To bring to life our vision we must be prepared to sacrifice a piece of ourselves, what that exactly entails is usually up to the one who sees the picture unfold before them, to the writer, it arguably something more, for the piece of art they are creating remains in the dark, unseen, hidden away and perhaps only glimpsed at during moments of inspiration or melancholy; for the Missing Beat to which the writer lives in is one that millions want to feel but few are willing to actually live with.
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Rocketman. Film Review.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
Cast: Taron Egerton, Richard Madden, Bryce Dallas Howard, Jamie Bell, Harriet Walter, Tate Donovan, Gemma Jones, Charlie Rowe, Jimmy Vee, Steven Mackintosh, Matthew Illesley, Kit Connor, Ophelia Loveibond, Celinde Schoenmaker, Stephen Graham, Rachel Muldoon.
We are all the heroes of our own story, that much is universally acknowledged, we may flatter to deceive ourselves, we embellish certain parts, omit the painful if possible and yet despite all this we might also think of our existence in stark black and white, the villain, the destroyer of dreams and the devil in everybody else’s detail. It is human nature to see ourselves as both the dashing hero and the anarchic tornado which sweeps through the lives of others, pulling the ground that is beneath their feet and tossing them aside when the mood suits us.
Aladdin (2019). Film Review.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
Cast: Will Smith, Mena Massoud, Naomi Scott, Marwen Kenzari, Navid Negahban, Nasim Pedrad, Jordan A. Nash, Billy Magnussen, Taliyah Blair, Aubrey Lin, Amir Boutrous, Numan Acar, Nina Wadia, Alan Tudyk, Frank Welker.
We stand in the shadow of our childhood loves and see them being reworked, rewritten and given new life, for some such a moment in which they see their favourite film given a fresh face is perhaps too much to bear. The social media outrage can be vicious, head-scratching and concerning and whilst it is understandable that we see our own lives wrapped in such events, the way we look upon change now is almost as if it is personal, directed against our first firm held beliefs.
The Secret Life Of Pets 2. Film Review.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *
Cast: Patton Oswalt, Kevin Hart, Harrison Ford, Eric Stonestreet, Jenny Slate, Tiffany Haddish, Lake Bell, Dana Carvey, Bobby Moynihan, Chris Renaud, Ellie Kemper, Pete Holmes, Henry Lynch, Nick Kroll, Sean Giambrone, Meredith Salenger, Michael Beattie, Kiely Renaud.
Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band, The Traveler. Album Review.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
The journey is not meant to be smooth sailing, occasionally the wind will drop and you will find yourself becalmed, motionless, moored in a sea that wants to rage but find finds no tempest calling. In those times the voyager might find that the journey is of no consequence, the diary running dry, the memories made fading into the far recesses of the mind, only to be caressed back to life with careful thought.
Gavin Sutherland, A Traveller’s Tales. Album Review.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *
How often do we truly sit down and seek enlightenment from the anecdotes and mysteries entwined within the set of A Traveller’s Tales, how often do we sit in silence and let the narrator’s words flow over us and sit in silence, reflecting not on the appearance or the situation, but solely on the legend being created? In this fast-paced modern world in which we cannot even let a day turn without a sarcastic remark or subtle dig in the ribs go past on social media, we don’t let the story sink in, a traveller’s tale deserves more respect.
Hatton Garden. Television Review.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7.5/10
Cast: Kenneth Cranham, Timothy Spall, David Hayman, Alex Norton, Brian F. O’ Byrne, Geoff Bell, Nasser Memarzia, Amira Ghazalla, Lucy Thackeray, Tom Christian, Thomas Coombes, T’Nia Miller, Paul Blackwell, Karl Farrer, Ian Puleston-Davies, Deborah Rock, Toni Thorpe.
Paul Anderson, Beauties Of The North. Album Review.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *
We listen to the multitude who sing off the same chorus sheet, we applaud and make a fuss over the group dynamic which ranges in degrees of finesse and performance because we feel that there is safety in numbers, that there is a sense of cause in the army containing baritones and sopranos, an expression of grief and joy that is harnessed by the collective over the passion of the one.
Christina Larocca, These Are My Whiskey Dreams. Album Review.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
We are actively urged to change the world and yet how many of us find the direction in which to pursue these goals, to keep on the straight line and absorb the bumps in the road that have been placed to throw us off course; it is enough to make us throw away the keys to our own success, ditch the vehicle we are driving and head on into the bar of existence and breathe in the fumes of our neighbours favourite dram.
Hollis Brown, Ozone Park. Album Review.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *
When you are asked to look across the Atlantic and implored to describe what you might find, you would not be blamed or judged for thinking in terms of New York City, specifically the Island of Manhattan and whilst the towers gleam, the streets bustle with excitement and seemingly to the ghostly tunes of old style Jazz and Blues and the enticing face of Capitalism, it lures you in and then spits you out onto the streets, there is far more to the greater area that surrounds 42 Street, that looks across to the symbol of French platitudes and shines a beacon to the world.