Category Archives: Film

Sinister: Film Review. (2012).

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Ethan Hawke, Juliet Rylance, Fred Dalton Thompson, James Ransone, Vincent D’Onofrio, Michael Hall D’Addario, Clare Foley, Rob Riley, Tavis Smiley, Zanet Zappala, Victoria Leigh, Cameron Ocasio, Ethan Haberfield, Danielle Kotch, Blake Mizrahi, Nicholas King, Lorraine Aceves, Rachel Konstantin.

To feel your blood run cold is not always a stipulation of a having enjoyed a good horror story, but it is arguably the closest endorsement to how a film can take you to a place that you have no intention of being part of, and yet you find you cannot draw your attention away from the unfolding feel of dread, panic and shock that is coming your way.

Sinister: Film Review. (2012). full post

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

Le Man ’66. Film Review.

 Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Matt Damon, Christian Bale, Jon Bernthal, Caitriona Balfe, Josh Lucas, Noah Jupe, Tracey Letts, Remo Girone, Ray McKinnon, JJ Field, Jack McMullen, Corrado Invernizzi, Christopher Darga, Shawn Law, Emil Beheshti, Darrin Prescott, Alex Gurney, Benjamin Rigby, Ben Collins, Francesco Bauco, Guido Cocomello, Adam Mayfield, Sean Carrigan, Giles Matthey, Rudolph Martin.

It is human nature to forget the past, to look to the now and see the hero in which you believe has never been held aloft take their bow as something unique, a one-off and yet it is arrogance which makes us dismiss the distinctive and the indomitable of the past which paved the way for the modern hero to rise.

Le Man ’66. Film Review. full post

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

Midway. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * *

Cast: Ed Skrein, Patrick Wilson, Luke Evans, Woody Harrelson, Mandy Moore, Dennis Quaid, Alexander Ludwig, Aaron Eckhart, Darren Criss, Nick Jonas, Jake Weber, Luke Kleintank, Keean Johnson, David Hewlett, Mark Rolston, Tadanobu Asano, Brennan Brown, James Carpinello, Geoffrey Blake, Greg Hovanessian, Jake Manley, Ellen Dubin, Matthew MacCaull, Raynesa Jonas, Christie Brooke, Jacob Blair, Jun Kunimura, Cameron Brodeur, Rachael Perrell Fosket, Brandon Sklenar, Peter Shinkoda, Etsushi Toyokawa, Jason New, Sammy Azero, Leonardo Bourreau, Dean Schaller, Yuta Takenaka, Eric Davis, Tony Nowicki, Kasey Ryne Mazek.

Midway. Film Review. full post

(595 words, estimated 2:23 mins reading time)

The Good Liar. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Helen Mirren, Ian McKellen, Russell Tovey, Johannes Haukur Johannesson, Jim Carter, Mark Lewis Jones, Lily Dodsworth-Evans, Phil Dunster, Michael Culkin, Laurie Davidson, Celine Buckens, Dino Kelly, Aleksander Jovanovic, Stella Stocker, Nell Williams, Bessie Carter, Patrick Godfrey.

In a world looking for companionship and love, the warning of not trusting those who advertise on-line has perhaps never been more acute, more relevant. The older we get, the more it is possible to see the depth of our footprints in the sands of time and for those who might take the plunge in holding a hand out for that special someone, you have to ask, have we walked the path where my footprints lay, together before.

The Good Liar. Film Review. full post

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

The Aeronauts. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Felicity Jones, Eddie Redmayne, Himesh Patel, Phoebe Fox, Anna Reid, Tim McInnerny, Vincent Perez, Robert Glenister, Tom Courtney, Rebecca Front, Kamil Lemieszewski, Gianni Calchetti, Lewin Lloyd, Julian Ferro, Thomas Arnold, Andy Mihalache.

