Harriet. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Cast: Cynthia Erivo, Leslie Odom Jr., Joe Alwyn, Clarke Peters, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Omar J. Dorsey, Henry Hunter Hall, Tim Guinee, Nick Basta, Joseph Lee Anderson, Antonio J Bell, CJ McBath, Alexis Louder, Ana Brooks, Janelle Monae, Zackary Momoh, Frank Riley III, Daphne Reed, Jenna Marie Hess, Kathryn Tkel, Vondie Curtos-Hall, Jennifer Nettles, Deborah Ayorinde, Mike Marunde, Kamillah Matthews, Rakeem Lewis, Tory Kittles, Tia L. Davis, Mitchell Hoog, William L. Thomas.

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(642 words, estimated 2:34 mins reading time)

Jump, Breaking Point. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

What some might see and react to as the voice and sound of the discontent and filled with drama, is actually the conscience of the honest and trusted being spoken with clarity of thought, an ethic, an integrity, by definition those who seek to stop others from reaching their Breaking Point because it is morally right to stem the pain inflicted by the unfeeling and morally bankrupt on those who cannot defend their soul from the constant attacks and mind games employed by lesser people.

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

Blithe Spirit. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Dan Stevens, Isla Fisher, Leslie Mann, Judi Dench, Emilia Fox, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Michele Dotrice, Simon Kunz, James Fleet, Adil Ray, Alfredo Tavares, Callie Cooke, Colin Stinton, Stella Stocker, Dave Johns, Georgina Rich, Tam Williams, Julian Ferro, Martyn Mayger, Delroy Atkinson, Issy van Randwyck, Jaymes Sygrove, Owun Birkett, Dean Winchester, Charlie Carter, Winchester, Zach Wyatt, Connor Jones, Theo Ip, Andrew Reed, Christine Callaghan, Alex Winchester, Peter A. Rogers. 

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(507 words, estimated 2:02 mins reading time)

Bobhowla, Everything’s Wrong, But It’s Alright. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

In times of darkness, we have two meaningful choices, we can either comfortably let the stagnation erode us from the inside out, leaving the shell but not the will of the person we once were, or arguably we can embrace the opportunity to address the situation, confront it, and even if we fail to solve the issue, then at least we will have shown our humanity for what it is, one of absolute daring and adventure.

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(410 words, estimated 1:38 mins reading time)

Soul. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Jamie Foxx, Tina Fey, Graham Norton, Rachel House, Alice Braga, Richard Ayoade, Phylicia Rashad, Donnell Rawlings, Questlove, Angela Bassett, Cora Champommier, Margo Hall, Daveed Diggs, Rhodessa Jones, Wes Studi, Sakina Jaffrey, Fortune Feinster, Calum Grant, Laura Mooney, Peggy Flood, Zenobia Schroff, June Squibb, Ochuwa Oghie, Jennie Tirado, Cathy Cavadini, Dorian Lockett, Doris Burke, Ronnie Del Carmen, Esther Chae, Elisapie Isaac, Marcus Shelby, Jason Pace. 

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(581 words, estimated 2:19 mins reading time)

The Voodoo Sheiks, Norm. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Defiance in the face of uncertainty is a measure in which to know the protagonist of any story or tale. it is one of the reasons why we embrace the spirit of characters in literature who display guile, wit, cunning and intelligence, as well as vision.

This sense of defiance is why Beowulf will always vanquish Grendel despite being complex and flawed, why Sherlock Holmes endures even in a world that has seen police procedure surpass his intellect, and why the likes of Marvel’s Captain America still captures the imagination despite the attentions of a crowd that wishes to denigrate and vilify such actions undertaken by the graphic novel hero…defiance in the face of uncertainty is not an act of recklessness, it is the underpinning of courage.

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(463 words, estimated 1:51 mins reading time)

Thom Morecroft, The Beast. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

There are the creatures that howl when they are cornered, when they are pushed against the wall with the intention of directed pain, and there is the silent stare of beauty and appreciation which when the pressure becomes too much, too hot, too raw, results in a sudden explosion of noise that creates monumental electricity and a storm that releases The Beast and which the beauty cannot help but admire.

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(378 words, estimated 1:31 mins reading time)

Steve Lukather, I Found The Sun Again. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Even the hardest of working souls need to feel the warmth on their face and the pleasure of company, the friends that tell them they have made a difference to the world, the ones that smile without fear when the recipient of the compliment declares with open heart and mind, “I Found The Sun Again“.

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(590 words, estimated 2:22 mins reading time)

Mike Blue, Dark Daze. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

These are times of illusion, confusion and stagnation, everything is moving at a pace of change in the way the daily slog dares not imagine, the sense of disproportion is damaging. For these are Dark Daze, staggering shock, constant calls for clarity, and ones for the poets to search out their own reasons to dispel the coming storm, to add a voice of harmony so that the clouds roll on past and that evaporate, like bad dreams, in the emerging sun.

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(405 words, estimated 1:37 mins reading time)

An Invisible Woman. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Felicity Jones, Ralph Fiennes, Kristen Scott Thomas, Perdita Weeks, Joanna Scanlan, Tom Hollander, Amanda Hale, John Kavanagh, Tom Burke, Susanna Hislop, Tommy Curson-Smith, David Collings, Michael Marcus, Richard McCabe, Gabriel Vick, Mark Dexter, Joseph Paxton, Charlotte Hope, Philippe Smolikowski.

How sincere is the light we shine on other’s flaws when we cannot acknowledge our own? The politician and the layman might preach and be found wanting and shunned from office, but the artist, how much do expect from them when it is their creativity and observation that can make them prone to fall in m oral outrage, and yet rise without sanction, without misgivings from the public as they continue to demand more from their insightful hero.

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(690 words, estimated 2:46 mins reading time)