Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *
Like the name New York, something’s are worth repeating twice in the same breath or in the same excited tone, like the return of local heroes to a treasured venue after only a couple of months and with the same stirring set and the same quality of music being performed by band and orchestra alike.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *
Cast: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Nicole Kidman, Julia Roberts, Dean Norris, Alfred Molina, Joe Cole, Michael Kelly, Zoe Graham, Patrick Davis, Eileen Fogarty, Lyndon Smith, Kim Yarborough, Mark Famiglietti, Amir Malaklou, Niko Nicotera, Dennis Keiffer, Don Harvey.
Remaking a film for an English speaking audience can be problematic, it can detract from the spectacle that originally played out or even lose some of the drive that first made the story a hit, thankfully the producers behind Secret In Their Eyes have kept the tension and effort of concentration in place and the final pay off is one that still catches the audience unawares.
Apparently he died alone.
The year which had taken greats and the loved,
by its own admission, Time had murdered
them all without malice,
with charm and pity, sad
for the sadness Time had caused
as it placed a hand over the faces
and blew out their waxen candles
one last time, celebrated, wailing
and tears, celebrity bringing its own
terminal end with a semblance of togetherness.
Yet he died alone, in a doorway,
February cold his warmth
as he shut his eyes and huddled closer,
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
The mood is always infectious when certain classic Rock songs make an appearance on the public bar juke box, the anticipation of what track is going to appear next, what standard or anthem will have the crowd singling loudly and what will have the tear of regret and the memory of a particular moment forever seared into the brain. Music arguably has that ability to make the brain remember valuable recollections more so than any other art form and as the crescendo of The Classic Rock Show reached ever higher, as the Philharmonic Hall crowd were swayed and teased with greatness, so the memory of Time was played out to some of the unbeatable guitar riffs and unforgettable lyrics.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
Slow and meandering, wistful, peaceful, ally, hindrance, roaring with thunder or verging on the edge of destructive impulse, whichever way you look at the river that runs closest to your home, it can be argued that it influences you more than you realise. Just as those who are fortunate to live by the sea feel the calm reassurance of the tides and the crash of the waves as they skim off layer after layer of rock, so too does The River place its timeless majesty into the heart of the community and for Hamish Napier, The River is the subject of an album that has all the attributes needed to make the person think just that little bit more about what shapes their lives.
Put on a proper suit,
do up your tie,
sing the National Anthem,
cut your hair, it’s a disgrace
stop biting your nails,
you go to Drama School?,
your only option lad
is to join the army,
make a man out of you,
pacifist, you’ll grow out of that lad
in the real world,
where’s your uniform,
where’s your tie,
you will have to wear one every day lad,
in the real world,
listen to proper music,
stop reading that type of book,
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
Enlightenment comes in many forms, it can be deafening, it can be as silent as the ghost of a wind travelling up a river estuary, the only ripple that can be discerned is that as the breeze ruffles the ears of corn or disturbs the water; enlightenment may suggest itself at that point where even if you didn’t feel the gust then all around you certainly did.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
History rarely makes itself known, it just appears. The signs may be there, the historian may point to certain moments in which the realisation of what is occurring is shaped and polished, whatever the reason for history, in whatever shape or form, whether it is of enormous consequence or of the subtlety of change, the change will arguably not register world-wide but to whom the earthquake tremor reaches the sensitive and the symbol chaser.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 5/10
Cast: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Kate Winslet, Woody Harrelson, Anthony Mackie, Clifton Collins Jr., Casey Affleck, Gal Gadot, Teresa Palmer, Aaron Paul, Norman Reedus, Michael Kenneth Williams, Michelle Ang, Luis Da Silva Jr.
Corruption is one in which no one can truly escape unless they have found a way to shelter from the storm of everyday and the lure of greed and fear; everybody has a weakness, everybody has a secret in which they can be pushed to the point of crossing their own line of decency. It is a decency that unfortunately is missing in the film Triple 9.
She always yearns to be free,
just to breathe, just to experience
a life of her own
and not one tucked away in his shadow,
a silhouette fighting in dusk
and whilst she knows he acknowledges her
existence, he was always sincere like that,
it was always in whispered tones
and the suggestion that she would never
see daylight, that she was the companion
who understand more than he ever could.
She desires, he desires, both always
on the losing side, for existence