Tag Archives: Sam Neil

The Portable Door. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Patrick Gibson, Christoph Waltz, Sam Neil, Miranda Otto, Damon Herriman, Jessica De Gouw, Mezi Atwood, Rachel House, Chris Pang, Sophie Wilde, Christophr Sommers, Tori Webb, Jason Wilder, Arka Das, Lillie Wallace, Savanna Crasto, Jasmine Barui, Diane Lin, Finn Treacy, Lin Yin, Chris Bridgewater, Stephen Walker.

In all fairness, it is only right that Tom Holt’s prestigious and abundant work should finally get the big screen treatment that his ideas and iconic books have long been asked for by the discerning and faithful readers of his comic creations.

The Portable Door. Film Review. full post

(443 words, estimated 1:46 mins reading time)

The Commuter, Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7/10

Cast: Liam Neeson, Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Jonathan Banks, Sam Neil, Elizabeth McGovern, Kilian Scott, Andy Nyman, Shazad Latif, Clara Lago, Florence Pugh, Roland Moller, Dean Charles Chapman, Ella Rae-Smith, Colin McFarlane, Nila Aalia, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Adam Nagaitis, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Damson Idris, Ben Caplan.

 

No matter what we believe, we all have a price that is offered in which we might be tempted to do something that would otherwise go against our centre of morality, our code of honour; it could be bought on by desperation, greed or just a moment of madness in which the brain wanders and thinks well why not, I could do so much with it, and who would know.

The Commuter, Film Review. full post

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

Hunt For The Wilderpeople, Film Review. Picturehouse@F.A.C.T., Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Sam Neil, Julian Dennison, Rima Te Wiata, Rachel House, Tioreore Ngatai-Melbourne, Oscar Kightley, Stan Walker, Mike Minogue, Cohen Holloway, Rhys Darby, Troy Kingi, Taika Waititi, Hamish Parkinson, Stu Giles.

In Sam Neil the cinema has had one of strongest and most consistent actors of the last 50 years, a man who can easily transfer himself between the rigours of being part of a great film and the sideshow that television sometimes provides. It has always been something of an honour to watch his complex character unfold, and even in films that haven’t quite hit the mark, he still retains that genuine affection from the forgiving cinema goer.

Hunt For The Wilderpeople, Film Review. Picturehouse@F.A.C.T., Liverpool. full post

(390 words, estimated 1:34 mins reading time)

And Then There Were None, Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Catherine Bailey, Douglas Booth, Charles Dance, Maeve Dermody, Burn Gorman, Christopher Hatherall, Anne Maxwell Martin, Sam Neil, Miranda Richardson, Toby Stephens, Noah Taylor, Ben Deery, Jim Main, Daisy Waterstone.

The British obsession with murder owes more to the conditioning belief of understanding that order will always be restored rather than wanting to see someone get away with the act. Not for nothing is the book charts on any local high street bookshop always seen to have the latest crime novel within tidy ranks but the authors of such are seen arguably to be in the eyes of many people amongst the most interesting to read. Nobody wants to see anyone get away with murder but there is always something slightly devilish about hoping to see it attempted and in Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None murder is drawn to a perfect art.

And Then There Were None, Television Review. full post

(451 words, estimated 1:48 mins reading time)