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In a world that values the instant gratification and the glories of the vanity inspired, is it possible to even extol the virtues of philosophy and to an extent that of permanent friendship in the same breath as those opinions held of the latest gossip and casual acquaintances to which we have become emboldened by in a the land of social media and the quick fix of gratitude of jam yesterday, today and tomorrow.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
Evocative by name, evocative by nature…it is perhaps the closest any of us will get to the feeling of being haunted by something we cannot put our finger on, that we are encouraged to understand the aura of our mood change, to question the cold touch of mystery as its sends tingles up and down our spine, and the acknowledgement that the quality of what we have gleaned, been shown a fraction of its power, resides with us long after the suggestion of the evocative may have faded.
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Cast: Jodie Whittaker, Bradley Walsh, Mandip Gill, Tosin Cole, Warren Brown, Matthew McNulty, Molly Harris, Gabriele Toloi, Soo Drouet, Tristan de Beer, Thapelo Maropefela.
There is a war of information and understanding that is hidden under the veil of the so-called generational divide, of those born and raised during the era of the supposed Millennial and the folks who were raised before the rise of Generation X, with those native to the idea of defiance but caught between the two opposing sides, one it could be argued defined by its persuasive shifting attitudes to the environment and the absolute carnage done in humanity’s name, and those to who the memory of annihilation at the hands of madmen have driven them to influence all that come after.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
Collateral can be seen as holding a sense of security when all around you is holding you ransom to conform, to toe the wide line of obedience, submission and not trespass into creative insubordination, Collateral though is ammunition, it is knowing that what is in the heart can devastate the mind with urgency and command.
For the four-piece Kent based band, Collateral, their eponymously titled debut album is one that comes on the back of the immensely enjoyable four strong song E.P. 4 Shots, and with their backs covered, the shoot out of great Rock sounds sends shivers down the spines of those who stare like frightened rabbits down the barrel of the warmth, expectation and music delivery to which Collateral have become a force.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
The image of Eden is one that, regardless of a person’s religious beliefs or knowledge, is one that resonates, that is deep in the psyche of the individual and that of society as a whole. The significance of the moment where humanity left the security of its embryo, the land of plenty, its connection with a thought of higher power, has placed itself though art into the hearts and minds of all who seek some sort of redemption and the reasons, however tenuous, to their own lack of positive influence upon the world.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7/10
Cast: David Tennant, Anna Madeley, Maureen Beattie, Cush Jumbo, Matthew McNulty, Laurie Brett, Lisa McGrillis, Stuart Bowman, Gordon Brown, Grace Calder, Lewis Gribben, Seline Hizli, Phil McKee, Lorn Macdonald, Jamie Michie, Annelka Rose, Cooper Schofield, Jack Greenlees, June Miller, Ron Donachie, Izuka Hoyle, Hiftu Quasem, Scott Reid, Julia Whiteford.
It cannot be denied that the emotion felt by a viewer when confronted by the images of a house fire is one that leaves them feeling arguably more distraught than many other ways in which someone decides to murder, kill or frighten, someone who lives within the building which has been set alight.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7/10
Cast: Laura Vandervoort, Benjamin Hollingsworth, Ted Atherton, Hanneke Talbot, Stephen Huszar, Mackenzie Gray, Stephen McHattie, Kevin Hanchard, Heidi von Palleske, Joel Labelle, C.M. Punk, Edie Inksetter, Tristan Risk, Sylvia Soska, Jen Soska, Vanessa Jackson, Joe Bostick, Troy James, Greg Bryk, Earl Bubba McLean Jr, A. J. Mendez, Dion Karas, Amanda Zhou, Lily Gao.
Disease is all the rage, especially the ones that brings human beings to the level of nothing more of the unthinking and savage, the brutal and the one that is driven by hunger. Disease is the great leveller and as what is on screen can mimic the daily survival of society, it seems only fair that cinema constantly finds new ways to remind the viewer of the fragility of human existence.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
Cast: Brighton Sharbino, Dominic Monaghan, Will Patton, Fionnula Flanagan, Miles Anderson, Michael Filipowich, Kyle Collin, Sean Cook, Arden Myrin, Amire Abdullah, Max Adler, Jerry Basham, Lance Valentine Butler, Juli Erickson, Mike Harris.
You do have wonder what it takes to get a film noticed, that there will always be enough advertising and budget allocation to the films that the box office is assured of selling out and yet somehow in the gold mines of celluloid and cinematic constant success, there will be that one diamond that reflects unknowing wealth with greater passion than all the ingots found in the endless stream.
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Cast: Bryony Corrigan, Dave Hearn, Henry Lewis, Charlie Russell, Jonathan Sayer, Henry Shields, Greg Tannahill, Nancy Zamit.
A premise that not only captivates, which not only makes you laugh but makes you sweat with enthusiasm for the stunts performed, that is the point of physical theatre and comedy taken to its most natural and exhilarating high.
The team behind The Goes Wrong Show have taken their hugely successful stage performances and turned them into a television series which has surely garnered admiration and quite possibly the green eyed monster of jealousy, and to whom the best of the anarchic productions, 90 Degrees, was left till last.
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A tightrope held between two states of mind is not one that is easily traversed, the fall awaits one conscious or the other and the only way to survive the possible inevitable plunge is to look ahead, pay no attention to anything else around you, and live your life as if it were the only one that matters, a letter to the faithful, a telegram to the world which starts, not in let down with the greeting Dear John, but instead with the upbeat and personal salutation of Dear Sienna.