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It seems incredulous that one of the godfathers of Progressive Rock should witness his own solo career defined by what could only be described as inertia, even apathy as he struggled to live in the shadows of two of the biggest presences and one of absolute enigma as they created music that would span into the coming decades with brutal certainty.
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…
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
When an album has the feel of a concept perfectly weaved through it, and yet does not have the final essence that gives it that stamp of recognition, that is the sign of total mastery by the artist, and arguably what might be considered the best album of a career because of it.
Toyah, the undisputed Queen of Birmingham’s gig theatre experience, stepped out of the adulation received for the album Anthem, and perhaps found a different way to express her own feelings, her emotions, and turned the poetry and art within her rage to one which is almost Progressive, beyond verse, it is punk but with an extra emotional drama attached to it.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7/10
Cast: Adam Driver, Ariana Greenblatt, Chloe Coleman, Nika King, Brian Dare.
Laudable, proof on intent, utilising the very best aspects of humanity placed in a terrible situation where the audience understands the race against time and Armageddon, and yet 65, despite the dinosaur and meteor CGI, finds itself in the realm of the big feature film excess that falls unfortunately under the weight of expectation.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
Cast: Anson Mount, Ethan Peck, Jess Bush, Christina Ching, Celia Rose Gooding, Melissa Navia, Babs Olusanmokun, Rebecca Romijn, Paul Wesley, Adrian Holmes, Carol Kane, Melanie Scrofano, Dan Jeannotte, Bruce Horak, Mia Kirschner, Gia Sandhu, Tawny Newsome, Jack Quaid, Noël Wells, Eugene Cordero, Jerry O’ Connell, Greg Byrk, Clint Howard, Martin Quinn.
To view a series with the foreknowledge of what may happen to many of the characters in the future is one that in most circumstances would arguably lead to viewer apathy, the storyline hoped for always standing in the shadows of the decline and death of a main player just so that they can feel the emotion of loss and excitement.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
Often a performer will acknowledge the influence of a band or songwriter in a way that an odd song will creep into their repertoire on stage or feature with a wistful air of appreciation on an album; it is a more than a nod to the past, it is a tribute that all who create art must admit to if they are to be seen as sincere and earnest about their craft.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
Never Stop…for the moment you do you run the risk of people believing you have become an irrelevance, you become forgotten, only finding your name being mentioned in passing in a popular evening gameshow or recalled as the music for an arthouse film’s midway credits.
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Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Steve Buscemi, Geraldine Viswanathan, Karan Soni, Jon Bass, Ithamar Enriquez, Erin Darke, David Dastmalchian, Annie Mumlo, Lisa Loeb, Quinta Brunson, Jon Daly, Garcelle Beauvais, Tim Heidecker, Paul F. Tompkins, Ego Nwodim, Kyle Mooney, Sascha Compère, Lolly Adefope.
Whoever thought of casting Daniel Radcliffe and Steve Buscemi together in Miracle Workers must be preserved for their intelligent and off the wall mind.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
We scatter dust to the wind when time has reached its end, when that faithful friend has left us and we wish to ensure that they travel onwards, that their force, their soul, will keep being part of the world and all it can envision beneath its wings.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
Cast: Paul McGann, Alex Kingston, Nicola Walker, Hattie Moran, John Banks, Robert Bathurst, Kirsty Besterman, Mark Bonnar, Hamish Clark, Paul Marc Davis, Andrew Dickens, Cory English, Derek Ezenagu, Vincent Franklin.
Time to regroup and allow the mind peace after what amounts to a battle of survival is one that is denied to the vast majority of the world, for we inhabit a world run by mad men who insist that constantly been overrun is good for the heart, that we must be kept busy otherwise we are run the risk of being labelled and judged as feckless, insolent, or even cowardly.