Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
Cast: Karen Gillan, Aaron Paul, Beulah Koale, Theo James, Elina Jackson, Maija Paunio, Rea Lest, June Hyde, Kristofer Gummerus, Nico Siekkinen, Jani Siekkinen, Elsa Saisio, Remu Valisaari, Minea Valisaari, Amira Khalifa, Andrei Alén, Aram Tertzakian, Darren McStay, Rasmus Blomquist, Sophia Heikkilä, Robert Enckell, Lelsie Hyde, Katariina Hayukainen.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating *
Cast: Bruce Willis, Thomas Jane, Clive Standen, Theo Rossi, Jacki Moore, Mike Tyson, Maddie Nichols, Derek Russo, Lauren Buglioli, Kurt Yue, Eric Buarque, Caia Coley, Randy Gonzalez, Maury Morgan, Dustin Lewis, Cabot Basden, Jesse O’Neill, Patrick Lamont Jr., Darryl Dillard, Demetrius Stear, Nathan Hesse, Tamil Periasamy, Cindy L. Jefferson, Rashawd Ford.
It doesn’t take a genius to see the coloration between some aspects of cinema and the life led in the world outside, that what is seen on the screen is not only a mirror image of American society, but can also be seen leading it, a belief that is copied and turned into a monster that feeds upon itself.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Elizabeth Olsen, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Benedict Wong, Xochitl Gomez, Rachel McAdams, Hayley Atwell, Jett Klyne, Julian Hilliard, Michael Stuhlbarg, Sheila Hilliard, Adam Hugill, Lasana Lynch, John Krasinski, Charlize Theron, Bruce Campbell, Anson Mount, Patrick Stewart.
All that you is not just down to how you act in this world, it is also how others see you, what they witness, what they perceive, their judgements and their biased convictions; but what if it went deeper than that, what if the shroud of what we are, when pulled back, revealed more than just one face, but several, each with their own history, each with a perception of life that is reflected in the decisions and paths taken, and those we believe we would never take.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *
Cast: Carrie Coon, Paul Rudd, Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace, Logan Kim, Celeste O’Connor, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Annie Potts, Sigourney weaver, Bob Gunton, J.K. Simmons, Shawn Seward, Billy Bryk, Sydney Mae Diaz, Hannah Duke.
Nostalgia isn’t just reminiscing for what is missed, in some cases it is a wistfulness that shouldn’t be touched, it is the catalyst of return, and whether the moment of the resumption of a tale or a friendship meets our expectations, it cannot be denied that it fuels the longing and the melancholy for what was the original first meeting.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *
Cast: Tom Meeton, Katherine Parkinson, Kris Marshall, Kevin Bishop, Johnny Vegas, Mandeep Dhillon, Craig Parkinson, Pippa Heywood, Alice Lowe, June Watson, Steve Oram, Jarred Christmas, Lloyd Griffith, Steve Brody, Norma Cohen, Tina Gray, Chris Willoughby.
The character of the British psyche is such that one of the often-repeated observations of them is that they suffer under the almost back-breaking and chronic apprehension, that they are, until overwhelmingly pushed, passive, practising the art of not wanting to cause a scene, almost aloof, arrogant in their perpetual standoffishness, and generally, cripplingly reserved.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *
Cast: Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård, Dave Bautista, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Zendaya, Chang Chen, Charlotte Rampling, Jason Momoa, Javier Bardem, David Dastmalchian, Babs Olusanmokun, Golda Rosheuvel, Roger Yuan.
To adapt faithfully for cinema a novel so revered, covered in glory, and one that wears the word epic as if it were a robe sewn by hand for someone with more money than a small nation, is to perhaps court feelings of unrestrained excess, to forgo modesty in favour of magnified extravagance, and no matter how noble the intention, no matter how faithful, there on screen will be the accusations of pretension.
Liverpool Sound and Vision * * *
Cast: Stephen Lang, Madelyn Grace, Brendan Sexton III, Adam Young, Rocci Williams, Christian Zagia, Bobby Schofield, Fiona O’Shaughnessy, Stephanie Arcila, Diaana Babnicova, Sofija Stojanovic, Steffan Rhodri, Miodrag Cvetkovic, Ibrahim Ishaq, Eydel Francisco Balbuena, Ron Rogell.
An argument persists that a surprising cinematic hit should at times understand that it should remain a solo outing. This reasonable contention does not always follow suit, the film lover perhaps only has to think of the Saw franchise to know how decent a series can be when its own universe and mythos is expanded, but on the whole a decently produced film with one particular dynamic should by all means refrain from ever thinking of creating cinematic offspring.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *
Cast: Tom Holland, Zendaya, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jacob Batalon, Marisa Tomei, J.K. Simmons, Jon Favreau, Jamie Foxx, Willem Dafoe, Alfred Molina, Benedict Wong, Tony Revolori, Andrew Garfield, Tobey Maguire, J.B. Smoove, Charlie Cox, Angourie Rice, Rhys Ifans, Thomas Hayden Church, Paula Newsome.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7/10
Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Armie Hammer, Gal Gadot, Tom Bateman, Annette Bening, Rose Leslie, Letitia Wright, Sophie Okonedu, Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French, Russell Brand, Emma Mackey, Michael Rouse, Alaa Safi, Orlando Seale, Charlie Verhaeren, Susannah Fielding, Rick Warden, Ali Fazal.
It could be argued that we may have reached peak Christie.
The Queen of Crime has not lost any of the affection on the fans, the books will always sell, the dedicated devotee will pour over even the shortest of articles that has Agatha Christie’s name attached, even if by the merest of association, they will believe that there is somewhere a story, a tale in which perhaps one more exercise in observing the act of criminality and murder will make itself known.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7/10
Cast: Joel Fry, Ellora Torchia, Reece Shearsmith, Hayley Squires, John Hollingsworth, Mark Monroe.
Not so gentle are the sleepers in that quiet Earth, or so we might come to believe when we find that nature has turned her back on us and makes us reap all that we have sown, all that we have buried underground.