Category Archives: Film

Frozen II. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Josh Gad, Jonathan Groff, Sterling K. Brown, Evan Rachel Wood, Alfred Molina, Martha Plimton, Jason Ritter, Rachel Matthews, Jeremy Sito, Ciaran Hinds, Alan Tudyk, Hadley Gannaway, Mattea Conforti, Aurora Aksnes, Paul Briggs.

The phenomenon will always be with us, the occurrence of the cinematic event that manages to infiltrate almost every aspect of life and society is one that either is embraced or shunned with seemingly equal proportions. Whilst the Marvel Studio may have held the position of top dog in the last decade, the undisputed King of the block, it is to the characters of Elsa and Anna that the Queens of the Frozen franchise have infiltrated their way into theatre productions, the songs, the costumes, the public, arguably cannot get enough of the sisters, their snowman and the magic of their lives.

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(399 words, estimated 1:36 mins reading time)

Downton Abbey. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Maggie Smith, Hugh Bonneville, Michelle Dockery, Elizabeth McGovern, Allan Leech, Phyllis Logan, Jim Carter, Laura Carmichael, Lesley Nicol, Michael Fox, Sophie McShera, Robert James-Collier, Imelda Staunton, Joanna Froggatt, Penelope Wilton, Douglas Reith, Kevin Doyle, Brendan Coyle, Tuppence Middleton, Raquel Cassidy, Charlie Watson, David Haig, Susan Lynch, Mark Addy, Kate Phillips, Henry Hadden-Paton, Kate Phillips, Andrew Havill, Phillippe Spall, Richenda Carey, Simon Jones, Darren Strange, David Lonsdale, Matthew Goode.

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(627 words, estimated 2:30 mins reading time)

Jay And Silent Bob Reboot. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith, Harley Quinn Smith, Aparna Brielle, Shannon Elizabeth, Brian O’Halloran, Jason Lee, Joey Lauren Adams, Jennifer Schwalbach Smith, Treshelle Edmond, Alice Wen, Craig Robinson, Justin Long, Chris Jericho, Val Kilmer, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Rosario Dawson, Adam Brody.

The cynical ploy of cinema and film is that unless there is a call for a sequel, the character, no matter how loved, seems to land in some sort of limbo, a celluloid purgatory, where the last scene in which they inhabit is where they remain, forever, locked and static, never to be smile, crack a joke, be hurt, cause harm or have the rest of the lives explained.

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(515 words, estimated 2:04 mins reading time)

Mr. Jones. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision rating 8.5/10

Cast: James Norton, Vanessa Kirby, Peter Sarsgaard, Joseph Mawle, Kenneth Cranham, Celyn Jones, Krzysztof Pieczynski, Beata Pozniak, Fenella Woolgar, Martin Bishop, John Edmondson, Michalina Olszanska, Martin Hugh Henley, Olena Leonenko, Edward Wolstenholme, Marcin Czarnik, Barry Mulkerns, Matthew Marsh.Mr. Jones. Film Review.Cast: James Norton, Vanessa Kirby, Peter Sarsgaard, Joseph Mawle, Kenneth Cranham, Celyn Jones, Krzysztof Pieczynski, Beata Pozniak, Fenella Woolgar, Martin Bishop, John Edmondson, Michalina Olszanska, Martin Hugh Henley, Olena Leonenko, Edward Wolstenholme, Marcin Czarnik, Barry Mulkerns, Matthew Marsh.

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

Gemini Man. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * *

Cast: Will Smith, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Clive Owen, Benedict Wong, Douglas Hodge, Ralph Paterson, Linda Emond, Ilia Volok, E.J. Bonilla.

There is nobody better equipped to destroy you than yourself. The ones who hate you, fuelled often by an unfathomable amount of logic, jealousy and rage will often leave you bleeding and broken on the doorstep of history. However, it is our own minds, our psyche and fear that will see us finish the job. Broken and foiled is one thing, but our own self-doubt, our willingness to acknowledge our insecurity and self-loathing, is enough to defeat us completely.

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(566 words, estimated 2:16 mins reading time)

San Andreas Quake. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * 

Cast: Jhey Castles, Jason Woods, Grace Van Dien, Elaine Partnow, Lane Townsend, Allison Adams, Kyle Wood, Robert Evans, Blaire Chandler, Chris Clanton, Chris Cleveland, Antonio Cullari, Alex Diehl, Bill Voorhees, Shaun Gerado, David Alan Graf, Alexandra Marian Hensley, Justin Hoffmeister, Ron Jantz, Nicola Lambo, Tinasha LaRaye, J Kristopher, Kenny Santiago Marrero, Tessa Mossey, Vladimir Noel, Robert Paterno, Alet Taylor, Ali Zahiri, Sandra J. Payne.

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

Maleficent: Mistress Of Evil. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * *

Cast: Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Harris Dickinson, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sam Riley, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Ed Skrein, Robert Lindsay, David Gyasi, Jenn Murray, Juno Temple, Lesley Manville, Imelda Staunton, Judith Shekoni, Miyavi, Kae Alexander, Warwick Davis.

There will always be an audience for the mystery of the fairy-tale, the warning that the younger crowd will be unaware of that is being played out for them, the notice of the cautionary advice and fear that comes from being the parent to the child caught spellbound in myriad of colour, magic and spectacle, especially when it is delivered with the effect of outlandish beauty attached to it and the dream-like quality to which foretells of unrepentant merchandising galloping along beside it like a knight vanquishing the dragon or troll in pursuit of their own pile of gold.

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(451 words, estimated 1:48 mins reading time)

The Dead Don’t Die. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Tom Waits, Chloe Sevigny, Steve Buscemi, Eszter Balint, Danny Glover, Maya Delmont, Taliyah Whitaker, Jahi Di’Allo Winston, Kevin McCormick, Sid O’Connell, Caleb Landry Jones, RZA, Larry Fessenden, Rosie Perez, Jodie Markell, Carol Kane, Rosal Colon, Tilda Swinton, Sara Driver, Iggy Pop, Selena Gomez, Austin Butler, Luka Sabbat, Sturgill Simpson.

The Zombie overkill has reached, and past, its climax in recent times, and yet, occasionally, through the backdoor sneaks in another reason to enjoy the genre, and in The Dead Don’t Die it is also one to reflect upon the cinematic therapy that throws its vast independent might in the subtexts and clinical observations of its writer and director, Jim Jarmusch.

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

Fast And Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Idris Elba, Vanessa Kirby, Helen Mirren, Eiza Gonzalez, Eddie Marsan, Eliana Sua, Cliff Curtis, Lori Pelenise Tuisano, John Tui, Joshua Mauga, Joe Anoa’i, Rob Delaney, Alex King, Tom Wu, John Macdonald, Ryan Reynolds.

Spin-offs of a successful franchise are almost, always, inevitable. The cash cow in the studio is automatically milked, the fans see a continuation of their favourite characters, and unsurprisingly the chain continues, the certainty of unavoidability is maintained.

Fast And Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw. Film Review. full post

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