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The Revenge Club. Television Drama Series Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Aimee-Ffion Edwards, Martin Compston, Meera Syal, Douglas Henshall, Sharon Rooney, Chaneil Kular, Amit Shah, Aoife Kennan, Rob Malone, Wil Coban, Eion Duffy, Holly Harmon, Christina Bennington, Doireann McNally, Owen Teale, Catherine Walker, Niamh Walsh, Payal Mistry, Taru Devani.

Revenge is a dish best served with consequences understood, that by taking down those that wrong you can lead to a cost to your own soul, it can be the moment where the challenge of boundary will make you the perfect villain in the eyes of all; if though you can face that eventuality then why contemplate the act of reprisal on your own, the nature of vengeance as a solo effort, surely it is a better experience as part of like-minded group, The Revenge Club.

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(463 words, estimated 1:51 mins reading time)

Den Browne: Padlocks: Living With Sid And Nancy. Book Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

The term ‘Heroin chic’, popularised in the early 1990s by the world of fashion, provides a shameful reminder that at times we allow a glorification of some of the worst habits that a person can descend within, and whilst it often adds gravitas to a particular tale from an outsider’s point of view, it can but be galling to find that someone has fallen for a hero for more than their talent, that they openly admire their capacity for which ever drug of choice has led them to be remembered for.

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(653 words, estimated 2:37 mins reading time)

The Death Of Bunny Munro. Television Drama Series Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Matt Smith, Sarah Greene, Rafael Mathé, Johann Myers, Robert Glenister, Patrick Carswell, Alice Feetham, Ed Eales White, Lindsay Duncan, Francis Tomelty, Lydia Hunt, Bobby Rainsbury, Andrea Valls, Laura Doddington, Nick Cave, David Threlfall.

The Death Of Bunny Munro is arguably to be seen as a surreal exercise of indulgence that should not work, and yet it is a captivating sense of movement that details the length that some people will go to provide glorious colour to their own car crash of a life.

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(502 words, estimated 2:00 mins reading time)

Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here -50-. Box Set Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Of all the albums that Pink Floyd produced perhaps none come close to exploring melancholy, ghosts of the past and bitterness, despair and anger in equal measure than the 1975 release of Wish You Were Here.

Much has been written of the album’s mythos, the strangeness of seeing an old friend and leader of the Progressive Rock group standing in close proximity, staring meaningfully as the songs came to life, as they seemed to echo the disconnect that had been suffered with a sense of drama and distress; yet interestingly not with any kind of disruption to the machine, to the Pink Floyd story.

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(347 words, estimated 1:23 mins reading time)

It: Welcome To Derry. Television Series Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Taylour Paige, Jovan Adepo, Stephen Rider, Chris Chalk, Bill Skarsgård, Matilda Lawler, Amanda Christine, Clara Stack, Blake Cameron James, Arian S. Cartaya, James Remar, Thomas Mitchell, Madeline Stowe, Peter Outerbridge, Kimberly Guerrero, Joshia Odjick, Maya McNair, Hannah Storey, Maya Misaljevic, Alixandra Fuchs, Shane Marriott, Dorian Grey, Larry Day, Morningstar Angeline, Miles Ekhardt, Mikkal Karim Fidler, Craig Porritt, Sophia Lillis.

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(663 words, estimated 2:39 mins reading time)

Say Nothing. Television Drama Series Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Lola Pettigrew, Hazel Doupe, Emily Healy, Maxine Peake, Anthony Boyle, Josh Finan, Judith Roddy, Seamus O’ Hara, Connor Trainor, Art Parkinson, Cúán Hosty-Blaney, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Amy Molloy, Martiin McCann, Michael Coglan, Helen Behan, Rory Kinnear, Kerri Quinn, Laura Donnelly, Stuart Graham, Frank Blake, Eileen Walsh, Adam Best, Damien Molony, Ian McElhinney.

The difference between fact and fiction is headlines.

Quite often in war the headline is the biggest winner, the larger the perceived outrage the more in draws in debate, both sides questioning what they are achieving, and by effect the more courage and conviction the aggrieved party will feel to justify their cause.

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(597 words, estimated 2:23 mins reading time)

Shetland: Series 10. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Ashley Jensen, Alison O’ Donnell, Steven Robertson, Lewis Howden, Anne Kidd, Stuart Townsend, Clive Russell, Greg McHugh, Ellie Haddington, Louise Brealey, Niall MacGregor, Chloe-Ann-Tylor, Samuel Anderson, Marie MacDonell, Lila Rose, Adam Rhazali, Jennifer Hartland, Steven Miller, Francis Grey, Adam McNamara.

Even on a small island there are places where secrets are so well hidden that they could lay undisturbed for hundred of years, just as with artifacts finally unearthed from a long lost bronze age discovery, what comes to light will leave some wondering how it was never found before, and for others the information will be too much to bare, the secret laid bare worth killing for.

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(428 words, estimated 1:43 mins reading time)

Doctor Who: The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Dare You. Big Finish. Audio Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Christopher Eccleston, Billie Piper, Jack Ayres, Camille Coduri, Beverley Klein, Harry Myers, Dan Starkey.

The voices in our head are ones to which often guide us and steer us from trouble, they warn of the temptations, the moments that will knock us sideways, the ones that allow us to keep a clear conscious; it may be instinctive, it might be just common sense, but the voice of reason and respect is there to keep us from being foolish and a social pain.

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

Ashley Reaks: At Night The World Belongs To Me. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

We think we deserve to be in the light, to be the sunshine of everybody’s life, to be seen as so bright that in our company wearing shades becomes obligatory and without causing anything but smiles and hearing the hearty words of congratulations. That is the modern effect of belief, installed into us that we can be all things to all people and they will thank us for the barest effort we show.

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(411 words, estimated 1:39 mins reading time)

Fine Young Cannibals: FYC40. Album Boxset Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

The 80s was a time of obvious change, a period which the everyday that had been hanging in the air without recognition suddenly shifted, the momentum quickened, the hangovers of previous generation became polarised and the passion of anger was relit, reawakened from the early days of Punk and instead utilised with force and beauty a different kind of music scene, one that made pop be more than just bubblegum and teenage dreams, and actually not just make a point, but hammer it home with aggression and a vibe of consistency.

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(607 words, estimated 2:26 mins reading time)