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The Pope’s Exorcist. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * *

Cast: Russell Crowe, Daniel Zovatto, Alex Essoe, Franco Nero, Peter DeSouza-Feighoney, Laural Marsden, Cornell John, Ryan O’Grady, Ralph Ineson.

All the devils are here…or as cinema would have you believe.

The fact that William Friedkin’s 1973 classic The Exorcist is lauded as highly as it should not be seen as an open door for others to attempt to match its ferocity of film making in a subject matter that leaves little to the imagination and at times a bad taste in the mouth as its religious fervour is one of corruptibility in the face of cinematic dogma.

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(363 words, estimated 1:27 mins reading time)

Kalandra: Bardaginn. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

You don’t have to understand the words spoken to acknowledge their meaning. You don’t have to recognise the language to absorb the proposal, or the aim of the dialogue and conversation intended; all that is required is to tell the difference between the struggle and the light in someone’s heart for you to feel the empathy in your soul for their song.

We live in a time of mass confrontation, all sides flexing muscles that have been hidden through diplomacy and friendship, suddenly raw and exposed and dripping with sentiments that threaten the safety of all caught in the crossfire of the oncoming storm and battle.

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(325 words, estimated 1:18 mins reading time)

Kirsty MacColl: See That Girl. Box Set Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

To wander with interest through the life of an artist’s complete work is a privilege of time, but it can also be one filled with the melancholic sadness as the listener is reminded constantly of what might have been, how they might have been able to See That Girl or young lad who grew to be one of the most encompassing artists of the listener’s life pass on far before their time.

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(466 words, estimated 1:52 mins reading time)

Ian McNabb: New Brighton Rock. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

A modern day Pinkie Brown could be imagined to be walking the streets of the town on the Wirral, hat strategically placed in a position of authority, a crisp suit that would cost the wearer more than a week’s wages, if he had to pay for it, and for all purposes the man who ran the seaside town with a fist of iron…this is the wonderful sense of power that strides through the objectively superb and musically thrilling new album by Ian McNabb, New Brighton Rock.

Ian McNabb: New Brighton Rock. Album Review. full post

(435 words, estimated 1:44 mins reading time)

The Long Shadow. Television Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision

Cast: David Morrissey, Lee Ingleby, Toby Jones, Liz White, Michael McElhatton, Jack Deam, Toby Jones, Chloe Harris, Steven Waddington, Jasmine Lee-Jones, Kris Hitchin, Stephen Tompkinson, Liam Garrigan, Christopher Hatherall, John Henshaw, Victoria Myers, Shaun Thomas, Charley Webb, James Clay, Emma Cunniffe, Adam Long, Kate Rutter, Dorothy Atkinson, Sorcha Groundsell, Jill Halfpenny, Marcus Fraser, Daniel Mays, Charlotte Tyree, Paul Brennen, Colin R. Campbell, Alexa Davies, Emma Williams, Nicola Stephenson, Robert James-Collier, Daisy Waterstone, Mark Stobbart, Sammy Winward, Katherine Kelly, Nigel Betts.

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(630 words, estimated 2:31 mins reading time)

The Suns: Reverse Life Forward. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Searching through the subconscious is an art form that many find unsettling, it reveals parts of the mind that they would prefer to be closed off, shut away, lacking in depth and the eloquence that insists we explore if we are to produce that which frames us with completeness, that which rejoices our soul as we perform to the massed ranks of all who wish us well.

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(368 words, estimated 1:28 mins reading time)

Robert Vincent: The Insider. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

The pedigree of Rob Vincent is beyond reproach, and beyond measure, for it cannot be vocalised enough that the music world has certainly missed the generous and lush sounds, the voice that could mend hearts and the perspective of lyrics that make many a poet linger in the vicinity and feel their pulse quicken. It is the whisper of The Insider, the one who knows all the secrets, the one who feels the pain and sees the joker played, that makes his return so sweet and adored.

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(432 words, estimated 1:44 mins reading time)

April Moon: Part Of The Game. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

To be masters of our own destiny is the ultimate goal of the vast majority who place their feet upon this Earth, few will attain such lofty precision, but we must seek that moment where it all seems possible whilst holding onto the notion that rather than being dominant in our actions and thoughts, we are the counter in someone else’s Part Of The Game.

April Moon: Part Of The Game. Single Review. full post

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

Interview With The Vampire. Television Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Jacob Anderson, Sam Reid, Eric Bogosian, Assad Zaman, Bailey Bass, Kalyne Coleman, Chris Stack, Christian Robinson, Rae Dawn Chong, Maura Grace Athari, Roxane Duran, John DiMaggio, Jeff Pope, Dana Gourrier, Rachel Alana Handler, Rudy Eisenzopf, Kyle Roussel.

There is a difference between glitz and style, one not often noted upon when there is money thrown at glitz as if it were the smart prospect in the room because it has the big name behind it, bravado mistaken for confidence, arrogance confused with grace, and one that can be the ruin of a franchise before it even starts; for in humility the viewer immersed in a series created on the back of one of the best selling books of all time will be enthralled and not overwrought with the smell of perfume disguising the smell of rotten meat.

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(537 words, estimated 2:09 mins reading time)

The Burning Girls. Television Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Samantha Morton, Rupert Graves, Ruby Stokes, David Dawson, Paul Bradley, Jack Roth, Charlie Hamblett, John Macmillan, Jane Lapotaire, Beth Cordingly, Elodie Grace Orkin, Conrad Khan, Janie Dee, Safia Oakley-Green, Paul Fox, Charlie Price, Erin Ainsworth, Catherine Harvey, Liam Hatch.

The sins of our ancestors are always prevalent, and whilst we may be in part innocent of such crimes ourselves, we cannot remove the stain of the family name passed down when it comes to certain transgressions, certain wrongs in which we can be seen to have profited from personally.

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(505 words, estimated 2:01 mins reading time)