Tag Archives: Assad Zaman

The Vampire Lestat. Television Drama Series Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Sam Reid, Jacob Anderson, Jennifer Ehle, Eric Bogosian, Ryan Kattner, Seamus Patterson, Sarah Swire, Assad Zaman, Joseph Potter, Delainey Hayles, Gopal Divan, Sheila Atim, Christopher Heyerdahl, Damien Atkins, Vince Kesavamoorthy, Justin Kirk, Amaka Umeh, Shepherd Munroe, Jeanine Serralles, Noah Reid, Andrew Musselman, Guy Maddin.

Arguably Anne Rice’s The Vampire Lestat is one of the finest examples of the modern gothic horror to exist from the 20th century, and to attempt to capture it in a form that does it justice could be beset with issues that might not be apparently noticeable until one finds themselves completely absorbed into the world of 1980s excess and the glut of superfluity that resonated and was heavily underscored by the literature of the time.

The Vampire Lestat. Television Drama Series Review. full post

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

Interview With A Vampire. Season 2. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Jacob Anderson, Sam Reid, Assad Zaman, Eric Bogosian, Delainey Hayles, Bally Gill, Ben Daniels, Suzanne Andrade, Esme Appleton, Jake Cecil, Christopher Geary, Khetphet Phagnasay, Yung Nguyen, Andrew Van Wilpe, Matej Strunc, Jan Hofman, Ben Bradshaw, Jordan Unachukwu, Genevieve Dunne, Sigismund Häggkvist, Rebecca Riisness, Roxane Duran, Luke Brandon Field, Justin Kirk, Ed Birch.

Interview With A Vampire. Season 2. Television Review. full post

(527 words, estimated 2:06 mins reading time)

Interview With The Vampire. Television Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Jacob Anderson, Sam Reid, Eric Bogosian, Assad Zaman, Bailey Bass, Kalyne Coleman, Chris Stack, Christian Robinson, Rae Dawn Chong, Maura Grace Athari, Roxane Duran, John DiMaggio, Jeff Pope, Dana Gourrier, Rachel Alana Handler, Rudy Eisenzopf, Kyle Roussel.

There is a difference between glitz and style, one not often noted upon when there is money thrown at glitz as if it were the smart prospect in the room because it has the big name behind it, bravado mistaken for confidence, arrogance confused with grace, and one that can be the ruin of a franchise before it even starts; for in humility the viewer immersed in a series created on the back of one of the best selling books of all time will be enthralled and not overwrought with the smell of perfume disguising the smell of rotten meat.

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(537 words, estimated 2:09 mins reading time)

Apple Tree Yard, Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7/10

Cast: Emily Watson, Ben Chaplin, Mark Bonnar, Susan Lynch, Olivia Vinall, Stephen Elder, Jack Hamilton, Syreeta Kumar, Assad Zaman, Kezia Burrows, Steffan Rhodri, Adeel Akhtar, Rhashan Stone, Lydia Leonard, Nick Sampson, Frances Tomelty, Laure Stockley, Sebastian Armesto, Denise Gough, Adrian Lukis.

The problem with putting on a drama on the television, no matter how well intentioned, is that in some respects the pace of the script feels disjointed, it can either be too fast and therefore lose the viewer’s attention by being overly complicated or too slow and then being the type of programme in which the person enduring the ongoing situation is forced to believe that many of the scenes or characters could have been cut or not bothered with at all.

Apple Tree Yard, Television Review. full post

(470 words, estimated 1:53 mins reading time)