Tag Archives: Michael Kelly

Penguin. Television Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Cast: Colin Farrell, Cristin Milioti, Rhenzy Feliz, Deirdre O’Connell, Theo Rossi, Clancy Brown, Carmen Ejogo, Daniel J. Watts, David H. Holmes, Michael Kelly, Myles Humphus, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Kenzie Grey, Robert Lee Leng, Hunter Enery, Michael Zegan, Jared Abrahamson, James Madio, Tess Soltau, Joshua Bitton, Jessie Pinnick, Daren Donofrio, Scott Cohen, François Chau, Ade Otukoya, Craig Walker, Ben Cook, Aleska Palladino, Mark Strong, Con O’Neill, Ryder Allen.

Taboo, Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Cast: Tom Hardy, David Hayman, Jonathan Pryce, Oona Chaplin, Jessie Buckley, Stephen Graham, Richard Dixon, Leo Bill, Edward Hogg, Ruby May-Martinwood, Franka Potente, James Greaves, Michael Kelly, Jefferson Hall, Louis Ashbourne Serkis, Jason Watkins, Scroobius Pip, Nicholas Woodeson, Tom Hollander, Mark Gatiss, Christopher Fairbank, Lucian Msamati, Fiona Skinner, Marina Hands, Edward Fox.

Secret In Their Eyes, Film Review. Picturehouse@F.A.C.T., Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Nicole Kidman, Julia Roberts, Dean Norris, Alfred Molina, Joe Cole, Michael Kelly, Zoe Graham, Patrick Davis, Eileen Fogarty, Lyndon Smith, Kim Yarborough, Mark Famiglietti, Amir Malaklou, Niko Nicotera, Dennis Keiffer, Don Harvey.

Remaking a film for an English speaking audience can be problematic, it can detract from the spectacle that originally played out or even lose some of the drive that first made the story a hit, thankfully the producers behind Secret In Their Eyes have kept the tension and effort of concentration in place and the final pay off is one that still catches the audience unawares.

Everest, Film Review. Picturehouse@F.A.C.T., Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Jason Clarke, Emily Watson, Sam Worthington, Josh Brolin, Kiera Knightley, Justin Salinger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Robin Wright, Mia Goth, Stormur Jón Kormákur Baltasarsson, Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson, Clive Standen, Vanessa Kirby, John Hawkes, Elizabeth Debecki, Naoki Mori, Michael Kelly, Tim Dantay, Todd Boyce, Mark Derwin, Martin Henderson, Tom Goodman-Hill, Charlotte Bøving, Thomas M. Wright, Amy Schindler, Chris Reilly, Ang Phula Sherpa, Pemba Sherpa.

There will always be, one hopes, adventurers, people with spirit and explorers, pioneers, people who see the mountain in whatever shape and form it takes and relish the challenge of attaining their goal – even it means personal loss and possible risking of life; for without that risk, humanity becomes staid and placid.