Tim Readman & Andy Cooke: 12 Hits Of Christmas. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

It could be argued that one of the reasons that Christmas is so adored is the sense of the comfortable routine that people wrap themselves in, long nights inside beside a humble, but grateful fire, old familiar smells emanating from the kitchen as parents find ways to restore hope with the food they have worked hard for, the swapping of gifts, memories and tokens as songs, both of religious and spiritual meaning, and those we have come to expect, play out from radios, music channels on the television, and mixing in between the adverts like the unwelcome ghost at the Christmas dinner table.

Bright Town : Smithereens. E.P. Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

It takes a village to raise a child, it takes a city to mould it, so what does that mean for the Bright Town that gives the youth its first sense of the dynamic that awaits, the joy of performance that waiting in the wings to be released; could it be that this is where the generations meet, where the once narrow road widens and encourages the youth to take on the mantle of adult hood and take issue with mess left in ruins by the previous incumbents, to smash the relics to Smithereens.

Daria Kulesh: Eve. E.P. Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

It is the beginning and the source of life, the beauty of the unknown yet to unfold as we look to Eve to measure our love, and yet we soon allow this passion of the foundation of creation to be usurped by the gods of war, tin men with tin hearts, to employ the means of destruction.

Strike: Troubled Blood. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Cast: Tom Burke, Holliday Grainger, Sophie Ward, Jonas Armstrong, Kenneth Cranham, Robin Askwith, Sutara Gayle, Abigail Lawrie, Jessica Impiazzi, Georgia Furlong, Tilly Walker, Carys Bowkett, Thomas Harper-Jones, Ian Redford, Linda Bassett, Syrus Lowe, Phil Langhorne, Kerr Logan, Sarah Sweeney, Genevieve Hulme Beaman, Artie Wilkinson-Hunt, Morgan Jones, Kate Speak, Kierston Wareing, Calvin Dean, Charlie Price, Samuel Oatley, Fionnula Flanagan, Mazz Murray, Giles Matthey, Toni Peach, Eliza Collings, Jack Morris, Ruth Sheen, Andy de la Tour, Jacob James Beswick, Lionelle Nsarhaza, Sam Woolf, Crispin Letts, James Corrigan, Celia Learmonth, Jack Greenlees, Carol MacReady, Anna Calder-Marshall, Madhav Sharma, Dayo Koleosho, Claire Dunbar, Simon Snashall, Ben Crompton, Flaminia Cinque, Cherie Lunghi, Edward Rowe, Michael Tully, Daniel Peacock, Michael Byrne, Mary Roscoe, Billy Boyle, Mollie Holder, Christina Cole, Charlotte Eaton, Henri Merriam, Phil Cornwell, Suzanne Burden, Joe Johnsey.

Amsterdam. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, John David Washington, Alessandro Nivola, Andrea Riseborough, Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Rock, Matthias Schoenaerts, Michael Shannon, Mike Myers, Taylor Swift, Timothy Olyphant, Zoe Saldana, Rami Malek, Robert De Niro, Mel Fair, Vaughn Page, Bonnie Hellman, Max Perlich, Jessica Drake, Ed Bagley Jr., Colleen Camp, Gabe Doppelt, Lauren Shaw, Brandon Davis, Casey Biggs, Dey Young, Sean Avery,  Gigi Bermingham, Andre Tardieu, Casey Graf, Rebecca Wisocky, Daniel Riordan.

Zach Phillips: Goddaughters. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Be the best that you can ever be, but never allow yourself to think that you are superior to anyone, be gracious and be an inspiration, however, never allow anyone to stop your dreams, never allow the Goddaughters of providence and chance to stop you from conceiving brilliance.

Following on from 2020’s The Wine Of Youth and pursued through a period in time in which life, human existence was pushed close to breaking, San Diego’s Zach Phillips returns, stimulated and encouraged by a darker sentiment, one of a possibility that we never want to see or consider happening in his brand new release, the superb Goddaughters.

Vienna Blood: Deadly Communion. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Matthew Beard, Jurgen Maurer, Amelia Bullmore, Conleth Hill, Charlene McKenna, Luise von Finckh, Raphael von Bargan, Szonja Oroszlán, Lara Mandoki, Lisa Marie Pothoff, Nils Arzimann, Lujza Hajdú, Sara Schmitt, Jurgen Maurer, Josef Ellers, Robert Reinagl, Anna Kulbatzki, Victoria Nikolaaevskaj, Ákos Inotay, Markus Freistätter, Luise von Finckh, Xaver Hutter, David Rott, Dániel Kozma, Miriam Hie, Rainer Egger, Péter Végh, Raphael von Bergen, Zsófia Bach, Attila Arpa, Ilvie Moritz, Maria Köstlinger, Laura Podlovica, Lilla Czvikker, Mara Romel, Stefen Puntigam, Levente Törköly.

The fashion industry is murder.

Sebastian And The Poor Valley Marauders: Live. Volume 1. E.P. Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Live and in person, the sound triggers the imagination, the lyrics offer the heart a chance to beat quicker, to the mind a sense of purpose is grasped, and for the soul, well when you listen to Sebastian And The Poor Valley Marauders in full flight, the soul can only praise which ever deity gave you ears for the belief you are about to receive.

The English. Television Series Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Chaske Spencer, Emily Blunt, Tom Hughes, Steve Wall, Stephen Rae, Valerie Pachner, Malcolm Storry, Nicholas Aaron, Ciarán Hinds,  Ian Pirie, Toby Jones, Miguel Alvarez, William Belleau, Walt Klink, Cristian Solimeno, Tadhg Murphy, Rafe Spall, Julian Bleach, Jan Knightley, Rod Rondeaux, Corey Bird, Sam Alexander, Tonantzin Carmelo, Nichola McAuliffe, Andy Williams, Kristian Phillips, Ben Temple, Gary Farmer, Arturo Vazquez, Matilda Ziobrowski, Jimmy Shaw, Benjamin Victor, Edward Crook, Kimberly Guerrero, Stuart Milligan.

James Patterson: Triple Cross. Book Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7/10

Alex Cross, a man of many talents, brought to literary life by a writer with fingers in many pies. This is the life of one of the most open detectives on record, almost perfect in every detail, a loving home, a family who are the joy of his life, colleagues who respect him, a nation that seems to hold him in high esteem, heard of by all, and who will go to the ends of the Earth to bring murderers to justice, to account for their sins.