Tag Archives: Jurnee Smollett

Birds Of Prey (And The Fantabulous Emancipation Of One Harley Quinn). Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7/10

Cast: Margot Robbie, Rosie Perez, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jurnee Smollett, Ewan McGregor, Ella Jay Basco, Chris Messina, Ali Wong, Derek Wilson, Joe Buraco III, Steven Williams, Charlene Amoia, K.K. Barrett.

The comic book became darker, it turned away from the quirky but loved offspring of the three or four picture strip that embedded themselves in the newspapers of the thirties and forties and in turn gave itself the new self-determined title of the Graphic Novel, and to the rejoice of the reader who immersed themselves into the world of D.C., Marvel and other purveyors of tales of suspense and disbelief, that they were no longer to be seen as people to be scorned or mocked, that in that name change, a commanding of respect was delivered.

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(611 words, estimated 2:27 mins reading time)

The Twilight Zone: Ovation. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Jurnee Smollett, Tawny Newsome, Sky Ferreira, Dan Martin, Paul F Tompkins, Thomas Lennon, Jordan Peele, Aliza Vellani, Murat Alvarez, Chris Webb, Silver Kim, Derek Morrison.

The whole world seems to crave fame, to either prove they existed at one point in time, or because they believe that their life will be better for it, the chance to be driven round in luxurious cars, eat at the best restaurants, have people at their command and carrying out their every whim and desire…fame is an evil in the guise of luminosity, in which celebrity is more lethal than any drug, which can be more destructive than any disease and the reason is because it is shallow, it feeds on vanity, sadness, the superficial and arrogance.

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(424 words, estimated 1:42 mins reading time)