Sharp Objects. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Amy Adams, Patricia Clarkson, Chris Messina, Eliza Scanlen, Matt Craven, Sophia Lillis, Henry Czerny, Elizabeth Perkins, Taylor John Smith, Madison Davenport, Miguel Sandoval, Will Chase, Jackson Hurst, Lulu Wilson, David Sullivan, Violet Brinson, April Brinson, Barbara Eve Harris, Emily Yancy, Sydney Sweeney.

The Mono LPS, Love Me. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

The first thought might not always be the one that ends up on paper, but it is the one to which you return to for inspiration at a later date, like a kiss from your first date, it is the comparison to which all others are others are sized, judged, considered, and it the act in which you witness the act of the proclamation of Love Me, and how a marriage of ideas can be brought forth and unified from that single initial moment.

Twist. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7/10

Cast: Michael Caine, Lena Hedley, Rafferty Law, Sophie Simnett, David Walliams, Rita Ora, Noel Clarke, Franz Drameh, Jason Maza, Samuel Leakey, Tanya Burr, Sally Collett,

There is a fine line between reinvention for art’s-sake and revolution for the gift of authentic uniqueness, and whatever your view on adapting a classic story for the modern age, the result must be one that installs a connection between the social conscious and the message intended and that of the one actively using their senses to understand that it is not just intended for them, but for all.

Ghalia Volt, One Woman Band. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

To travel alone is one of life’s great enlighteners. It may be pleasurable to be surrounded by a crowd of like-minded souls, or even long-established friends, when undertaking any adventure, but arguably the greater sense of freedom, of being caught in the moment of personal revelation and revolution, is to have your mind and eyes prised open to what you can achieve when left to your own will and determination.

Collide. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Nicholas Hoult, Felicity Jones, Ben Kingsley, Anthony Hopkins, Marwan Kenzari, Clemens Schick, Erdal Yildiz, Michael Epp, Aleksander Jovanovic, Markus Klauk, Johnny Palmiero, Ben Hacker, Joachim Krol, Christine Hecke, Lara Melina Siebertz, Nadia Hilker.

The question of what we will do for money and love is as old as recorded time, the two go hand in hand, the pair are intrinsically linked to the way we perceive what is important, for without money, what we love cannot be saved, bought or bartered for, at least that is the way writers will always have you believe, that a heart can only be saved if it has some sort of monetary association attached to it.

Evergrey, Escape Of The Phoenix. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Freedom is the ultimate aim of all creatures, whether it is the brutal, the passionate, or even in the ability to remove yourself from what bound you to this earth, the chains that held you, maybe mentally keeping you in your place, perhaps shackling you to the comfortable and familiar in a way that would not permit growth beyond your perceived vision.

Taylor Swift, Evermore. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

The balance of influence is such that a pop song heard on the radio will last an eternity as an earworm for the vast majority of the population, forever catching them unawares at the most inopportune of moments, but poetry, even in the greatest of hands will rarely, truly, be remembered in full verse by anything like the amount of people.

Broon, Cosmic Ceilidh. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

It is written in the Universe that all things must begin, and all things must change, that to bring in the new is not only important but allows entropy to rust silently at the gates of dawn, of the meeting of the old and of the experimental creations.

It is in this Cosmic Ceilidh that the handshake with time is explored, and where invitations to welcome in the positive and alluring starts can be found, and there is perhaps no more surprising, and yet superbly edifying foundation to a new universe than that imagined and fully conceived by Broon, also known as the multi-instrumentalist Steve Brown, has presented in his debut album Cosmic Ceilidh.

Staged (Series Two). Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Michael Sheen, David Tennant, Simon Evans, Georgia Tennant, Anna Lundberg, Lucy Eaton, Whoopi Goldberg, Ben Schwartz, Michael Palin, Romesh Ranganathan, Nick Frost, Simon Pegg, Christoph Waltz, Ewan McGregor, Hugh Bonneville, Ken Jeong, Josh Gad, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Cate Blanchett.

The problem with originality is that it is difficult to improve upon, people have either sussed you out and expect the format or idea to fail, or they expect bigger and better, the joke to take on a deeper, perhaps even more demanding Kafkaesque appeal; they then insist that the first foray into a new realm was always going to be the best and that it was folly, even reckless to attempt the stunt once more.