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It could be argued that today we share too much of ourselves, that we find ways to harm our souls by shedding our skins in the wrong place, we find solace in being able to be comforted by strangers, that we seek validation from those who do not care for our welfare or for the stories we want to impart.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
Somewhere along the line we have found a way to be believe that polished beyond the point of recognition is to be lauded as the ultimate form of expression, that the deep rumble of an old recording, one with jumps and scratches, of moments of tin driven sound and supposed lack of fireworks, is the only way in which to hear the beat of another person’s mind.
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There is nothing wrong with a wonderfully observed scare, it all depends on the delivery, the resonance of feeling in which it is felt, and should the story be conveyed by the surrounding of a joyful tune, one that without words would take on a completely different meaning, then so much the better.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
We cannot but help to embrace the creatures of bad habits, we cheer secretly on the enigmatic bad guy taunting the hero on the large screen, we take to our hearts the bad boy and girl with the rough name in the neighbourhood, and why, because it adds the glimmer of excitement to our lives. We are involved in the storyline of Frankenstein, not because we are turned on by science and innovations, but because we want to see the creature created by the Doctor’s passion, live.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
Cast: Rami Malek, Gwilym Lee, Ben Hardy, Joseph Mazzello, Lucy Boynton, Mike Myers, Aiden Gillen, Tom Hollander, Allen Leech, Aaron McCusker, Max Bennett, Jess Rodomska, Ace Bhatti, Dickie Beau, Dermot Murphy, Meneka Das, Neil Fox-Roberts.
Queen can be viewed in two different ways, there will be those who champion the band, who see the band and revel in the music created, the uniqueness, the harmony of expression, the explosion of personality and the dedication to craft songs and albums in which nobody has been able to come close to capturing the vibe of since; then there will be those who see them as one of the architects of overhype, of being part of all that was perhaps wrong with rock, of destructive traits, of having a leading man who allowed his demons and desires to get in the way of making music.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
Cast: Gerard Kearns, Elinor Lawless, Robbie O’ Neill, Russell Richardson.
In our act of observance, of recording the facts of a certain situation so that if justice needs to be served, it is done so without bias, without favouritism and with impartiality at the forefront of truth, we can find ourselves in the unwarranted position of being accused of being involved with the crime at hand, or finding our name being labelled as a traitor. To observe, to witness history in the eyes of the pacifist is to know that death by other’s actions is always a possibility, it might just depend which side decides to pull the trigger.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
Cast: John Wark, Alexandra Guelff, Matthew Kelly, Veronica Roberts, Benjamin Chandler, David Yelland, Robert Mountford.
Almost half a century on from his death, the writing, the conscious of one of Britain’s most revered poets, not only of the 20th Century, but arguably of all time, hangs over the nation like Banquo’s Ghost at the table, accusing in many ways the country of neglecting its soul, of pursuing a course of action in which poems such as September 1st 1939 have been forgotten in their entirety, the message of W.H. Auden becoming an almost whimsy-like fascination. It is perfectly acceptable for the poet to come to hate his own creations, become embarrassed by them, shun them even, but a nation should never forget the deep riches left by the fire, singed, but never completely turned to ash.
Liverpool Sound And Vision Rating 9/10
The silver screen perhaps doesn’t dominate our lives as it once had the power to do, the epics of today perhaps not quite satisfying the taste buds, the heroes not dashing enough, the heroines of not holding the attention of the camera in the same way as the actresses who schemed and challenged conformity across the genres of Noir and horror pictures, the Monsters steeped in a place beyond nightmares; where Dracula and the Wolf-man are no longer misunderstood creatures, and instead have the right to be ugly in thought and deed.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7/10
The world is full of evil men who grab the headlines and place terror into the hearts of those too young to understand the reasons why they have been chosen, a target for the sick, an objective for the gruesome, it is the actions of the tasteless and the humanly revolting. Yet, somehow we find ourselves in the nightmare they create, we wish to see order restored but we are fascinated, intrigued, by how their brain works, what makes a person do such depraved acts, the methods they employ and how the police become involved in Hunting A Predator.
So close
that I could drown
in The Tamar in the attempt
in trying to reach
a buried deep home…
Too close the brightness of the day
that started out by hanging
on my doorstep
as the four in the morning Blues
threatened to send my over
active mind
into the screaming landscape
of anxiety filled possession.
The cold of autumn
on the empty dance floor of Lime Street
is briefly ignited by the warm
good morning greeting to stony Ken,