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Tailgate. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Jeroen Spitzenberger, Anniek Pheifer, Roosmarijn van der Hoek, Liz Vergeer, Willem de Wolf, Truss te Selle, Hubert Fermin, Tim Linde, Peter Blankenstein.

It comes as no surprise that the world is far angrier place than it has been for decades. However, it is not necessarily all down to the governments of the world refusing to put their houses in order and sue for peace at all costs; we, as individuals, must also bear the brunt of responsibility, for our actions have become dominated by the outraged and the uncompromising activists seeking to further their personal agenda, it is the damnation of the wrathful with no cause to justify happiness for others and the bully and the impatient who inspires rage in others that should seek forgiveness for making the world a less than tolerant and easy place to live.

Peach & Quiet, Just Beyond The Shine. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Even in the midst of dark times, it seems that poetry and poetic feeling are easy targets for others to decry, to shame it somehow as an expression of the uncomplicated and the effortless, to suggest that the tones meant to deliver comfort in extraordinary times are shallow, eager to please and drowning in their own contented juices. Such talk is not just a heresy against communication, it is an illustration of contempt for anyone daring to think of anything other toeing the perceived line, that the artist means nothing in a world of sour grapes and misinformation.

Marionette. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7/10

Cast: Thekla Reuten, Elijah Wolf, Emun Elliott, Sam Hazeldine, Dawn Steele, Rebecca Front, Bill Paterson, Peter Mullan, Pearl Chanda, Brigitte Urhausen, Luc Feit, Martin Donaghy, Craig McDonald-Kelly, Elisabet Johannesdottir, John Scougall, Jochum ten Haaf, Matilda Gordon, Marnie Baxter, Geoffrey Newland, Rene van Asten, Kern Falconer, Julian Nest, Joseph Black.

The nature of free will has been mulled over in cinema far more times than we arguably need have seen, so much so that the idea of Schrodinger’s Cat has moved on from paradox to the investigation into the psyche of the participant involved, the analysis of their answer attempting to reveal more than they might care to admit.

David Neville King, Childhood Soul. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

The yearning to be our own master is such that we look forward to the day when we become able to make our own decisions without considering other people’s opinions or advice; and yet we lose something vitally important in our rush to leave behind our Childhood Soul, we losethe belief in the small details, we forgo the chance to revel in having nothing more complex to choose than what breakfast cereal we wish to delve into or what superhero we want to wear on our underwear.

Uncle Vanya. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Cast: Roger Allam, Richard Armitage, Anna Calder-Marshall, Rosalind Eleazer, Toby Jones, Dearbhla Molloy, Aimee Lou Wood, Peter Wright.

The annoyance of life is such that it only takes one diversion in the perceived day to day normality to throw us from the gentle walk to oblivion and into the realm of unfettered chaos.

Bad Boys For Life. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7/10

Cast: Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Vanessa Hudgens, Alexander Ludwig, Charles Melton, Paola Nunez, Kate del Castillo, Nicky Jam, Joe Pantoliano, Jacob Scipio, Theresa Randle, DJ Khaled, Happy Anderson, Bianca Bethune, Dennis Greene, Michael Bay, Gissette Valentin, Rose Bianco, Edelia Merida, Jasmin Lawrence, Shacai O’Neal, Carlos Guerrero, Massi Furlan, Chick Bernhard, Jennifer Badger, Jeff J.J. Authors, Keith Wheeler, Brandi Cohen, Jay Amor, Yessenia Hernandez, Anthony Molinari, Ivo Nandi.

Doctor Who: Revolution Of The Daleks. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision 7/10

Cast: Jodie Whittaker, Bradley Walsh, Mandip Gill, Tosin Cole, John Barrowman, Chris North, Harriet Walter, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Nathan Armarkwei Laryea, Helen Anderson, Nicholas Briggs, Barnaby Edwards, Nicholas Pegg, Sharon D. Clarke.

You cannot knock the style or the sentiment of certain ideas when they have been placed upon the screen; especially in a time when CGI can put into practice the structure of the author and the imagination of the crew. However, in wanting to declare a revolution one must expect casualties, one person or more will be sacrificed to the winds of war, and many will take a step back and ask if the end justifies the means.

Peggy James, Guardian Angel. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

The paint laid down during 2020 may have begun to dry, but that doesn’t mean the building work is finished, if anything 2021 will see the Wisconsin born and southwest raised Peggy James take further action in her affirming project, in building another story to which her house of ideas and music can be sheltered from the storms, and to which can be seen as a positive influence by all who venture through her front door, who seek change and positivity in a world Hell-bent on self-destruction.

Not Going Out: Christmas Special (2020). Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Lee Mack, Sally Bretton, Bobby Ball, Deborah Grant, Geoffrey Whitehead, Hugh Dennis, Abigail Cruttenden.

We have all been there at some point or another, the forced bonhomie of another party in which we would rather be anywhere else, but because of tradition, because of friendship, because of love, we paint a smile on our face and join in the games, we reminisce about old times and we talk loudly of the good times and plans to be executed in the year to come. The sadness that we feel, the losses we have suffered, the joy that was displaced, is turned on itself, that by Not Going Out, we are placing ourselves in the path of internal review, that the close quarters reveal our inner most thoughts in a way that betray the hopes of the clock ticking down to the inevitable zero.

Black Narcissus. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision 7/10

Cast: Gemma Arterton. Aisling Franciosi, Nila Aalia, Patst Ferran, Rosie Cavaliero, Gianni Gonsalves, Soumil Malla, Alessandro Nirvola, Wayne Llewellyn, Dipika Kunwar, Chaneil Kular, Jim Broadbent, Diana Rigg, Aahish Shrestha, Gina McKee, Prabal Sonam Ghising, Komal Ghambole, Kulvinder Ghir, Charlie Maher, Karen Bryson, Lauren Okadigbo, Sabin Basnet.