Tag Archives: Ben Schwartz

Staged. Series Three. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: David Tennant, Michael Sheen, Georgia Tennant, Anna Lundberg, Lucy Eaton, Simon Evans, Nina Sosanya, Ben Schwartz, Adrian Lester, Jim Broadbent, Peter de Jersey, Olivia Coleman.

When you have seen the joke before, the punchline becomes inevitable…

And yet it must be said, if the joke is crafted well, you cannot but help smile and laugh, even though you know the setup, even though you know what’s coming, it still raises the corners of the mouth and gives way to that the emotion of being amused, of enjoying the company which told you the series of events which culminate in that often repeated punchline.

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

Renfield. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7/10

Cast: Nicholas Hoult, Nicolas Cage, Awkwafina, Ben Schwartz, Shorreh Aghdasloo, Brandon Scott Jones, Adrian Martinez, Camille Chen, Bess Rous, Jenna Kanell, Danya LaBelle, Rhonda Johnson, Christopher Matthew Cook, Michael P. Sullivan, Rosha Washington, James Moses Black, T.C. Matherne, Caroline Williams, Marcus Lewis, Derek Russo, Marvin Ross, Gabriel Rodriguez, Dave Davis, Keith Brooks, Joshua Mikel, Chloe Adona, Stephen Louis Grush, Christopher Winchester, John Cihangir, Krystal Tomlin, Camden McKinnon, William Ragsdale, Miles Doleac.

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

Sonic The Hedgehog 2. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7/10

Cast: James Marsden. Jim Carrey, Ben Schwartz, Tika Sumpter, Idris Elba, Adam Pally, Shemar Moore, Lee Majdoub, Colleen O’Shaughnessey, Melody Nosipho Niemann, Tom Butler, Brad Kalilmoku, Krista Alvarez, Donna Jay Fulks, Elizabeth Bowen.

You can’t keep a good hedgehog down, and even if it is only for nostalgia’s sake, the name of Sonic is one that, like the Duracell Bunny, seems to keep going, and going…until, well you get the picture.

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

Sonic The Hedgehog. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7/10

Cast: Ben Schwartz, James Marsden, Jim Carrey, Tika Sumpter, Natasha Rothwell, Adam Pally, Lee Maidoub, Neal McDonough, Tom Butler, Frank C. Turner, Melody Nosipho Niemann, Shannon Chan-Kent, Brad Kelly, Elfina Luk, Garry Chalk, Michael Hogan, Peter Bryant, Donna Jay Fulks.

If the subject character is interesting enough, if the obvious flaws in style can be ignored, then there is no reason why a film cannot be found to be entertaining in any circumstances; where a film that relies on fondness for pop culture entertainment, especially one aimed financially at a generation to the one that is being explored, asked to reminisce of the hours spent in pursuit of early gaming, that is where the whole edifice can collapse, come crashing down around the ears of memory.

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(428 words, estimated 1:43 mins reading time)

The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * *

Cast: Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Tiffany Haddish, Stephanie Beatriz, Alison Brie, Nick Offerman, Charlie Day, Maya Rudolph, Will Ferrell, Jadon Sand, Brooklynn Prince, Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill, Richard Ayiade, Ben Schwartz, Noel Fielding, Jason Momoa, Cobie Smulders, Ike Barinholtz, Ralph Fiennes, Will Forte, Jimmy O. Yang, Jorma Taccone, Bruce Willis, Gary Paton, Sheryl Swoopes, Todd Hansen, Doug Nicholas.

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(541 words, estimated 2:10 mins reading time)

Night School. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision rating * *

Cast: Kevin Hart, Tiffany Haddish, Rob Riggle, Taran Killam, Romany Malco, Keith David, Loretta Devine, Megalyn Echikunwoke, Yvonne Orji, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Ben Schwartz, Anne Winters, Bresha Webb, Al Madrigal, Jeff Rose, Tilda Del Toro, Fat Joe.

You do have to wonder sometimes about cinema and the film industry when it finds ways to bring out the worst in the genre. It seems to be a problem that continues for the most part with what is loosely termed- American comedy, a sink hole into which its small screen cousin always hits absolute highs, and yet it cannot transfer to the pulling power available to the longer format.

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(489 words, estimated 1:57 mins reading time)

The Walk, Film Review. Picturehouse@F.A.C.T., Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ben Kingsley, Charlotte Le Bon, James Badge Dale, Ben Schwartz, Steve Valentine, Benedict Samuel, Stuart Fink, Yanik Ethier, Soleyman Pierini, Patrick Baby, Marie Turgeon, Clément Sibony, César Domboy, Mark Camacho.

There are some individuals in this world who when you come across them make you glad to be alive. Not for the passion of love, but for the sheer scale of their ambition to create something so unique that it can never be topped, something so artistic, so elegant, so completely and utterly insane that it screams with joy when you see it visualised.

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(500 words, estimated 2:00 mins reading time)