Tag Archives: Tom Courtney

The Aeronauts. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Felicity Jones, Eddie Redmayne, Himesh Patel, Phoebe Fox, Anna Reid, Tim McInnerny, Vincent Perez, Robert Glenister, Tom Courtney, Rebecca Front, Kamil Lemieszewski, Gianni Calchetti, Lewin Lloyd, Julian Ferro, Thomas Arnold, Andy Mihalache.

If you are terrified of heights then then to be trapped in a hot air balloon is arguably the worst place you can imagine to be, or maybe as the one in control of its descent, on top of the structure trying to force it down by releasing the mechanism that will get you to ground safely.

The Aeronauts. Film Review. full post

(513 words, estimated 2:03 mins reading time)

Dad’s Army, Film Review. Picturehouse@F.A.C.T., Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 5/10

Cast: Toby Jones, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Bill Nighy, Michael Gambon, Tom Courtney, Mark Gatiss, Blake Harrison, Daniel Mays, Sarah Lancashire, Emily Atack, Ian Lavender, Bill Paterson, Frank Williams, Alison Steadman, Annette Crosby, Holli Dempsey, Martin Savage, Felicity Montague, Oliver Tobias, Julia Foster.

Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be but sometimes by revisiting the past you are in danger of completely undermining all the excellent work that once went on before; the package and the idea may look appealing but the beyond the sentimental, the finished article is a pale and perhaps at times, irritating shadow.

Dad’s Army, Film Review. Picturehouse@F.A.C.T., Liverpool. full post

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

45 Years, Film Review. Picturehouse@F.A.C.T., Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Charlotte Rampling, Tom Courtney, Dolly Wells, Geraldine James, Richard Cunningham, Hannah Chalmers, David Sibley, Sam Alexander, Max Rudd, Michelle Finch, Camille Ucan, Kevin Matadeen, Paul Goldsmith, Charles Booth, Peter Dean Jackson, Lucy Temple, Richard Banham, Ellie Tivey, Martin Atkinson.

 

The idyllic nature of a good marriage can be measured in not just years but how these years came about. To reach any number of years with stories and comfort is one thing but when it can be undermined by a figure from the past, one long unthought-of, the presence of them can be un-nerving, even after 45 Years.

45 Years, Film Review. Picturehouse@F.A.C.T., Liverpool. full post

(406 words, estimated 1:37 mins reading time)