Junior Dayvis, Elvis Is King. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Inside every human is a story waiting to come out, to be shared; it might not be a long tale, one of adventures, setbacks, of obstacles overcame, of glories gained, but it is a chronicle of events that deserves to be heard, to be understood, not as wishful thinking, but a contribution to society, to the pleasure that we took by proclaiming Elvis Is King, through to a privileged woman declaring herself as Queen of Hearts; stories happen, and all should be heard to understand the narrator and their life.

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(360 words, estimated 1:26 mins reading time)

The Deceived. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Catherine Walker, Emily Reid, Emmett J. Scanlan, Paul Mescal, Eleanor Methven, Ian McElhinney, Shelley Conn, Dempsey Bovell, Louisa Harland, Lloyd Everitt, Cathy-Brennan Bradley, Saffron Coomber, Ciara Berkley, Ava Gallagher, Sophia Adli, Niall Cusack, Vanessa Ifediora, Louise Mathews, Shashi Rami, Catherine Rees, Declan Rodgers, Ethan Yandall, Frank Cannon.

Never trust a writer, they have spent all their life working out how to use their voice to add suspicion and mislead others; such is the finesse in which they have created their characters ability to betray, it is possible to believe everything they say and feel elated when the truth is revealed.

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

How We Changed Time At Number 19.

We have re-named the days of the week

in our house, to more reflect the times

we have become accustomed to experiencing.

The months as well, have undergone change,

but instead of March to

whenever, they have been designated

as before this crap went down, the first upward

curve has become when we chose to be stoic,

and anytime since is now, I can’t remember, was it last

week, or back when June was actually a thing.

The moments between the hour are reserved

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(251 words, estimated 1:00 mins reading time)

Geoff Carne & The Raw Rox Band, Big Town. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Everything returns to the space it once occupied, it might not feel the same, it might not carry the full weight of the vibe that once towered and loomed large over the shadows caught fighting for supremacy alongside nostalgia and reckoning, and yet it still feels homely, the pulse of experience carries it onwards, and there is a new appreciation for how the progression of the art, of the human soul, has been elevated to new standards, new ways of thinking.

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(389 words, estimated 1:33 mins reading time)

The Diary Of River Song: Signs. Audio Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Alex Kingston, Samuel West.

A man of many faces can be found almost anywhere, especially in Time. The problem is, if you are not aware of the faces to come, you can be sucked into a world of deceit and pain; you might even find yourself living Time over and over again, and all because you haven’t learned to learn one important lesson.

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

Waiting For Anya. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7/10

Cast: Jean Reno, Anjelica Huston, Thomas Kretschmann, Noah Schnapp, Frederick Schmidt, Tomas Lemarquis, Sadie Frost, Gilles Marini, Nicholas Rowe, Josephine de La Baume, Elsa Zylberstein, Urs Rechn, William Abadie, Declan Cole, Jean-Francois Balmer, Michael Morpurgo, Raj Awasti, Lukas Sauer, Dolma Raisson, Enola Izquierdo Cicuendez, Kevin Kain, Mathys Gallet-Lartigue, Steffen Wild, Amandine Rose, Laurent Pedebernard.

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

Brian Bordello, The King of No-Fi. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

We don’t take enough care to the words of the softly spoken, instead we find relief, a sense of belonging in those who raise their voice and allow their mouths to often engage before they have had chance to take hold of the appropriate response to the situation they find themselves in.

Even when the softly spoken and whispered grace has been in the past vociferous, angry, punk agitation, truthful barbs designed to provoke a real reaction from the blind and the wantonly silent, we still find ways to treat the creativity and application of sensitivity with disregard; and it much to our shame and embarrassment that we allow this to take place, that the lone piper, the whisperer of truth is ignored.

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(392 words, estimated 1:34 mins reading time)

Gareth Heesom, Love At Night. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Art is not just one being, a creature of delight we must keep feeding, it is a multitude, a series of symbiotic meanings which require constant nourishment, perhaps even the souls of those who dream, those who Love At Night, for Art is a beast, and a lover, it is generous, willing, giving, it also finds ways to leave you during the darkness, alone, frightened and searching for meaning amongst the pictures you see merging as one form melds with another, in beauty, in collaboration, in strength.

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(330 words, estimated 1:19 mins reading time)

The Diary Of River Song: I Went To A Marvellous Party. Audio Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Alex Kingston, Alexander Vlahos, Alexander Siddig, Imogen Stubbs, John Voce, Letty Butler, Samuel West, John Banks, Aaron Neil.

Murder has to be inventive to keep the interest of those who delight in such anarchy, however, the reasons for murder have become entangled in reasons to which have become ever murkier, more salient, less transparent as they have ever been. It is no longer enough to kill a character on the basis of greed, gain or for the love of someone, now there must be complexity, there must be retribution for the act in which the victim surely deserves to die. It is in this realm of vengeance that the merest sleight becomes weaponised, the act of ecocide is met with the fullest support of death to the perpetrator by all concerned. It is no longer enough to see someone brought to justice, tried by a jury, now there must be blood.

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

Ana. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Andy Garcia, Dafne Keen, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Luna Lauren Velez, Ramon Franco, Aris Mejais, Aurerlio Lima, Jesus Gomez, Maria Coral Otero Soto, Alexon Duprey, Leonardo Castro, Ketty McDougall, Valeria Pomales, Andrea Figarella, Fernelis Reyes, Jonathan Dwayne, Juan Pablo Diaz.

History has for so long been built up from the position of what certain events have meant to people of a certain social standing, any disaster that occurs, there is a story to be told, however far too often the narrative is delivered in a way that the aspirations of script writers, directors and audiences identify with the idea of the more heroic, the more film friendly perspective which does not allow for any type of an underclass to be shown as anything other than shifty, untrustworthy, and taking advantage of the situation for their own good.

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