Tag Archives: film review

Scream (2022). Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Neve Campbell, Courtney Cox, David Arquette, Melissa Barrera, Jack Quaid, Mikey Madison, Jenny Ortega, Dylan Minnette, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Mason Gooding, Sonia Ammar, Marley Shelton, Skeet Ulrich, Kyle Gallner, Chester Tam, Reggie Conquest, Heather Matarazzo, Brooke Barnhill, Stephen West-Rogers, Milli M, Roger Jackson.

It is only when you re-immerse yourself back into the realm of previous encounters that you witness just how much of it was for your benefit, the sense that the scene before you taking place was possibly scripted, that you were fooled into believing one thing, when in actual fact the opposite was the true course of action taken; it is enough to make you scream time after time, but one that is of anguished understanding rather than let down annoyance.

Scream (2022). Film Review. full post

(409 words, estimated 1:38 mins reading time)

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)

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)

Vendetta. Film Review.

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.

Vendetta. Film Review. full post

(583 words, estimated 2:20 mins reading time)

Death On The Nile. Film Review.

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.

Death On The Nile. Film Review. full post

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

The Forever Purge. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Ana de la Reguera, Tenoch Huerta, Josh Lucas, Leven Rambin, Cassidy Freeman, Alejandro Edda, Will Patton, Will Brittain, Sammi Rotibi, Zahn McClarnon, Gary Nohealii, Gregory Zaragoza, Brett Edwards, Carol Cantu, Keenan Henson, Kacey Montoya, Joshua Dov, Annie Littel, Lupe Carranza, Willow Beuoy, Dylan Morales-Brodie, Steve Kuzj, Yomary Cruz, Jeffrey Doornbos, Susie Abromeit, Emily Trujillo, LaSaundra Gibson, Patricio Doren, Marco Martinez, Veronica Falcón, Edward Gelhaus, Hope Lauren, Coda Boesel, Alfonso Illan, Shaw Jones.

The Forever Purge. Film Review. full post

(640 words, estimated 2:34 mins reading time)

A Quiet Place Part II. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe, Cillian Murphy, John Krasinski, Djimon Hounsou, Okieriete Onaodowan, Scoot McNairy.

Step lightly upon this Earth, for in the shadows lay those waiting for our footsteps to falter and for us to cry out in pain, and they will tear us apart.

If A Quiet Place was one of the surprise, and deserving hits of the last decade, then its sequel was almost a sure gone conclusion; it just demanded the continued involvement of John Krasinski, and in A Quiet Place Part II, the same racked up tension, of delivery without dialogue in some of its more observed and focused scenes, is key and astutely pursued.

A Quiet Place Part II. Film Review. full post

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

Godzilla vs. Kong. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Alexander Skarsgård, Millie Bobby Brown, Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, Shun Oguri, Eliza González, Julian Dennison, Lance Reddick, Kyle Chandler, Demián Bichir, Kaylee Hottle, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Ronny Chieng, John Pirruccello, Chris Chalk.

When Titans collide it is either a simple case of love or hate for the audiences who cannot but help pick a side, cheer on the winner, take cheap pot shots and boo with bravado the expected loser; this is hard enough to convey with any appropriate meaning when it is two boxers slugging it out in the ring, their signature moves keenly studied and reported, the grudges they bare against each other, but when you transfer that sense of toxic, animalistic brutality to a wider, less human shape, you can end up with a Battle Royale that you cannot keep your eyes from watching, and your heart from pumping with excitement.

Godzilla vs. Kong. Film Review. full post

(590 words, estimated 2:22 mins reading time)