If you are terrified of heights then then to be trapped in a hot air balloon is arguably the worst place you can imagine to be, or maybe as the one in control of its descent, on top of the structure trying to force it down by releasing the mechanism that will get you to ground safely.

The Aeronauts. Film Review. full post

(513 words, estimated 2:03 mins reading time)

Doctor Sleep. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Ewan McGregor, Rebecca Ferguson, Carel Struycken, Jacob Tremblay, Emily Alyn Lind, Zahn McClarnon, Cliff Curtis, Bruce Greenwood, Chelsea Talmadge, Alex Essoe, Carl Lumbly, Joclin Donahue, Catherine Parker, Seleena Anduze, Kyliegh Curran, Robert Longstreet, Nicholas Pryor, Bethany Anne Lind, Kaitlyn McCormick, Marc Farley, Molly Jackson, Kk Heim, Zachary Momoh, Roger Dale Floyd, Shane Brady.

 

Doctor Sleep. Film Review. full post

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

Terminator: Dark Fate. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Linda Hamilton, Mackenzie Davis, Natalie Reyes, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Edward Furlong, Gabriel Luna, Tom Hopper, Cassandra Starr, Brett Azar, Diego Boneta, Tabata Cerezo, Steven Cree, Pete Ploszek, Enrique Arce, Mario de la Rosa, Christine Horn, Samantha Coughlan, Rochelle Neil, Stephanie Gil, Claudia Trujillo, Fraser James, Arlette Torres, Kacy Owens.

A good franchise never knows when to quit, there is always another element to the story, another piece to the puzzle that can be stretched out to its limit and leave the dedicated and the devoted hanging on the hope of another instalment to come.

Terminator: Dark Fate. Film Review. full post

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

The Addams Family. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating *

Cast: Oscar Isaac, Charlize Theron, Chloe Grace Moretz, Finn Wolfhard, Nick Kroll, Snoop Dog, Bette Midler, Allison Janney, Martin Short, Catherine O’Hara, Tituss Burgess, Jenifer Lewis, Elsie Fisher, Conrad Vernon, Aimee Garcia, Scott Underwood, Mikey Madison, Chelsea Frei, Pom Klementieff, Deven Green, Maggie Wheeler, Harland Williams.

 

The Addams Family. Film Review. full post

(404 words, estimated 1:37 mins reading time)

Judy. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Renee Zellwegar, Jessie Buckley, Finn Wittrock, Rufus Sewell, Gemma-Leah Deveraux, Michael Gambon, Bella Ramsey, Andy Nyman, Gaia Weiss, Philippe Spall, Fenella Woolgar, Royce Pierreson, Phil Dunster, Darci Shaw, Diana Alexandra Pocol, John Dagleish, Natasha Powell, Lucy Russell, Tom Durant Pritchard, Tim Ahern.

Somewhere over the rainbow remains a memory of a star, an icon whose greatest screen role defined the age, of childhood and the abuse of power reigned over them by studios and their owners, whose character in the Wizard of Oz became a by word for the acceptance of others, and to whom a voice was given that few have been able to touch since.

Judy. Film Review. full post

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

Official Secrets. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Matt Smith, Ralph Fiennes, Rhys Ifans, Katherine Kelly, Indira Varma, MyAnna Buring, Kenneth Cranham, Jack Farthing, Tasmin Grieg, Hattie Morahan, Jeremy Northam, Conleith Hill, Hanako Footman, Shaun Dooley, Monica Dolan, Chris Larkin, Ray Panthaki, Clive Francis, Peter Guinness, John Heffernan, Angus Wright, Adam Bakri.

 

A Government not afraid of the possibility of its people rebelling against them is one that surely does not exist, for the very nature of Government is to lie through its teeth and sow discord under the banner of freedom. It is up to the individual of how much they can stomach, what lies they are willing to let stand and which ones they need to follow closely in the hope that they will be exposed, and which ones they might openly defy.

Official Secrets. Film Review. full post

(533 words, estimated 2:08 mins reading time)