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Midsomer Murders: Happy Families. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Neil Dudgeon, Nick Hendrix, Fiona Dolman, Annette Badland, Rachel Stirling, Adrian Edmondson, Caroline Quentin, Stuart Milligan, Paul Bazely, Lee Byford, Vanessa Emme, Greg Lockett, Aki Omoshaybi, Georgina Rich, Ed White, Chris Wilson.

A country house murder, what could be more riveting for a party of guests to get their minds around when a storm plunges the home into darkness and the torrents of rain threaten to overwhelm the senses?

There is an element of the enigmatic, the ethereal and timeless when a writer places their observations into the world of the lonely house full of secrets in some neglected part of the country.

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

Geoff Carne & The Raw Rox Band, Shakedown. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

The unannounced Shakedown, the spontaneous, without warning release, is for some who have been unceremoniously locked in a cage and the key removed from their sight, the moment when hope arises; for in that surprise visitation from beyond their vision, comes the source of their salvation, the basis of their belief for the next chapter in their lives.

The key to any success arguably stands in the form of adaption, the ability to move with the tide and time, and place trust in, if not reinvention, then re-emergence, for in that shakedown you are afforded the significance of being the focus of attention, of having a captive audience, and one who will no doubt be entertained by your next move.

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(409 words, estimated 1:38 mins reading time)

Yes, The Quest. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

The search for what was lost on the way can often provide a sense of solace that cannot be found by simply soldiering on almost aimlessly, carrying on out of the force of habit and the indoctrination of tradition.

When we consider that the undertaking at hand is more than a mere journey, and instead that the purpose is to assume that there is indeed an acceptance of fate at stake, then what is revealed to those around you is the reflection of The Quest to come; and as with all self-sacrificing missions, the physical and the abandonment of ego, it becomes clear that rebirth, a renaissance of return can be found waiting to be played for the audience.

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(586 words, estimated 2:21 mins reading time)

Code 404 (Series Two). Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Daniel Mays, Stephen Graham, Rosie Cavaliero, Amanda Payton, Anna Maxwell Martin, Michelle Greenidge, Richard Adeoye, Richard Gadd, Emily Lloyd-Saini, Steve Oram, Tracy Ann Oberman, Steve Meo, Beau Fowler, Clive Russell, Meera Syal, Precious Mustapha.

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(566 words, estimated 2:16 mins reading time)

Roger Taylor, Outsider. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

To the Outsider looking in, the world is not just a mad, obscene, and quite often ridiculous place, it is the source of all the wealth of inspiration and creative encouragement they need in which to place before those inside the bubble of insecurity and bid them the spur in which to change the world.

However, it is in that madness that the insiders dwell and party as though there is no tomorrow, and for all the beauty, all the demanding truth you lay at their door, inside the bubble of insanity, inhabited by no moral gangsters, charlatans and fake messiahs and gods, they continue listening to only their over inflated opinions and irrational brainstorming insight.

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

Superintelligence. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * *

Cast: Melissa McCarthy, James Corden, Bobby Cannavale, Brian Tyree Henry, Sam Richardson, Ben Falcone, Michael Beach, Rachel Ticotin, Jessica St. Clair, Karan Soni, Jean Smart, Ken Griffey Jr., Octavia Spencer, William Daniels, Steve Mallory, Courtney Patterson, Usman Ally, Jenna Perusich, Carolyn Trahan, Jay Lay, Sarah Baker, Mac Alsfeld, Damon Jones, Eduardo Franco, Patrick Bristow.

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(581 words, estimated 2:19 mins reading time)

IndyAnna Baby, I’m Not Giving Up. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

We all succumb to a kind of complacency when we are on top of the world, when we feel as though the moment of heightened enjoyment will last forever, it is natural, it is fleeting, and we cannot help ourselves forever seeking out the thrill of it. For in that rush that complacency provides, we forget the truth of its opposite nature, we forget that hope, that tireless courage and faith in the human spirit provides a far greater drive to see us take on the world than the dream of personal, permanent utopia.

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(374 words, estimated 1:30 mins reading time)

The Goes Wrong Show: Summer Once Again. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Charlie Russell, Greg Tannahill, Dave Hearn. Henry Shields, Jonathan Sayer, Bryony Corrigan, Henry Lewis, Nancy Zamit.

If necessity is the mother of invention, then the company behind the uplifting farce that is provided in the comedy gold of The Goes Wrong Show are an inevitability of circumstance, time, and creation, an innovation that has no boundaries when it comes to placing trust in the conception of a well-timed slapstick moment and the televised charade of mock indignity. If necessity truly is the mother of invention, then the team are the 21st Century equivalent of every true original that ever-brought laughter to the audiences.

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(423 words, estimated 1:42 mins reading time)

Endeavour: Terminus. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Cast: Shaun Evans, Roger Allam, Sean Rigby, Anton Lesser, James Bradshaw, Caroline O’ Neill, Sara Vickers, Adam Ewan, William Sebag-Montefiore, Anna Burnett, Adam Mirsky, Ray Emmet Brown, Chirag Lobo, Martin Hutson, Marion Bailey, Matthew Marsh, Ben Bishop, Estelle Daniels, Jennifer Kirby, Abigail Thaw, Anthony Flanagan.

When one of the great detectives of British television pays homage to one of the finest, if not the best of murder mystery writers, the outcome, can either be one of forced recoil, almost a cringe of mixed volatility, or as in the case of the Endeavour episode Terminus, can leave the armchair detective almost hugging themselves with glee as the script unfolds, loving the delicate balance created between sheer admiration and genuine impressive insight.

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(496 words, estimated 1:59 mins reading time)

Vigil. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7/10

Cast: Suranne Jones, Rose Leslie, Shaun Evans, Paterson Joseph, Adam James, Connor Swindells, Gary Lewis, Lolita Chakrabarti, Anjli Mohindra, Lorne MacFadyen, Stephen Dillane, Lois Chimimba, Bobby Rainsbury, Cristian Ortega, Martin Compston, Daniel Portman, Tom Gill, Anita Vettesse, Orla Russell, Reuben Joseph, Cal MacAninch, Aisha Toussaint, Stephen McCole, Lauren Lyle, Theresa Bradley, Parth Thakerar, Oliver Lansley, Dan Li, Jim Sturgeon, Angelique Fernandez.

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(592 words, estimated 2:22 mins reading time)