Category Archives: TV

Ghosts. Series Five. Television Series Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast:  Lolly Adefope, Matthew Baynton, Simon Farnaby, Martha Howe-Douglas, Jim Howick, Laurence Rickard, Charlotte Ritchie, Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Ben Willbond, Yani Xander, Nathan Bryon, Geoffrey McGivern, Emma Sidi, Richard Durden, Peter Sandys-Clarke, Rufus Wright, Anna Crilly.

Endings must always be acknowledged for the emotions they unearth from within your soul.

We can sit back and cradle our heads in our hands and lament a passing, or we can smile at the thought of having had the fortune to be included in the moment, to share the time with what proves to be an inspirational piece of art and be part of something that caught our attention enough to have us wallow in its performance.

Ghosts. Series Five. Television Series Review. full post

(406 words, estimated 1:37 mins reading time)

Quantum Leap (2022). Television Series Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7/10

Cast: Raymond Lee, Caitlin Bassett, Mason Alexander Park, Nanrisa Lee, Ermie Hudson, Susan Diol, Georgina Reilly, Walter Perez.

Time has moved on but somehow remains the same when it comes to searching for a new idea when it comes to entertaining television viewers, and for those who were struck by the sense of excitement and particular novel storytelling that brought the original run of Quantum Leap to the screens, to look upon what is essentially a sequel, one that is written with a new sensibility and direction  driving the narrative, it can be daunting, perhaps even disrespectful to that which made Scott Bakula a house hold name and further enhanced the popularity of Dean Stockwell.

Quantum Leap (2022). Television Series Review. full post

(432 words, estimated 1:44 mins reading time)

Interview With The Vampire. Television Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Jacob Anderson, Sam Reid, Eric Bogosian, Assad Zaman, Bailey Bass, Kalyne Coleman, Chris Stack, Christian Robinson, Rae Dawn Chong, Maura Grace Athari, Roxane Duran, John DiMaggio, Jeff Pope, Dana Gourrier, Rachel Alana Handler, Rudy Eisenzopf, Kyle Roussel.

There is a difference between glitz and style, one not often noted upon when there is money thrown at glitz as if it were the smart prospect in the room because it has the big name behind it, bravado mistaken for confidence, arrogance confused with grace, and one that can be the ruin of a franchise before it even starts; for in humility the viewer immersed in a series created on the back of one of the best selling books of all time will be enthralled and not overwrought with the smell of perfume disguising the smell of rotten meat.

Interview With The Vampire. Television Drama Review. full post

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

The Burning Girls. Television Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Samantha Morton, Rupert Graves, Ruby Stokes, David Dawson, Paul Bradley, Jack Roth, Charlie Hamblett, John Macmillan, Jane Lapotaire, Beth Cordingly, Elodie Grace Orkin, Conrad Khan, Janie Dee, Safia Oakley-Green, Paul Fox, Charlie Price, Erin Ainsworth, Catherine Harvey, Liam Hatch.

The sins of our ancestors are always prevalent, and whilst we may be in part innocent of such crimes ourselves, we cannot remove the stain of the family name passed down when it comes to certain transgressions, certain wrongs in which we can be seen to have profited from personally.

The Burning Girls. Television Drama Review. full post

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

Love & Death. Television Drama series Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Elizabeth Olsen, Jesse Plemons, Lily Rabe, Patrick Fugit, Krysten Ritter, Tom Pelphrey, Elizabeth Marvel, Keir Gilchrist, Amelie Dallimore, Liam Pileggi, Harper Heath, Olivia Appelgate, Jennifer Neale Page, Bonnie Gayle Sparks, Aaron Jay Rome, Sara Burke, Richard C. Jones, Matthew Posey, Beth Broderick, Fabiola Andújar, Brian d’ Arcy James, Mackenzie Astin, Adam Cropper, Bruce McGill, Drew Waters, Sunday Dangerstone, Charlie Talbert, Robert Walden, Brad Leland, Boo Arnold, Dave Maldonado, Christ Freihofer, Christin Sawyer Davis, Deke Anderson.

