Ghosts (US). Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Rose McIver, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Brandon Scott Jones, Richie Moriarty, Danielle Pinnock, Asher Goodman, Rebecca Wisocky, Sheila Carrasco, Devan Chandler Long, Román Zaragosa, Tristan D. Lalla, John Hartman, Arthur Holden, Nigel Downer, Stuart Fink, Betsy Sodaro, Mark Linn-Baker, Kathryn Greenwood, Christian Daoust, Cody Crain, Cat Lemieux, Rodrigo Fernandez-Stoll, Odessa A’zion.

It is a curious proposition that any show, especially comedy, that is a big hit in Britain, can face a clamour of public calls for it to be remade for the American television market.

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(684 words, estimated 2:44 mins reading time)

Resident Alien. Series Two. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Alan Tudyk, Sara Tomko, Corey Reynolds, Alice Wetterlund, Levi Fiehler, Judah Prehn, Elizabeth Bowen, Meredith Garretson, Gary Farmer, Diane Bang, Jenna Lamia, Kaylayla Raine, Gracelyn Awad Rinke, Alex Barima, Linda Hamilton, Mandell Maughan, Sarah Podemski, Deborah Finkel, Ben Cotton, Justin Rain, Trevor Carroll, Alvin Sanders, Terry O’ Quinn, Nathan Fillion, Nicola Correia-Damude, Michael Cassidy, Kesler Talbot, David Bianchi, Enver Gjokaj, Jan Boss, John Innes, Paul Piaskowski, Robert Moloney, Eleanor Walker, George Takei.

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

The Plague: Hope For The F.U.T.U.R.E. (2.0). Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

What was once a dream of shining spires, of mutual collaboration between countries, and a prospect of peace, learning, and undaunted exploration forged in the unfettered potential, has become a future that is uncertain, that is stranded somewhere between bleak and inaccessible, of opportunity dashed, and expectations lowered, slashed to the barest bone of life.

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

The Batman. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Robert Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz, Jeffrey Wright, Colin Farrell, Paul Dano, John Turturro, Andy Serkis, Peter Sarsgaard, Jayme Lawson, Gil Perez-Abraham, Peter McDonald, Con O’ Neill, Alex Ferns, Rupert Penry-Jones, Kosha Engler, Barry Keoghan, Sandra Dickinson.

Every generation has its Batman. Every generation around it could find fault with the portrayal, only as with the divisive nature of religion, there are too many gods in which to hoist your devotion and understanding too. Better it seems is to acknowledge that each interpretation is but a part of a whole, take what you want from it, leave good karma, and revel in perhaps one of graphic novel and comic history’s finest ever creations.

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(582 words, estimated 2:20 mins reading time)

The Guardians Of The Galaxy Holiday Special. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Chris Pratt, Pom Klementieff, Dave Bautista, Kevin Bacon, Sean Gunn, Karen Gillan, Michael Rooker, Bradley Cooper, Vin Disel, Maria Bakalova, Rhett Miller, Murray Hammond, Ken Bethea, Philip Peeples, Kyra Sedgwick, Si Chen, Don McLeod, Thomas McNamara, Daniel Bernhardt, Michelle Gunn, Flula Birg, Matthew Withers, Rusty Schwimmer, Helene D’ Auria, Tinashe Kajese, Barry Curtis, Rachel Luttrell, Giovannie Cruz, Stephen Blackehart, Sarah Alami, Terence Rosemore, Luke Klein.

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(629 words, estimated 2:31 mins reading time)

Disenchanted. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, Maya Rudolph, Gabriella Baldacchino, Rachel Duff, James Marsden, Idina Menzel, Yvette Nicole Brown, Jayma Mays, Kolton Stewart, Oscar Nuñez, Alan Tudyk, Griffin Newman, Brooke Josephson, Mila Jackson, Lara Jackson, Eimear Morrissey.

It is the way of the modern world; a studio realises they have a cinematic hit on their hands and quickly takes steps to rush out a sequel. A couple of quick years pass, and the movie is almost seamless, the succession soon passed down, and before you know it you have a franchise on your hands. It is understandable, and whilst commercial capitalism is unhealthy, it does allow the viewer to keep the story in their minds, to keep it fresh, and not allow the tale on screen to become stagnant.

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(576 words, estimated 2:18 mins reading time)

Andor. Television Series Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Cast: Diego Luna, Stellan Skarsgård, Genevieve O’ Reilly, Kyle Soller, Denise Gough, Jacob James Beswick, Adria Arjona, Faye Marsey, Andy Sirkis, Varada Sethu, Elizabeth Dulau, Anton Lesser, Michael Jenn, Dave Chapman, Robert Emms, Kathryn Hunter, Joplin Sibtain, Bronte Carmichael, Alastair Mackenzie, Alex Ferns, Noof Ousellam, Wilf Scolding, Duncan Pow, Ben Bailey Smith, Lee Ross, Fiona Shaw, Abhin Galeya, Muhanned Bhaier, Ben Miles, Kingsley Amadi, Alex Lawther, Christopher Fairbank.

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(530 words, estimated 2:07 mins reading time)

Thom Morecroft: The Last Day You Left Home. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

The place in the heart in which to carry Thom Morecroft is not only set aside, but completely reserved, preserved in amber maybe, stored with the knowledge that his songwriting will find a way to brighten the day, and even make the most melancholic of moments take on such a hue of colour that the  expression and depth created is simply magical, beautiful, an arrangement that defies almost any subject that is cared for deeply enough.

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(286 words, estimated 1:09 mins reading time)

The Northman. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang, Ethan Hawke, Anya Taylor-Joy, Gustav Lindh, Elliott Rose, Willem Dafoe, Phill Martin, Eldar Skar, Olwen Fouéré, Edgar Abram, Jack Gassman, Ingvar Sigurdsson, Oscar Novak, Jack Walsh, Björk, Ian Whyte, Katie Pattinson, Andrea O’Neill, Rebecca Ineson, Katie Dickie, Ísadóra Bjarkardóttir Barney, Kevin Horsham, Seamus O’ Hara, Scott Sinclair, Tadhg Murphy, James Yates, Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, Ian Gerard Whyte, Ralph Ineson, Murray McArthur, Nille Glæsel, Jonas Lorentzen, Magne Osnes, Ineta Sliuzaite, Finn Lafferty, Jon Campling, Helen Roche, Faoileann Cunningham, Gareth Parker, Mark Fitzgerald, Gavin Peden, Eric Higgins, Matt Symonds.

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(574 words, estimated 2:18 mins reading time)

We Are Not Alone. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Declan Baxter, Georgia May Foote, Vicki Pepperdine, Bruce Mackinnon, Amanda Abbington, Evelyn Monk, Laurance Rickard, Joe Thomas, Ben Willbond, Mike Wozniak, Rob Delaney, Miles Jupp, Lucien Laviscount, Ellie White, Roya Amini, Dane Baptiste, Christine Barton-Brown, Paul Coldrick, Glen Davies, Trev Fleming, Aoibhin Murphy, Ali Mylon, Daniel Ogbeide-John, Peter Slater, Rebecca Yeo.

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(459 words, estimated 1:50 mins reading time)