Category Archives: Film

Old. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Gael Garcia Bernal, Vicky Krieps, Rufus Sewell, Alex Woolf, Thomasin McKenzie, Abbey Lee, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Ken Leung, Eliza Scanlen, Aaron Pierre, Embeth Davidtz, Emun Elliott, Alexa Swinton, Gustaf Hammarsten, Kathleen Chalfant, Francesca Eastwood, Nolan River, Luca Faustino Rodriguez, Kailen Jude, M. Night Shyamalan, Matthew Shear, Daniel Ison, Jeffrey Holsman, Deidra Ciolko, Margaux Da Silva, John Twohy.

Growing old is a burden to our youth, and one that comes with worry, problems, afflictions, and escalating medical disorders, but thankfully, and if we are fortunate to survive the passage of time, is one that we have years to prepare for.

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(587 words, estimated 2:21 mins reading time)

Escape Room: Tournament Of Champions. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Taylor Russell, Logan Miller, Deborah Ann Well, Thomas Cocquerel, Holland Roden, Indya Moore, Carlito Olivero, Matt Esof, Jamie-Lee Money, Wayne Harrison, Lucy Newman-Williams, Isabelle Fuhrman, James Frain.

A sequel to a surprise cinematic hit does not always guarantee further success. In an age of marketing paranoia, where every precaution is taken to ensure that the box office does not bomb under the weight of expectancy, under the rampant lights of cost effectiveness and a post-Covid world, to find that a sequel that is worthy of the limited budget offered, one in which every last cent and dime, pound and pence has projected the idea from the page to screen without missing a heartbeat, is to find solace in recognition, in admiring the art with pride.

Escape Room: Tournament Of Champions. Film Review. full post

(389 words, estimated 1:33 mins reading time)

The Forever Purge. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Ana de la Reguera, Tenoch Huerta, Josh Lucas, Leven Rambin, Cassidy Freeman, Alejandro Edda, Will Patton, Will Brittain, Sammi Rotibi, Zahn McClarnon, Gary Nohealii, Gregory Zaragoza, Brett Edwards, Carol Cantu, Keenan Henson, Kacey Montoya, Joshua Dov, Annie Littel, Lupe Carranza, Willow Beuoy, Dylan Morales-Brodie, Steve Kuzj, Yomary Cruz, Jeffrey Doornbos, Susie Abromeit, Emily Trujillo, LaSaundra Gibson, Patricio Doren, Marco Martinez, Veronica Falcón, Edward Gelhaus, Hope Lauren, Coda Boesel, Alfonso Illan, Shaw Jones.

The Forever Purge. Film Review. full post

(640 words, estimated 2:34 mins reading time)

The King’s Man. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Djimon Hounsou, Gemma Arterton, Matthew Goode, Charles Dance, Harris Dickinson, Alexandra Maria Lara, Rhys Ifans, Tom Hollander, Valerie Pachner, Daniel Brühl, Ron Cook, Joel Basman, Todd Boyce, Barbara Drennan, August Diehl, Alison Steadman, Ian Kelly, Aaron Taylor-Johnson.

There is nothing quite like the epic romp, and in modern cinema nobody does it arguably finer and with more dynamic display than Director Matthew Vaughn.

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

Venom: Let There Be Carnage. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Tom Hardy, Woody Harrelson, Michelle Williams, Naomi Harris, Reid Scott, Stephen Graham, Peggy Lu, Sian Webber, Jack Bandeira, Olumide Olorunfemi, Scroobius Pip, Reece Shearsmith.

Despite the seriousness of the storyline, the undertones of institutional abuse and the outright red flags of cruelty, neglect and violence, Andy Serkis’ Venom: Let There Be Carnage is a romp, a graphic book large screen hybrid, a mutation of fine comedy underpinned by the gravity of murderous revenge.

Venom: Let There Be Carnage. Film Review. full post

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

The Eternals. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Gemma Chan, Richard Madden, Angelina Jolie, Salma Hayek, Kit Harrington, Kumail Nanjiani, Lia McHugh, Brian Tyree Henry, Lauren Ridloff, Barry Keoghan, Ma Dong-Seok, Harish Patel, Bill Skarsgård, Haaz Sleiman, Esai Daniel Cross, Harry Styles, Alan Scott, Patton Oswalt.

The powers that be behind the Marvel Cinematic Universe should be congratulated and praised for what they have achieved by bringing more than the big hitters of their graphic novel range to the screens.

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

A Quiet Place Part II. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe, Cillian Murphy, John Krasinski, Djimon Hounsou, Okieriete Onaodowan, Scoot McNairy.

Step lightly upon this Earth, for in the shadows lay those waiting for our footsteps to falter and for us to cry out in pain, and they will tear us apart.

If A Quiet Place was one of the surprise, and deserving hits of the last decade, then its sequel was almost a sure gone conclusion; it just demanded the continued involvement of John Krasinski, and in A Quiet Place Part II, the same racked up tension, of delivery without dialogue in some of its more observed and focused scenes, is key and astutely pursued.

A Quiet Place Part II. Film Review. full post

(456 words, estimated 1:49 mins reading time)

The Suicide Squad. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Margot Robbie, Idris Elba, John Cena, Viola Davis, Daniela Melchior, David Dastmalchian, Sylvester Stallone, Michael Rooker, Peter Capaldi, John Ostrander, Joel Kinnaman, Nathan Fillon, Jai Courtney, Flula Borg, Mayling Ng, Pete Davidson, Sean Gunn, Stephen Blackehart, Steve Agee, Tinashe Kajese, Jennifer Holland, Storm Reid, Natalia Safran, Jared Leland Gore, Rey Hernandez, Juan Diego Botto, Joaquin Cosio, Gerardo Davila, Mikaela Hoover, Lynne Ashe, Julio Cesar Ruiz, Taika Waititi.

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

No Time To Die. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Daniel Craig, Léa Seydoux, Rami Malik, Lashana Lynch, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Whishaw, Naomi Harris, Rory Kinnear, Jeffrey Wright, Billy Magnussen, Christoph Waltz, David Dencik, Ana de Armas, Dali Benssalah, Lisa-Dorah Sonnet, Coline Defaud, Mathilde Bourbin, Hugh Dennis, Priyanga Burford.

Debates will rage on long after his replacement in the franchise is announced, a new favourite taking in the mantle as Ian Fleming’s suave, and sometimes brutal, hero, but as the final moments of No Time To Die roll, as the memories re-emerge of intricately drawn characters, of timely antagonists capturing the era with sublime fierceness, and of a screen hero facing arguably his own mortality, what we should arguably be recognising is that Daniel Craig as 007 is the greatest version of super British spy, James Bond, we might ever be treated to.

No Time To Die. Film Review. full post

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

Last Train To Christmas. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7/10

Cast: Michael Sheen, Cary Elwes, Nathalie Emmanuel, Sophie Simnett, Mia McKenna-Bruce, Robin Askwith, Anna Lundberg, John Thomson, Natalie Mitson, Laura Evelyn, Sianad Gregory, Thomas Law, Claire Cage, Anna Bolton, Edward Harrison, Samuel Logan, Harry Giubileo, George Hannigan, Dan Bothers, Danny Ashbrook, Matthew Lee, Philippa Cole, Jack Cristou, Ebony Aboagye, Charlotte-Hannah Jones, Volenté Lloyd, Coein Dalton, Lily Adair, Tom Hayes, Samuel Blake, Emily Adair.

Last Train To Christmas. Film Review. full post

(489 words, estimated 1:57 mins reading time)