The Undeclared War. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7/10

Cast: Simon Pegg, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, Edward Holcroft, Hanna Khalique-Brown, Adrian Lester, Tom McKay, Joss Porter, Charlie J. Tinson, Mark Rylance, Alex Jennings, German Segal, Hattie Morahan, Tinatin Dalakishvili, Andrew Rothery, Jamie Muscato, Gavi Singh Chera, Alfie Friedman, Irena Tyshyna, Ed Stoppard, Kerry Godliman, Aysha Kala, Julie Barclay, Yasmin Wilde, Daniel O’Meara, Bharti Patel, Nikita Zabolotny, Julian Harries, Sean La-Tunje, Melanie Gutteridge, Nitin Ganatra.

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(687 words, estimated 2:45 mins reading time)

The Lazarus Project. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Paapa Essiedu, Anjli Mohindra, Rudi Dharmalingam, Caroline Quentin, Tom Burke, Salóme Gunnarsdóttir, Lorn Macdonald, Charly Clive, Lukas Loughran, Vinette Robinson, Tommy Letts, Enyi Okoronkwo, Alec Utgoff, Martin Razpopov, Brian Gleeson, Chris Fulton, Michael Matus, Sarah Edwardson, Bradley John, Felix Hayes, Nina Singh, Kate Alderton, Marilyn Nnadebe, Olivia Nita, Thomas Flynn, Adam Best, Taz Skylar.

Time travel never leaves the user unscarred, even in the least convincing of films and television series, it is a given that consequences are unavoidable even for the hardiest of souls, that Time is often a bitter and twisted entity that thrives on chaos, confusion, and humanity’s folly in believing that even the smallest interaction will leave them unscathed.

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(469 words, estimated 1:53 mins reading time)

Prey. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Amber Midthunder, Dakota Beavers, Dane DiLiegro, Stormee Kipp, Michelle Thrush, Julian Black Antelope, Stefany Mathais, Bennett Taylor, Mike Paterson, Nelson Leis, Tymon Carter, Skye Pelletier, Harlan Blayne Kytwayhat, Corvin Mack, Samuel Marty, Ginger Cattleman, Seanna Eagletail, Samiyah Crowfoot, Cody Big Tobacco, Troy Mundle, Curtis Pilon-Vinish, Stephanie Legault, Stephen Schroeder, Eric Beaudoin.

When you least expect it, the hunt comes for you.

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(522 words, estimated 2:05 mins reading time)

Sherwood. Television Series Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: David Morrisey, Robert Glenister, Lesley Manville, Clair Rushbrook, Joanne Froggatt, Alun Armstrong, Adeel Akhtar, Adam Hugill, Terence Maynard, Andrea Lowe, Lorraine Ashbourne, Clare Holman, Perry Fitzpatrick, Kevin Doyle, Philip Jackson, Stephen Tompkinson, Lindsay Duncan, Bally Gill, Harpel Hayer, Safia Oakley-Green, Chloe Harris, George Howard, Tom Glenister, Bill Jones, Hazel Ellerby, Nadine Marshall, Phaldut Sharma, Leah Walker, Sean Gilder, Charles Dale, Lance O’Reilly-Chapman, Mark Addy, Mark Frost, Pip Torrens, Poppy Gilbert, Jonathan Readwin, Don Gilet, René Zagger, Kwarme Bentil, Kelly Harrison, Neil Ashton, Christopher Fairbank, Sunetra Sarker.

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(709 words, estimated 2:50 mins reading time)

Vinyl Floor: Funhouse Mirror. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision 8.5/10

If we have been fortunate in life, at some point we have found ourselves by the seaside, at the fairground, the sand and vast water calling in unison, but the smell of engine oil, of the mechanical thrill capturing our attention as dodgems, penny drops, helter-skelter’s light up the horizon, and the house of reflections, the Funhouse Mirror the stand out opportunity to see how life would shape you if you were caught in a world of misshapes, in a plane of distortion and buckling mis-representation.

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

Murder In Provence. Television Series Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * *

Cast: Roger Allam, Nancy Carroll, Keala Settle, Patricia Hodge, Kirsty Bushell, Geff Francis, Samuel Barnett, Ashley Russell, Janet Amsden, Jonathan Aris, Christophe R. Tek, Jeremy Clyde, Damola Adelaja, Scott Chambers, Paul Bazely, Holi Dempsey, Benedict Clarke, Alex Felton, Cara Horgan, Shadrach Agozino, Yasmin Taheri, Crispin Redman, Jasmine Hyde, Robbie Gee, Thomas Vernal, Sara Powell, Leila Mimmack, Flora Montgomery, Melanie Gutteridge, Nico Rao Pimparé, John Light, Richard Sargent, Ben Jones, Mark Adams, Louise Delamere, Lizzy McInnerny, Oliver Alvin-Wilson, Max Gold, Liran Nathan, Rachel Mariam, Asheq Akhtar.

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(498 words, estimated 2:0 mins reading time)

Doctor Who: The Fires of Pompeii. Book Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

To imagine being part of a significant part of history is to recognise the problem with self-importance, we cannot help but play the hero, our ego insists we are placed at the revolution to either save lives or take them, we believe in these scenarios because we cannot understand how we would be a passive observer during chaos, change, and alteration.

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(540 words, estimated 2:10 mins reading time)

Laura Benitez And The Heartache: California Centuries. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

We must understand that the utopia we crave is a nightmare for others, for if they lose control, if they lose the ability to silence us, then they would rather burn the world to a cinder than ever give us the chance to rectify their mistakes. We are told we are not able to understand the complexity of the problem, that it takes their keen sense of business, their drive alone that can banish the problems they created and lead us into a place where time is better spent.

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(502 words, estimated 2:00 mins reading time)

Chicago: Born For This Moment. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

However you may view life, its various ups and downs, its trials, tribulations, its fierce traditions, and its unexpected triumphs, we see the moments that pass us by and wonder what if, only to realise later on down the road that something else entirely was the reason that you were born to tackle, that you Born For This Moment.

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(468 words, estimated 1:52 mins reading time)

Grace: Dead Tomorrow. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: John Simm, Rakie Ayola, Brad Morrison, Laura Elphinstone, Craig Parkinson, Zoë Tapper, Clare Calbraith, Seham Aar, Shamail Ali, Faith Alabi, Ellis George, Daniel Adegboyega, Richie Campbell, Lucy Phelps, Lu Corfield, Alec Newman, Joséphine de La Baume, Amina Koroma, Jayne McKenna, Antony Byrne, Carolina Valdés, Stephen Boxer, Rebecca Scroggs, Ernest Kingsley Junior.

The harvesting of human organs for profit is an abhorrence, to kill for the body piece is to desecrate the bond that civility and humanity insists upon.

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