Category Archives: TV

The Pembrokeshire Murders. Television Review.

Cast: Luke Evans, Keith Allen, Caroline Berry, Oliver Ryan, Alexandria Riley, Charles Dale, David Fynn, Steve Meo, Richard Corgan, Kyle Lima, Steffan Cennydd, Simon Nehan, Roger Evans, Rhodri Evan, Anastasia Hille, Simon Armstrong, William Thomas, Suzanne Packer, Owen Teale, Rhys Parry Jones, Ian Saynor, Ioan Hefin, Mabli Jen Eustace, Edward Llewelyn, Sara Gregory, Vern Griffiths, Amy Morgan, Hywel Morgan, Llinor ap Gwynedd.

Supergirl: Season Two. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Melissa Benoist, Mehcad Brooks, Chyler Leigh, Jeremy Jordan, Floriana Lima, Chris Wood, David Harewood, Frederick Schmidt, Rich Ting, Lynda Carter, Dichen Lachman, William Mapother, Dean Cain, Grant Gustin, Benda Strong, Calista Flockhart, Ian Gomez, Katie McGrath, Tyler Hoechlin, Sharon Leal, Terri Hatcher, Harley Quinn Smith, Kevin Sorbo.

There can be no doubting the impact that graphic novels have had on society, the mark they left, the sense of optimism in dark times that they asked their readers to embrace, and the artistic appreciation to which in less than enlightened times were the bane of schoolteachers and parents alike.

Uncle Vanya. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Cast: Roger Allam, Richard Armitage, Anna Calder-Marshall, Rosalind Eleazer, Toby Jones, Dearbhla Molloy, Aimee Lou Wood, Peter Wright.

The annoyance of life is such that it only takes one diversion in the perceived day to day normality to throw us from the gentle walk to oblivion and into the realm of unfettered chaos.

Doctor Who: Revolution Of The Daleks. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision 7/10

Cast: Jodie Whittaker, Bradley Walsh, Mandip Gill, Tosin Cole, John Barrowman, Chris North, Harriet Walter, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Nathan Armarkwei Laryea, Helen Anderson, Nicholas Briggs, Barnaby Edwards, Nicholas Pegg, Sharon D. Clarke.

You cannot knock the style or the sentiment of certain ideas when they have been placed upon the screen; especially in a time when CGI can put into practice the structure of the author and the imagination of the crew. However, in wanting to declare a revolution one must expect casualties, one person or more will be sacrificed to the winds of war, and many will take a step back and ask if the end justifies the means.

Not Going Out: Christmas Special (2020). Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Lee Mack, Sally Bretton, Bobby Ball, Deborah Grant, Geoffrey Whitehead, Hugh Dennis, Abigail Cruttenden.

We have all been there at some point or another, the forced bonhomie of another party in which we would rather be anywhere else, but because of tradition, because of friendship, because of love, we paint a smile on our face and join in the games, we reminisce about old times and we talk loudly of the good times and plans to be executed in the year to come. The sadness that we feel, the losses we have suffered, the joy that was displaced, is turned on itself, that by Not Going Out, we are placing ourselves in the path of internal review, that the close quarters reveal our inner most thoughts in a way that betray the hopes of the clock ticking down to the inevitable zero.

Black Narcissus. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision 7/10

Cast: Gemma Arterton. Aisling Franciosi, Nila Aalia, Patst Ferran, Rosie Cavaliero, Gianni Gonsalves, Soumil Malla, Alessandro Nirvola, Wayne Llewellyn, Dipika Kunwar, Chaneil Kular, Jim Broadbent, Diana Rigg, Aahish Shrestha, Gina McKee, Prabal Sonam Ghising, Komal Ghambole, Kulvinder Ghir, Charlie Maher, Karen Bryson, Lauren Okadigbo, Sabin Basnet.

Tin Star: Liverpool. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Tim Roth, Genevieve O’Reilly, Abigail Lawrie, Tanya Moodie, Kerrie Hayes, Joanne Whalley, Ian Hart, Neve McIntosh, Andrew Schofield, Neil Fitzmaurice, Lindzi Germain, Michael Starke, John McGrellis, Emma Bispham, Leanne Best, Percelle Ascot, Kaitlyn Akinpelumi, Julia Carlile, Warren Donnelly, Mark Womack.

Every story has a beginning, every action has its initial spur, and the roads taken don’t lead to Rome, nor do they really lead anywhere else…except back to Liverpool, the place which Jung called “The pool of life”, and for Jack, Angela and Anne, Liverpool is the one place where they should never go back to, where the roads are not paved with gold, but with regret, fear, and the damage inflicted.

Raised By Wolves. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Amanda Collin, Abubakar Salim, Winta McGrath, Travis Fimmel, Niamh Algar, Jordan Loughran, Felix Jamieson, Ethan Hazzard, Aasiya Shah, Ivy Wong, Clayton Evertson, Loulou Taylor, Matias Varela, Susan Danford, Litha Bam, Garth Breytenbach, Anila van Rensburg, Shoko Yoshimura, Jenna Upton, Daniel Lasker, Avumile Qongoo, Nala Khumalo, Chris Fisher, Sienna Hurst, Tristan de Beer, Tanya van Graan, Tarryn Wyngaard, Kabelo Bouga Chalatsane, Cosmo Jarvis, Brendan Sean Murray, Adrian Schiller, Fadzai Simango, Carel Nel.

Roald And Beatrix: The Tale Of The Curious Mouse. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Dawn French, Harry Tayler, Nina Sosanya, John Hannah, Jessica Hynes, Alison Steadman, Bill Bailey, Nick Mohammed, Rob Brydon, Mollie Holder, Reegan Davies, Rhys Parry Jones, Kevin Bishop, Kimberley Nixon.

It doesn’t matter when it happens, or perhaps even how, but to meet the one person outside of your family to whom your life from that moment is shaped by even the barest, smallest conversation, is a tale to which to inspire others.

Worzel Gummidge: Saucy Nancy. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Mackenzie Crook, Shirley Henderson, Vanessa Redgrave, Rosie Cavaliero, Steve Pemberton, India Brown, Warrick Brownlow-Pike, Thierry Wickens, Spencer Jones, Brian Blessed, The Unthanks, Daniel Copeland, Youssef Kerkour, Denise Mack, Francesca Mills, Christopher Patrick Nolan, Daniel Page, Jason Pennycooke, Tim Plester.

What was once lost, can often be returned to where it is needed, as long as people are willing enough to care about history and nature.