Love & Death. Television Drama series Review. full post

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

Domina. Series Two. Television Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Kasia Smutniak, Matthew McNulty, Darrell D’Silva, Christine Bottomley, Ben Batt, Claire Forlani, Alex Lanipekun, Ewan Horrocks, Alais Lawson, Liah O’ Prey, Joseph Ollman, David Avery, Hannah Chinn, Benjamin Isaac, Joelle, Mia Jenkins, Isabelle Connolly, Ethan Moorhouse, Nathan Welsh, Yuliia Sobol, Fabrizio Romagnoli, Alexandra Moen.

Domina. Series Two. Television Drama Review. full post

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

Crime. Series Two. Television Series Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Dougray Scott, Joanna Vanderham, David Elliot, Ken Stott, Sani Mamood, Kim Chapman, Gabriel Scott, Emma Currie, Ewan Miller, Dylan Blore, John Simm, Laura Fraser, Rebecca Root, Ellie Haddington, Sarah McCardie, Derek Riddell, Sam Graham, Fiona Bell, Natalie May Kelly.

Long is the suffering that abuse leaves on the soul, and its consequence on society is such that the world is embedded in chaos and anger at all times; like a match to the touch paper, it can ignite at any time and rain down destruction on all sides of the thin blue line as they battle, like a dual personality sufferer, for supremacy and peace.

Crime. Series Two. Television Series Review. full post

(480 words, estimated 1:55 mins reading time)

Ahsoka. Television Series Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Rosario Dawson, David Tennant, Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Ray Stevenson, Ivanna Sakhno, Diana Lee Inosanto, Eman Esfandi, Hayden Christensen, Nican Robinson, Evan Whitten, Lars Mikkelsen, Genevieve O’Reilly, Paul Sun-Hyung Lee, Jeryl Prescott, Claudia Black, Jane Edwina Seymour, Wes Chatham, Nelson Lee, Paul Darnell, Maurice J. Irvin, Clancy Brown, Anthony Daniels.

The Mandalorian and Andor proved it, and Dave Filoni’s Ahsoka has doubled down with force on the insistence, but Star Wars as an entity no longer requires the presence of Luke Skywalker, General Leia Organa, or even Han Solo in starring roles to carry the much loved and admired franchise forward.

Ahsoka. Television Series Review. full post

(525 words, estimated 2:06 mins reading time)

Only Murders In The Building: Series Three. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Cast: Steve Martin, Martin Short, Selena Gomez, Paul Rudd, Meryl Streep, Michael Cyril Creighton, Jackie Hoffman, Tina Fey, Matthew Broderick, Jane Lynch, Jeremy Shamos, Jesse Williams, Mel Brooks, Teddy Coluca, Ryan Broussard, Jason Veasey, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, James Caverly, Gerard Caesar, Linda Emond, Ashley Park, Don Darryl Rivera, Wesley Taylor, Allison Guinn, Andrea Martin, Joel Waggoner, Taylor Colwell, Harry Sutton Jr.

Only Murders In The Building: Series Three. Television Review. full post

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

Crime. Series One. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Dougray Scott, Joanna Vanderham, Jamie Sives, Michael Abubaker, Gordon Kennedy, Angela Griffin, Ken Stott, Derek Riddell, Jonathan Kerrigan, Stuart Martin, Elle Haddington, Ewan Stewart, Laura Fraser, John Simm, Emma Hartley-Miller, Sarah McCardie, Alison McKenzie, Brian Bovell, Kim Chapman, Sorcha Groundsell, Paige Green, Ian Hanmore, Moyo Akendé, Bhav Joshi, Brian James Leys.

We demand that our police force be corruption free, that our detectives be without vice, that the thin blue line be rigid and unyielding, but never allowed to go beyond what is reasonable and defined by law in the pursuit of justice…

Crime. Series One. Television Review. full post

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