Tag Archives: Martin Freeman

Sherlock: The Abominable Bride. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, Una Stubbs, Rupert Graves, Mark Gatiss, Andrew Scott, Amanda Abbington, Louise Brealey, Jonathan Aris, Tim McInnerny, Natasha O’Keeffe, Yasmine Akram, Taj Smith, Gerald Kyd, Daniel Fearn, Stephanie Hyam, Damian Samuels, Charles Furness, Adam Greaves- Neal, Jessie Hawkes, Dionne Vincent, Kishan Maru, Gavin Lee Lewis, Tim Barlow, David Nellist, Alex Austin.

“It is a war we must lose”, muses Mycroft as he sits with corpulent and greed running through his veins and it seems in every battle there must come a realisation that that the enemy we are fighting is the one that is naturally our ally.

Sherlock: The Abominable Bride. Television Review. full post

(475 words, estimated 1:54 mins reading time)

Fargo, Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Patrick Wilson, Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons, Ted Danson, Jean Smart, Jeffrey Donovan, Rachel Keller, Nick Offerman, Bokeem Woodbine, Zahn McClarnon, Kieran Culkin, Brad Garrett, Angus Sampson, Kier O’ Donnell, Bruce Campbell, Michael Hogan, Adam Arkin, Elizabeth Marvel, Allan Dobrescu, Raven Stewart, Brad Mann, Todd Mann, Emily Haine, Dan Beirne, Martin Freeman, Allison Tolman, Joey King, Colin Hanks, Keith Carradine.

Fargo, Television Review. full post

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

The Eichmann Show, Television Review.

Cast: Martin Freeman, Anthony LaPaglia, Vaidotas Martinaitis, Samuel West, Nicholas Woodeson, Rebecca Front, Andy Nyman, Ben Addis, Caroline Bartlett, Ed Birch, Zora Bishop, Dylan Edwards, Nathaniel Gleed, Ben Lloyd-Hughes, Soloman Mousley, Anna-Louise Plowman, Ian Porter, Justin Salinger,

There are moments in history that have damned us as a species. No century, no civilisation, not one era is innocent of spilling bloodshed, but nothing perhaps can touch the 20th Century for the sheer desecration of humanity and the blood of so many children.

The Eichmann Show, Television Review. full post

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

The Hobbit, The Battle Of The Five Armies, Film Review. Picturehouse@F.A.C.T., Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Luke Evans, Richard Armitage, Lee Pace, Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom, Benedict Cumberbatch, Evangeline Lilly, Billy Connolly,  Graham McTavish, Ken Stott, Ian Holm, Sylvester McCoy, Ryan Gage, Peter Hambleton, Jed Brophy, William Kircher, Adam Brown, Aiden Turner, Manu Bennett, Hugo Weaving, Dean O’ Gorman, Christopher Lee, James Nesbitt, Stephen Fry, Mikael Persbrandt.

The Hobbit, The Battle Of The Five Armies, Film Review. Picturehouse@F.A.C.T., Liverpool. full post

(666 words, estimated 2:40 mins reading time)

Fargo: Morton’s Fork. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Allison Tolman, Colin Hanks, Martin Freeman, Bob Odenkirk, Keith Carradine, Joey King, Susan Park, Gary Valentine, Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, Chantel Perron, Andrew Neil McKenzie, Amanda Guenther.

There is always one television series that stands out each year and Fargo could well be it for 2014. If they never make another series then the writer, the Coen brothers and the actors who have been associated with this terrific endeavour will have more than amply done their jobs.

Fargo: Morton’s Fork. Television Review. full post

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

Fargo: A Fox, A Rabbit And A Cabbage. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Allison Tolman, Colin Hanks, Martin Freeman, Bob Odenkirk, Keith Carradine, Joey King, Susan Park, Stephen Root, Helena Mattsson, Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, Lorne Cardinal, Jennifer Copping, Jade Davis.

When the Devil makes the most of the innocuous then you know it’s time to be really terrified.

Fargo: A Fox, A Rabbit And A Cabbage. Television Review. full post

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

Fargo: The Heap. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Allison Tolman, Colin Hanks, Martin Freeman, Bob Odenlirk, Keith Carradine, Joey King, Kate Walsh, Russell Harvard, Tom Musgrave, Stephen Root, Helena Mattsson, Julie Ann Emery, Rachel Blanchard, Susan Park, Gary Valentine, Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, Marty Antonini, Liam Green, Atticus Dean Mitchell, Leslie Maynes, James D. Hopkin, Christopher Rosamond, Dan Redican, Richard Sherry, Jade Davis, Carrie Coak, Jennifer Copping, Dayle Krall, Barkhad Abdirahman.  

Fargo: The Heap. Television Review. full post

(492 words, estimated 1:58 mins reading time)

Fargo: Buridan’s Ass. Episode Six, Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 81/2/10

Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Martin Freeman, Allison Tolman, Colin Hanks, Oliver Platt, Glen Howerton, Adam Goldberg, Russell Harvard, Joshua Close, Barry Flatman, Rachel Blanchard, Peter Breitmayer, Gary Valentine, Gordon S. Miller, Spencer Drever.

When your back is against the wall, you are capable of many things. In the case of Lester Nygaard, his back is so far against the wall that his shadow is slowly suffocating and franticly using a small hammer to try and dig through to the other side.

Fargo: Buridan’s Ass. Episode Six, Television Review. full post

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

Fargo, The Six Ungraspables. Episode Five. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Allison Tolman, Colin Hanks, Martin Freeman, Joey King, Julie Ann Emery, Bob Odenkirk, Adam Goldberg, Russell Harvard, Oliver Platt, Kelly Holden Basher, Dean Barrett, Dave Brown, Shawn Doyle, Barry Flatman, Kirk Heuser, Glen Howerton, Brendan Hunter, Greg Lawson, Roger LeBlanc, Gordon S. Miller, Byron Noble, Chantel Perron,  John Treleaven, Gary Valentine.

 

God, so Stavros Milos believes, is watching over him, Policewoman Molly Solverson is watching over Lester Nygaard, her boss and Gus Grimly, Mr. Numbers and Mr. Wrench are watching Lester Nygaard as well and Lorne Malvo, well he seems to be pulling the strings behind everybody’s back.

Fargo, The Six Ungraspables. Episode Five. Television Review. full post

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

Fargo: Eating The Blame. Episode Review. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Allison Tolman, Colin Hanks, Martin Freeman, Bob Odenkirk, Adam Goldberg, Glen Howerton, Peter Breitmayer, Oliver Platt, Randy Birch, Tom Carey, Keith Carradine, Joshua Close, Carlos Diaz, Sam Duke, Barry Flatman, Eve Harlow, Russell Harvard, Karen Johnson-Diamond, Ethan Karlsend, Gordon S. Miller, Lonni Olson.

Fargo: Eating The Blame. Episode Review. Television Review. full post

(565 words, estimated 2:16 mins reading time)