Gracelyn Awad Rinke, Alex Barima, Linda Hamilton, Mandell Maughan, Sarah Podemski, Deborah Finkel, Ben Cotton, Justin Rain, Trevor Carroll, Alvin Sanders, Terry O’ Quinn, Nathan Fillion, Nicola Correia-Damude, Michael Cassidy, Kesler Talbot, David Bianchi, Enver Gjokaj, Jan Boss, John Innes, Paul Piaskowski, Robert Moloney, Eleanor Walker, George Takei.

The Guardians Of The Galaxy Holiday Special. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Chris Pratt, Pom Klementieff, Dave Bautista, Kevin Bacon, Sean Gunn, Karen Gillan, Michael Rooker, Bradley Cooper, Vin Disel, Maria Bakalova, Rhett Miller, Murray Hammond, Ken Bethea, Philip Peeples, Kyra Sedgwick, Si Chen, Don McLeod, Thomas McNamara, Daniel Bernhardt, Michelle Gunn, Flula Birg, Matthew Withers, Rusty Schwimmer, Helene D’ Auria, Tinashe Kajese, Barry Curtis, Rachel Luttrell, Giovannie Cruz, Stephen Blackehart, Sarah Alami, Terence Rosemore, Luke Klein.

Andor. Television Series Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Cast: Diego Luna, Stellan Skarsgård, Genevieve O’ Reilly, Kyle Soller, Denise Gough, Jacob James Beswick, Adria Arjona, Faye Marsey, Andy Sirkis, Varada Sethu, Elizabeth Dulau, Anton Lesser, Michael Jenn, Dave Chapman, Robert Emms, Kathryn Hunter, Joplin Sibtain, Bronte Carmichael, Alastair Mackenzie, Alex Ferns, Noof Ousellam, Wilf Scolding, Duncan Pow, Ben Bailey Smith, Lee Ross, Fiona Shaw, Abhin Galeya, Muhanned Bhaier, Ben Miles, Kingsley Amadi, Alex Lawther, Christopher Fairbank.

We Are Not Alone. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Declan Baxter, Georgia May Foote, Vicki Pepperdine, Bruce Mackinnon, Amanda Abbington, Evelyn Monk, Laurance Rickard, Joe Thomas, Ben Willbond, Mike Wozniak, Rob Delaney, Miles Jupp, Lucien Laviscount, Ellie White, Roya Amini, Dane Baptiste, Christine Barton-Brown, Paul Coldrick, Glen Davies, Trev Fleming, Aoibhin Murphy, Ali Mylon, Daniel Ogbeide-John, Peter Slater, Rebecca Yeo.

War Of The Worlds (Series Three). Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7.5/10

Cast: Léa Druker, Gabriel Byrne, Bayo Gbadamosi, Ty Tennant, Pearl Chanda, Paul Gorostidi, Emilie de Preissac, Aaron Heffernan, Ania Sowinski, Adel Bencherif, Pieter Genard, Lukas Haas, Lizzie Brocheré, Molly Windsor, Jack Barton, Michael Marcus, Georgina Rich, Alex Heath, Luke Malby, Florence Bell, Seb Slade, Daisy Maywood.

Aside from the title it shares, there is little to connect the third season of Howard Overman’s War Of The Worlds and that of its more famous namesake, The original novel by the godfather of British Science Fiction, H.G. Wells, and yet it doesn’t stop it from being a tale woven with greater sincerity and fierce drama than almost any adaption of the work, aside from the incredible Jeff Wayne musical extravaganza which is fast approaching its 50th anniversary.

The Walk In. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Cast: Stephen Graham, Dean-Charles Chapman, Leanne Best, Jason Flemyng, Andrew Ellis, Bobby Schofield, Jodie Prenger, Ryan Mcken, Shvorne Marks, Chris Coghill, Molly McGlynn, Paul Brown, Tracy-Ann Oberman, Kate Robins, Danny Cunningham, Richard Hope, Nicola Stephenson, Bryony Corrigan, Gary Oliver, Dean Lennox Kelly.

Extremists of any background are a danger to the country, not just our own, but around the world, if you have to even raise more than your voice in defence of your political position then you have lost the argument, you have lost the right to be seen as civilised and part of the system.

Ghosts: Series Four. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Cast: Lolly Adefope, Matthew Baynton, Simon Farnaby, Martha Howe-Douglas, Jim Howick, Laurence Rickard, Charlotte Ritchie, Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Ben Willbond, Katy Wix, Yani Xander, Nathan Bryon, Geoffrey McGivern, Bridget Christie, Michael Fenton Stevens, Nisha Aaliya, William Andrews, Gina Fillingham, Aaron Collict, Richard Glover, Declan Baxter, Atilla Ainci, Eleanor Holzer, Dan King, Alistair Green, Toby Longworth, Skye Leheup, Caroline Sheen, Andrew Spooner.

Doctor Who: The Power Of The Doctor. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Jodie Whittaker, Mandip Gill, John Bishop, Sophie Aldred, Janet Fielding, David Bradley, Colin Baker, Peter Davison, Paul McGann, Sylvester McCoy, Jo Martin, David Tennant, Sacha Dhawan, Jemma Redgrave, Jacob Anderson, Bradley Walsh, Patrick O’Kane, Joe Sims, Sanchia McCormack, Danielle Bjelic, Anna Andressen, Richard Dempsey, Jos Slovik, Nicholas Briggs, Barnaby Edwards, Nicholas Pegg, Bonnie Langford, Katy Manning, William Russell, Simon Carew, Jon Davey, Mickey Lewis, Chester Durrant, Felix Young, Richard Price, Andrew Cross, Matt Doman.

She Hulk: Attorney At Law. Television Series Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Tatiana Maslany, Ginger Gonzaga, Steve Coulter, Jameela Jamil, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Tim Roth, Mark Ruffalo, Benedict Wong, Charlie Cox, Jon Bass, Trevor Salter, Nicholas Cirillo, Drew Matthews, Justin Eaton, Vas Sanchez, Griffin Matthews, George Bryant, Nick Gomez, Tess Malis Kincaid, Brandon Stanley, David Otunga, Eddy Rioseco, Michael Curiel, Nathan Hurd, David Pasquesi, Rhys Coiro.

Werewolf By Night. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Laura Donnelly, Gael García Bernal, Harriet Sansom Harris, Kirk R. Thatcher, Eugenie Bondurant, Leonardo Nam, Daniel J. Watts, Al Hamacher, Carey Jones, David Silverman, Rick D. Wasserman, Richard Dixon, Jeffrey Ford, Erik Beck.

It is not all light and distraction that Marvel has to offer, there is also the darkness, the sombre and the toned down demanding an equal billing with the often interpretated versions of heroic endeavour.