Category Archives: TV

Peacemaker. Television Series Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: John Cena, Danielle Brooks, Freddie Stroma, Chukwudi Iwuji, Jennifer Holland, Steve Agee, Robert Patrick, Annie Chang, Lochlyn Munro, Dee Bradley Baker, Elizabeth Faith Ludlow, Rochelle Greenwood, Zak Santiago, Nhut Le, Christopher Heyerdahl, Viola Davis, Jason Momoa, Ezra Miller.

Despite the often-overwhelming evidence to the contrary, Marvel does not have it all their own way when it comes to producing films and television fantasy and superhero comic book serials that capture the imagination of the viewers, even in a world where they have become the dominant force, they are arguably pushed by the appearance of the unexpected, the one series that rivals all of theirs; and in the case of Peacemaker, it is one that is absolutely and adorably near perfect.

Peacemaker. Television Series Review. full post

(483 words, estimated 1:56 mins reading time)

Inside No. 9: Nine Lives Kat. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Cast: Reece Shearsmith, Steve Pemberton, Sophie Okonedo, Robin Weaver, Siobhan Redmond, Coco-Lili Hoder.

The space between the writer and their creation is one so small that they can often overlap, they become one and the same, the observation of one enhances the act of the other, and in this merging of souls the space narrows to the most infinite of spaces possible.

Inside No. 9: Nine Lives Kat. Television Review. full post

(484 words, estimated 1:56 mins reading time)

Moon Knight. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Oscar Isaac, Ethan Hawke, May Calamawy, F. Murray Abraham, David Ganly, Ann Akinjiran, Karim El Hakim, Michael Benjamin Hernandez, Shaun Scott, Antonia Salib, Khalid Abdalla, Lucy Thackeray, Fernanda Andrada, Rey Lucas.

An almost unceasing roster of characters to draw from, an embarrassment of riches, a plethora of costumed superheroes in which to bring to the screen, and yet one of the most underrated might never have seen the light beyond the pages of the graphic novel had it not been for the persistence of Time and the pulling power of Disney and Marvel combined.

Moon Knight. Television Review. full post

(557 words, estimated 2:14 mins reading time)

Inside No.9: Mr King. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Reece Shearsmith, Steve Pemberton, Annette Badland, Elin Owen, Charlie Baron, Rosie Ekenna, William Newton.

We are continually told to cherish our children, they are after all, our future, the ones who will inherit our mess, the ones who will pay the price for our folly, our ignorance, and mismanagement.

In the world of the macabre and chilling, children though are perhaps the more gruesome of observers in the game of life, ghoulish in the spitefulness, morbid in their fascination of what makes their adult counterparts tick; it is no wonder that some of the finest horror films have had children, or the childlike, at the very heart of their narrative.

Inside No.9: Mr King. Television Review. full post

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

Not Going Out. Series 12. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Lee Mack, Sally Breton, Hugh Dennis, Abigail Cruttenden, Deborah Grant, Geoffrey Whitehead, Tony Gardner, Colin McFarlane, Samantha Spiro, Joselyn Jee Esien, Katie Redford, Jolyon Coy, Gwyneth Powell, Joe Wilkinson, Stephanie Langton, Anil Desai, Max Pattison, Francesca Newman, Finley Southby, Max Willis, Rich Keeble.

It may be a huge claim, but few have scaled such a height in British television comedy that they can be compared so favourably to the legendary, and beloved Tony Hancock.

Not Going Out. Series 12. Television Review. full post

(580 words, estimated 2:19 mins reading time)

Inside No.9: Merrily, Merrily. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Reece Shearsmith, Steve Pemberton, Mark Gatiss, Diane Moran, Patrice Naiambana.

A reunion, of sorts, and one that perhaps many thought might never occur, but it should never have been in doubt that Reece Shearsmith, Steve Pemberton, and Mark Gatiss, the delightful acting team behind The League Of Gentlemen, would one day be seen together in the same scenes, and providing a deeply satisfying look at the darker side of life.

Inside No.9: Merrily, Merrily. Television Review. full post

(418 words, estimated 1:40 mins reading time)

Doctor Who: Legend Of The Sea Devils. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * *

Cast: Jodie Whittaker, Mandip Gill, John Bishop, Simon Carew, Crystal Yu, Marlowe Chan-Reeves, Arthur Lee, Nadia Albina, Jon Davey, Chester Durrant, Craige Els, Mickey Lewis, David Tse.

Nobody ever wants a disappointing end, but in life arguably we must make the most of the final reflection offered us, and whilst we may prefer a reward before the last gasp adventure, quite often it is sadness, perhaps melancholy, and certainly the unavoidable grief that haunts our last and most private thoughts.

Doctor Who: Legend Of The Sea Devils. Television Review. full post

(639 words, estimated 2:33 mins reading time)

Killing Eve. Series Four. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Jodie Comer, Sandra Oh, Fiona Shaw, Kim Bodnia, Edward Bluemel, Camille Cottin, Robert Gilbert, Anjana Vasan, Adeel Akhta, Imogen Daines, Steve Oram.

All good things must end, and all celebrity obsessed, all public fascinations must finally be allowed to go out in a blaze of glory.

There have been few series that have caught the public’s imagination as much as Killing Eve, and perhaps even less that when it comes right down it, when it is actually scrutinised and boiled down to its component parts, is willing to take the audience on a trip that appeals to base function and highbrow voyeurism in a tale that is seems complicated but is actually a wonderful, well-planned tease.

Killing Eve. Series Four. Television Review. full post

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

The Ipcress File. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Joe Cole, Lucy Boynton, Tom Hollander, Ashley Thomas, Paul Higgins, David Dencik, Joshua James, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Anastasia Hille, Brian Ferguson, Matthew Steer, Nora-Jane Noone, Corey Johnson, Ifran Shamji, Anna Geislerová, Paul Bazely, Marko Braic, Tamla Kari, Mark Quartley, Alexandria Moen, Ben Turner, Ben Lloyd-Hughes, Anna Schumacher, Gaby French, Shireen Farkhoy, Nigel Hastings, Therese Bradley, Claire Cox, Chris Lew Kum Hoi.

The Ipcress File. Television Review. full post

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

Lois And Superman: Series One. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Elizabeth Tulloch, Tyler Hoechlin, Jordan Elsass, Alex Garfin, Erik Valdez, Inde Navarrette, Wolé Parks, Dylan Walsh, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Sofia Hasmik, Adam Rayner, Daisy Tormé, Zane Clifford, Joselyn Picard, Stacey Farber, Taylor Buck, Fritzy-Klevans Destine, Austin Anozie, Danny Wattley, Wern Lee, Eric Keenleyside, Pavel Romano, Leeah Wong, Monique Phillips, Dee Jay Jackson, Shawn Stewart, Kelcey Mawema, Ian Bohen, Samantha Di Francesco, Angus Macfadyen, Rya Kihlstedt, A.C. Peterson, Kayla Heller, Victoria Katongo, Ben Cockell, Jill Teed, Mariana Klaveno, Hesham Hammoud, Kennedy Chew, Miguel Castillo, Michele Scarabelli.

Lois And Superman: Series One. Television Review. full post

(665 words, estimated 2:40 mins reading time)