Sgoil Chiuil Na Gaidhealtachd, The Final Trawl. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

It shouldn’t even be up for debate, and yet every year we find ourselves wrestling with some sort of demon that openly states that the youth of today have no idea what the world is truly about and yet we applaud them when they put their minds together to create art. We warn them though that art doesn’t pay the bills, that they must know, in our words, stop the nonsense and buckle down, become useful to society, not to daydream about offering the world something more valuable than being yet another bean counter and person who says yes to everything the manager utters.

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(397 words, estimated 1:35 mins reading time)

Joe Gideon, Armagideon. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

When Armageddon comes, invariably we won’t know what has hit us, the seven trumpets may sound, but we will be too immersed in the act of gluing our eyes to the latest gif and retweeting the odd moment of banality to wonder what the noise was, the sound of the bell tolling for us all.

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

Nicolas Godin, Concrete And Glass. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Not all is built upon what some may consider to be on fertile ground, life has a habit of taken the expertly laid plans and finding ways to makes them shatter into pieces, sands shift, expectations rise and fall, and yet throughout it all, Concrete And Glass will somehow find ways to prove the enormity and scale of how humanity lived, soared and eventually found a way to live with itself.

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(428 words, estimated 1:43 mins reading time)

Vault. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 5/10

Cast: Theo Rossi, Clive Standen, Samira Wiley, Chazz Palminteri, Don Johnson, William Forsythe, Sean Ringgold, Chuck Zito, Vincent Pastore, Eric Lutes, Burt Young, Antonio Cupo, Dorothy Lyman, John Fiore, Ken Baltin, Gillian Williams, Armen Garo, Claudio Orefice, Lala Kent, German Figueroa, Michael Zuccola, Danielle Guldin, Anthony Paulucci, Kevin DeCristofano, Tony V, Johnny Cicco, Andrew Divoff, Nick Principe, Bob Dio.

There is arguably a certain fascination with films that are connected to the Mafia which doesn’t appeal to everyone, not so much divisive, but more of a way of life that doesn’t have any relationship with anyone outside of Italy, certain parts of the United States of America and those interested in the effects of organised crime.

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(562 words, estimated 2:15 mins reading time)

The Trial Of Christine Keeler. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Sophie Cookson, James Norton, Ellie Bamber, Emilia Fox, Ben Miles, Sam Troughton, Anthony Welsh, Jack Greenlees, Chloe Harris, Rosalind Halstead, Anton Lesser, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Sam Crane, Amanda Drew, Michael Maloney, Charlene Boyd, Aiden McCardle, Tim McInnerny, Danny Webb, Paul Ryan, Visar Vishka, Peter Davison, Alex Macqueen, Neil Morrisey, Danny Webb.

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(676 words, estimated 2:42 mins reading time)

Doctor Who: Fugitive Of The Judoon. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Cast: Jodie Whittaker, Bradley Walsh, Mandip Gill, Tosin Cole, Jo Martin, Lee Clayton, Ritu Arya, John Barrowman, Paul Kasey, Michael Begley, Judith Street, Katie Luckins, Nicholas Briggs, Simon Carew, Richard Highgate, Richard Price, Matthew Rohman.

When you find yourself in the position of actually being on the edge of your seat, when the moment comes and in which you realise you have stopped breathing and which has been denied you for such a long time, that is the point when some of the bland and uninspiring is forgiven, because you know it has been leading to that feeling for such a long time.

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

The Goes Wrong Show: Harper’s Locket. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Bryony Corrigan, Dave Hearn, Chris Leask, Henry Lewis, Charlie Russell, Jonathan Sayer, Henry Shields, Greg Tannahill, Nancy Zamit.

Croquet, in the words of Progressive Rock legend Peter Gabriel, “Is a particularly vicious sport” and as the mallet falls through the air and crashes into the head of the family maid, Mrs Hargreaves, one cannot but fail to appreciate just how the team behind The Goes Wrong Show have become, in one short season on television, the theatre team that have conquered the stage and the cameras with apparent ease.

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

Can You Ever Forgive Me. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Melissa McCarthy, Richard E. Grant, Dolly Wells, Ben Falcone, Jane Curtin, Gregory Korostishevsky, Stephen Spinella, Christian Navarro, Pun Bandhu, Erik LaRay Harvey, Brandon Scott Jones, Shae D’lyn, Rosal Colon, Anna Deavere Smith, Marc Evan Jackson, Marcella Lowery, Roberta Wallach, Tina Benko, Sandy Rosenberg, Kevin Carolan, Ben Rauch, Ethel Fisher, Chris Lamberth, Joanna Adler, Mary B. McCann, Michael Laurence, Michael Cyril Crieighton, Alice Kremelberg, Moises Acevedo, Lucy DeVito, Josh Evans, Ricky Garcia, Charlotte Mary Wen, Marcus Choi, Mx Justin Vivian Bond, Tim Cummings.

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

Rust Creek. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * *

Cast: Hermione Corfield, Jay Paulson, Sean O’Bryan, Micah Hauptman, Daniel R. Hill, Jeremy Glazer, John Marshall Jones, Jake Kidwell, Virginia Schneider, Denise Dal Vera, Alexandra Jensen, Stu Pollard.

There are some films which unfortunately have the same effect on the soul as eating a dozen creme filled profiteroles has on the waist line, the desire for what you believe is substantial, soon leaves you feeling bloated, unsatisfied and underwhelmed, leaving you finally scratching your head at the thought of having to deal with the aftermath, the thought of pondering over what to make of the film which promised so much, but in the end left you battling cinematic fatigue.

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

Midsomer Murders, The Point Of Balance. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision * * * *

Cast: Neil Dudgeon, Nick Hendrix, Fiona Dolman, Annette Badland, Christopher Timothy, Tom Chambers, Jaye Griffiths, Natalie Gumede, Nigel Havers, Jack Hawkins, Ty Hurley, Michelle Jeram, Chen Yip Lai, Cassidy Little, Danny Mac, Carolina Main, Colin Murtagh, Guy Normas, Kazia Pelka, Steven Pereira, Luke Pierre, Mike Ray, Isabel Shaw, Faye Tozzer, Jo Wheatley, Susan Fordham, Tim Wildman, Chris Wilson.

Dance is not for everyone, like most art it can be a subjective pursuit, one that is open to interpretation and double meaning; like the lies we tell when we wish to impress, interpretation is one that either scores well or is seen to be lacking in its detail and glamour.

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(456 words, estimated 1:49 mins reading time)