Category Archives: Film

Apartment 7A. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Julia Garner, Dianne Wiest, Kevin McNally, Jim Sturgess, Marli Siu, Rosy McEwen, Andrew Buchan, Anton Blake Horowitz, Raphael Sowole, Tina Gray, Patrick Lyster, Rachel Atkins, Andre Lillis, Hannah Morley, Nikkita Chadha, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Patricia Jones, Tina Chiang, James Swanton, Amy Leeson, Scott Hum.

One of the main issues with a prequel written years after the original was filmed is that it can, if not researched properly by the writers, deflect from the narrative that made what followed an act of cinematic glory.

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(570 words, estimated 2:17 mins reading time)

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara, Jenna Ortaga, Justin Theroux, Willem Defoe, Monica Bellucci, Arthur Conti, Nick Kellington, Santiago Cabrera, Burn Gorman, Danny DeVito, Sam Slimane, Amy Nuttall, Mark Heenehan.

It is the reunion we never knew we needed to dispel gloom and want of a sense of humour that has been deprived to us for so long; for whilst some comedy has gone down a road where it thinks to much of ramifications and not enough time on what is actually funny, what is cinematic anarchy in full flow and timeless.

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

Madame Web. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating *

Cast: Dakota Johnson, Sydney Sweeney, Isabela Mercad, Celeste O’Connor, Tahir Rahim, Mike Epps, Emma Roberts, Adam Scott, Adam Scott, Kerry Bishé, Zosia Mamet, José Maria Yazpik, Kathy-Ann Hart, Josh Drennen, Yuma Feldman.

Seemingly Sony feel as though every character that has stalked the pages of its Marvel acquisition of Spiderman is worthy of being transferred to the silver screen, and whilst the likes of Venom, and even the upcoming appearance of Kraven The Hunter has been widely applauded, and eagerly awaited, but to delve, to perhaps scrape the barrel of transferring comic creation to cinema, content that nobody was asking for, to put on screen someone who was never more than a bit player and give them the widest possible view above several others more inclined to do the genre justice is arguably one reeking of desperation.

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(611 words, estimated 2:27 mins reading time)

Arcadian. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Nicolas Cage, Jaeden Martell, Maxwell Jenkins, Sadie Soverall, Samantha Coughlan, Joe Dixon, Joel Gillman, Daire McMahon.

Like the instant smash hit, A Quiet Place, some films just unexpectedly come along, grab the viewer by soul, and takes them on a ride of horror driven by a unique monster so appealing that you cannot but help wonder just what the back story to their appearance on Earth actually is.

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(392 words, estimated 1:34 mins reading time)

Alien: Romulus. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Cailee Spaeny, David Jonsson, Archie Renaux, Isabela Mercad, Spike Fearn, Aileen Wu, Rosie Ede, Soma Simon, Bence Okeke, Victor Orizu, Robert Bobroczkyi, Trevor Newlin, Annemarie Griggs, Ian Holm, Daniel Betts.

If you truly think back and think of all the films you claim to have been frightened by, where true terror has caused your heart to miss a beat, where you have felt your nerves shredded by the appearance of a creature so terrifying, then surely it can only be a handful; and then just one of them can be the mother of them all…Alien.

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

Deadpool & Wolverine. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Emma Corin, Matthew Macfadyen, Dafne Keen, Jon Favreau, Morena Baccarin, Rob Delaney, Leslie Uggams, Jennifer Garner, Wesley Snipes, Channing Tatum, Chris Evans, Henry Cavill, Wunmi Mosaku, Aaron Stanford, Tyler Mane, Karen Soni, Brianna Hildebrand, Shioli Kutsuna, Stefan Kapicic, Randal Reeder, Lewis Tan, Greg Hemphill, Aaron W. Reed, Blake Lively, Nathan Fillion, Ray Park, Matthew McConaughey.

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(614 words, estimated 2:27 mins reading time)

The Nun 2. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Taissa Farmiga, Jonas Bloquet, Storm Reid, Anna Popplewell, Bonnie Andrews, Katelyn Rose Downey, Susanne Bertish, Léontine d’Oncieu, Anouk Darwin Homewood, Peter Hudson, Tamar Baruch, Natalia Safran, Maxime Elias-Menet, Pascal Aubert, Aleadra Gentil, Florence Mestais, Margaux Borel, Viviana Moin, Renata Palminello, Fulvia Patrizia Olivieri, Camille Amiel, Margot Morris, Gaël Raës, Sarah Parchoud, Lieve Carchon, David Horovitch, Paul Spera, Kate Colebrook, Andrew Morgado, Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga. 

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(407 words, estimated 1:38 mins reading time)

A Quiet Place: Day One. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Lupita Nyong’o, Joseph Quinn, Alex Wolff, Djimon Hounsou, Thea Butler, Alfie Todd, Elijah Ungvary, Zay Domo Artist, Thara Schöön, Eliane Umuhire, Alexander John, Takunda Khumalo, Choy-Ling Man, Ronnie Le Drew, Benjamin Wong, Avy Berry, Gavin Fleming, Michael Roberts.

When a horror/alien invasion film comes out of nowhere and blows everything apart, that rips up the laws set down on how a movie should engage with its plot as well as it potential viewers, the it is hardly surprising that not only does it gain a large cult following, it actively strides the genre with purpose, with the ability to add layers to the initial story with pride, with enormous satisfaction.

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

Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Frey Allan, Kevin Durand, Owen Teague, William H. Macy, Peter Macon, Sara Wiseman, Karin Konoval, Dichen Lachman, Lydia Peckham, Neil Sandilands, Eka Darville, Ras-Samuel, Travis Jeffrey.

When a franchise can still find ways to progress more than fifty years after its initial outing at the cinema, you just know how important it is that the story line reflects and adheres to the original sense of the infinite possibility that first entranced and captured the cinema lover’s heart.

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(441 words, estimated 1:46 mins reading time)

Godzilla X Kong. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8/10

Cast: Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, Dan Stevens, Kaylee Hottle, Alex Fearns, Fala Chen, Rachel House, Ron Smyck, Chantelle Jamieson, Greg Hatton, Kevin Copeland, Tess Dobré, Tim Carroll, Anthony Brandon Wong, Sophia Emberson-Bain, Chika Ikogwe.

There is no doubt of the immensity of love that is felt worldwide for two of the biggest stars of the creature feature films of the last one hundred years, and whilst the audience may flock for a new gothic version of Dracula, the fact that the Japanese art, aided and enhanced to the blockbuster budgets afforded it by Hollywood, of Kaiju is always at the forefront of the genre thanks to the brilliance and appearance of Godzilla and the foresight of American filmmaker Merian C. Cooper, the eighth wonder of the world, King Kong.

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(376 words, estimated 1:30 mins reading time)