Category Archives: Film

Monstrous. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Christina Ricci, Santino Barnard, Don Baldaramos, Colleen Camp, Lew Temple, Carol Anne Watts, Jennifer Novak Chun, Peter Hodge, Nick Vallelonga, Sally Elbert, Lola Grace, Rachael Edlow, Darin Cooper, Aimey Beer, Neraida Bega, Philip V. Bruenn, Matt Lovell, Nancy O’ Fallon, Chris Mullinax, Anjoum Agrama, Olivia Reid, Kathy Sue Holtorf.

The very act of being part of, or witnessing, a traumatic event is such that for those who live through it, the mind will do whatever it can to protect them from the images, the constant emotional distress that will creep into their lives when they least expect it, or the triggers that will accumulate and cause the brain to fracture, to cause a schism that will separate truth from fiction.

Monstrous. Film Review. full post

(548 words, estimated 2:12 mins reading time)

Planet Dune. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * *

Cast: Sean Young, Emily Killlian, Anna Telfer, Cherish Michael, Manny Zaldivar, Sienna Farall, Ramiro Leal, Clark Moore, Mo Smead, Grant Terzakis, Anton Kas.

There is nothing that shows the public how much you admire a piece of art than that which replicates and reproduces the key elements without going the full hog and being accused of absolute plagiarism.

Not so much a copy, but perhaps an imitation of thought, a simulation of scenes and not a mockery, a reasoned clone with its own back story, and a train of desire to cash in on the name closely associated with the original, whilst retaining the barest glimpse of what it was known for.

Planet Dune. Film Review. full post

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

Six-Headed Shark Attack. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating *

Cast: Brendon Auret, Thandi Sebe, Cord Newman, Naima Sebe, Tapiwa Musvosvi, Chris Fisher, Meghan Oberholzer, Jonathan Pienaar, Nikita Faber, Caitlin Harty, Charlie Keegan, Jessica Cloete, Marie Cavanna, Paul Gardyne, Wilco Wilkens, Stephen Pankhurst, Joanne Tan.

Six-Headed Shark Attack. Film Review. full post

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

Murder At Yellowstone City. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7/10

Cast: Isaiah Mustafa, Thomas Jane, Anna Camp, Zach McGowan, Ron Garritson, Gabriel Byrne, John Ales, Aimee Garcia, Richard Dreyfuss, Lew Temple, Nat Wolff, Emma Kenney, Scottie Thompson, Isabella Ruby, Marley Gray, Eadie Gray, Danny Bohnen, Tanaya Beatty, Lia Maria Johnson, Joe Nichols, Scotty Bohnen, Brandon Lessard, Tim Montana, Jenna Ciralli, Kate Britton, Emily Rasmuss, Cooper Nusbaum.

Murder At Yellowstone City. Film Review. full post

(481 words, estimated 1:55 mins reading time)

Jurassic Domination. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 0/10

Cast: Eric Roberts, Jack Pearson, Jamie Bernadette, Azeem Vecchio, Kahlo De Jesus Buffington, DeAngelo Davis, Eric Guilmette, John Crosby, Miranda Meadows, Alissa Filoamo, Nicole Starrett, Jenny Tran, Torrey Richardson, Trevor Champion Rogers.

The ‘B’ movie, maligned by some, praised by others for their innovation and for giving the relative unknown actor or director, even writer, their first big chance to impress on screen, has for generations of film lovers been part of their discovery of the genre, and by contrast for those willing to delve to a depth that the big players refuse to entertain, given them a so-called guilty pleasure that makes dinner table conversation lighter and gives a retrospective analysis of the stars who have inhabited the reels.

Jurassic Domination. Film Review. full post

(480 words, estimated 1:55 mins reading time)

Freaky. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Vince Vaughn, Kathryn Newton, Celeste O’Connor, Misha Osherovich, Emily Holder, Alan Ruck, Nicholas Stargel, Kelly Lamor Wilson, Mitchell Hoog, Dana Drori, Katie Finneran, Alonzo Ward, Dustin Lewis, Jennifer Pierce Mathus, Uriah Shelton, Melissa Collazo, Zack Shires, Magnus Diehl, Dane Davenport, Nick Arapoglou, Charles Green, Michelle Ladd, Don Starlings, Brooke Jaye Taylor, Sarafina King, Tim Johnson, Carter W Glade, Ezra Sexton, Maria Sager.

Freaky. Film Review. full post

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

Ghosts Of The Ozark. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Thomas Hobson, Phil Morris, Tara Perry, Tim Blake Nelson, Angela Bettis, David Arquette, David Aaron Baker, Joseph Rudd, Neva Howell, Brandon Gibson, Scott Dean, Graham Gordy, Ed Lowry, Skylar Olivia Flanagan, Aaron Preusch, Taylor Alden, Corbin Pitts, Skylar Elyse Philpot, Tommy Terry Pantera Wageman, John Perry.

If the rest of the world believes that British cinema harks back to the events and critical moments of World War Two for inspiration, then it could be argued that the American Civil War holds the same type of sway and thought for those across the wide expanse of the Atlantic Ocean.

Ghosts Of The Ozark. Film Review. full post

(578 words, estimated 2:19 mins reading time)

Prey. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Amber Midthunder, Dakota Beavers, Dane DiLiegro, Stormee Kipp, Michelle Thrush, Julian Black Antelope, Stefany Mathais, Bennett Taylor, Mike Paterson, Nelson Leis, Tymon Carter, Skye Pelletier, Harlan Blayne Kytwayhat, Corvin Mack, Samuel Marty, Ginger Cattleman, Seanna Eagletail, Samiyah Crowfoot, Cody Big Tobacco, Troy Mundle, Curtis Pilon-Vinish, Stephanie Legault, Stephen Schroeder, Eric Beaudoin.

When you least expect it, the hunt comes for you.

Prey. Film Review. full post

(522 words, estimated 2:05 mins reading time)

Last Night In Soho. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9.5/10

Cast: Thomasin McKenzie, Diana Rigg, Anya Taylor-Joy, Matt Smith, Rita Tushingham, Synnove Karlsen, Michael Ajao, Pauline McLynn, Terrance Stamp, Sam Clafflin, Elizabeth Berrington, Jessie Mei Li, Rebecca Harrod, Kassius Nelson, Aimee Cassettari, James Phelps, Oliver Phelps, Beth Singh.

It is an old city and there are plenty of ghosts trapped amongst us who cannot rest, even with constant re-invention and new blood lured there in the promise of put their stamp on the world thanks to its influence, London cannot escape its own damaged past, its own cycle of death and mystery, for no matter what part of that mass conglomeration made of bricks and mortar, the ghosts have nowhere else to call home, nowhere else they can finally hope to see justice restored.

Last Night In Soho. Film Review. full post

(459 words, estimated 1:50 mins reading time)

The Matrix: Resurrections. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision 5/10

Cast: Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Jonathan Groff, Jessica Henwick, Neil Patrick Harris, Jada Pinkett Smith, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Christina Ricci, Lambert Wilson, Andrew Lewis Caldwell, Toby Onwumere, Max Riemelt, Joshua Grothe, Brian J. Smith, Eréndira Ibarra, Michael X. Sommers.

The Matrix trilogy can be seen truly as a cultural phenomenon; admittedly one that was at its peak in the first of the films delivered to a film loving crowd wowed by its cinematography and effects, but still a series of films that asked questions of our perceived vision of reality, and how we were, and continue, to be enveloped by the idea of being repressed by a superior mind just to appear that we are indeed in control of our own destiny.

The Matrix: Resurrections. Film Review. full post

(545 words, estimated 2:11 mins reading time)