The Edge. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

“The English are not a very spiritual people, so they invented cricket to give them some idea of eternity…”, however, it might not be as simple as time suggests, nor as easy as the pundit and fan wishes that it were, for an eternity in the minds of the devoted who worship the swing of the red ball and the poise of the bat on guard, is but a partial second in the mind of the one occupying the crease, a split second in which their weapon parries the hurled round missile away past deep extra cover for six, or in which the mind wanders, and the wicket is taken, taking a fine nick at The Edge.

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(752 words, estimated 3:00 mins reading time)

Stephen King, Let It Bleed. Book Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * *

Follow the trail, check you can still see the breadcrumbs that once lined your way on previous occasions you walked through the forest of words, and don’t forget your lamp which casts a thousand shadows, which brings you face to face with the nightmares and ogres of repression, those beings that take delight as they taunt you as sleep, as you live in your bleak desires and dreams; for If It Bleeds, then let the trail lead, let it escort you straight to the crossroads of Heaven and Hell.

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(632 words, estimated 2:32 mins reading time)

Another Unacceptable Casualty As The Suits Wages War On Poetry.

Ignore poetry

at your peril,

even a teenage crush

that rips your heart apart

as you find meaning

to your tears and anguish

can be found to be more beneficial

once explored in any shapely

form and luscious lips worth kissing

will do more for your soul

than feigning interest

in the rights of a triangle

tilted on its side….Ignore poetry

and when hoping to court

your love with words,

think back to the sentence

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(154 words, estimated 37 secs reading time)

Jon Anderson, 1000 Hands. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Despite the popular saying, Time will find ways to wait for the sensational to make itself known, it might not wait for the dull, for those whose belief sees them find ways, despite evidence to the contrary, to class themselves as ordinary and routinely static, but in the hands of the extraordinary, in the matters to which perfection is arguably sought, it will grant a seeming pause in the knowledge that what will appear, will be worth the wait, that the exceptional has the ability to become timeless, even when Time is still moving on.

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(422 words, estimated 1:41 mins reading time)

Charlie’s Angels. (2019). Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating *

Cast: Kristen Stewart, Naomi Scott, Ella Balinska, Elizabeth Banks, Patrick Stewart, Djimon Hounsou, Sam Clafin, Jonathan Tucker, Nat Faxon, Chris Pang, Luis Gerado Mendez, Noah Centineo, David Schutter, Hannah Hoekstra, Jane Chirwa, Emre Kentmenoglu, Murali Perumal, Sebastian Kroehnert, Franz Xaver Zach, Andreas Schroders, Marie-Lou Sellam, Batur Belirdi, Anna Drexler, Jacqueline Smith.

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

The Diary Of River Song: The Boundless Sea. Audio Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Alex Kingston, John Banks, Charlotte Christie, Oliver Dimsdale, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Alexander Vlahos.

One of the peculiarities of long running television serials is that inevitably there will be a character thrust into the limelight to whom the viewers in their masses will take too and demand more of, even perhaps at the expense of the main person to whom the story revolves around.

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(536 words, estimated 2:09 mins reading time)

Standing Up, Falling Down. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Billy Crystal, Ben Schwartz, Grace Gummer, Eloise Mumford, John Behlmann, David Castaneda, Kevin Dunn, Debra Monk, Nate Corddry, Caitlin McGee, Leonard Ouzts, Nathan James, Hassan Johnson, Nick Sadhnani, Kelsey Reinhardt, Wade Allain-Marcus, Charlie Hankin, Tami Sagher, Marilyn Seide, Mike Carlsen, Kate Arrington, Jill Hennessy, Connor Ratliff, Kevin Kevin, Glenn Kubota, Joan Porter, Jackie Sanders, Jim Santangeli, Chris LaPanta, Michael Kostroff.

We meet people for a specific reason, we might not change their lives, but we might give them hope, courage and perhaps the understanding they have been missing from a family member who no longer talks to them; despite that person’s best efforts.

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(513 words, estimated 2:03 mins reading time)

Becoming. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * *

Cast: Toby Kebbell, Penelope Mitchell, Jeff Daniel Phillips, Stephen Rider, Melissa Bolona, Beth Broderick, Jason Patric, Lew Temple, John Newberg, Dan Southworth, Zander Essex, Gianni Capaldi, Elana Krausz, Jessica Ambuehl, Kate August Lim, Christianne Case, Rich Williams, Hayden O’Connell, Sienna Farall, Tyler Madden, Dallas Edwards, Louis Robert Thompson, Catherine Kamei, Meredith Crutcher, Kiley B. Moore, Kelly Owens.

The possessed never have it easy, especially when the Devil finds a way to hitch a ride in the soul!

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(538 words, estimated 2:09 mins reading time)

Sapphire And Steel: Wall Of Darkness. Audio Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: David Warner, Susannah Harker, Louise Jameson, Ian Hallard, Robert Maloney, Timothy Watson, Joannah Tincey.

It is with good reason that as a species are both repelled and somehow fascinated by the threat of nuclear war; there is after all no middle ground when it comes to the shadow that has loomed large over us since the reports and pictures came from Japan of the first explosions over Nagasaki and Hiroshima. We are caught in the fire of expectant and imminent death, so much so that until the threat is finally dismantled and the last remains of the sickness that guides the ultimate force of humanity’s desire for destruction is a long distant memory, we shall forever be enthralled by what damage it can cause to our planet.

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

The Plot Against America. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Winona Ryder, Zoe Kazan, Morgan Spector, Anthony Boyle, Michael Kostroff, David Krumoltz, Azhy Robertson, Caleb Mills, Jacob Laval, John Turturro, Ben Cole, Kristen Sieh, Steven Maier, Billy Carter, Caroline Kaplan, Eleanor Reissa, Philip Hoffman, Graydon Yosowitz, Ed Moran, Douglas Schneider, Bob Leszcak, Lee Tergesan, David Pittu, Russell Posner, David Greenspan, Keilly McQuail, Andrew Polk, Zach McNally, Kimberly Faye Greenberg, Orest Ludwig, Jason Liebman.

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