Official Secrets. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Matt Smith, Ralph Fiennes, Rhys Ifans, Katherine Kelly, Indira Varma, MyAnna Buring, Kenneth Cranham, Jack Farthing, Tasmin Grieg, Hattie Morahan, Jeremy Northam, Conleith Hill, Hanako Footman, Shaun Dooley, Monica Dolan, Chris Larkin, Ray Panthaki, Clive Francis, Peter Guinness, John Heffernan, Angus Wright, Adam Bakri.

 

A Government not afraid of the possibility of its people rebelling against them is one that surely does not exist, for the very nature of Government is to lie through its teeth and sow discord under the banner of freedom. It is up to the individual of how much they can stomach, what lies they are willing to let stand and which ones they need to follow closely in the hope that they will be exposed, and which ones they might openly defy.

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(533 words, estimated 2:08 mins reading time)

A Confession. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Siobhan Finneran, Imelda Staunton, Martin Freeman, Jake Davies, Peter Wight, Darcy Vanhinsbergh, Lolly Jones, Ian Puleston-Davies, Simone Lahbib, Owain Arthur, Florence Howard, Jessica D’Arcy, Daniel Betts, Joe Absolom, Faye McKeever, Derek Riddell, Charlie Cooper, Rufus Gerhardt-Williams, Dominic Tighe, Kate Ashfield, Emma Clifford, Anna Wilson-Jones, Caroline Bartleet, Maimie McCoy, David Keeling, David Nellist, Christopher Fulford, Orla Hill, Lisa Faulkner, John Thomson.

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(611 words, estimated 2:27 mins reading time)

Zombieland: Double Tap. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin, Zoey Deutch, Avan Jogia, Rosario Dawson, Luke Wilson, Thomas Middleditch, Victoria Hall, Victor Riveria.

Zombies are big business, the walking dead have a licence to print money, they are a psychologists dream of interpretation and they have the unnerving ability to project a fear into us that perhaps goes beyond that of any real plague we might determine being set loose on the world; in short, zombies, it seems, can do no wrong, especially for television and certainly not for cinema.

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(448 words, estimated 1:48 mins reading time)

Mike Zito And Friends, Rock ‘N’ Roll: A Tribute To Chuck Berry. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

To capture the heat, energy and sublime talent of a legend, one must surely believe that they are not just merely copying the master but can enhance it, that they can place their own name into the same written and verbal sentence with humility, but also with an eye of purpose which shows their adept skill at performance.

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(504 words, 1 image, estimated 2:01 mins reading time)

The Herron Brothers, The Next Ones. E.P. Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

The Next Ones, the sound of the ominous demand from the waiting room, or the request of the highly regarded duo Paul and Steve Herron as they unleash four new songs on the public with the song of sincerity, passion and belief all leaving their trademark appeal to enjoy.

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

Sinner, Santa Muerte. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

The genre of Metal just keeps giving, it may have found places in which its heavy, breathless, scything down of others around it could not penetrate but still it roams wonderfully unrepentant, alive, cynical but also punctual, the living endorsement of the relationship that goes hand in hand with the kind of beauty that those who choose to dance with are always welcome to enjoy.

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(455 words, 1 image, estimated 1:49 mins reading time)

Amélie: The Musical, Theatre Review. Playhouse Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Audrey Brisson, Sophie Crawford, Faoileann Cunningham, Rachel Dawson, Oliver Grant, Nuwan Hugh Perera, Chris Jared, Charley Magalit, Caolan McCarthy, Samuel Morgan-Grahame, Emma Jane Morton, Kate Robson-Stuart, Josh Sneesby, Jez Unwin, Johnson Willis.

To live in a world which is delightful is perhaps everybody’s secret dream, one where kindness truly is its own reward and not a payback from the mealy mouthed who see it as recompense for their actions and who take advantage of the compassionate and gentle for their own amusement.

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

Jonathan Pie: The Fake News Tour. Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

The world needs satire more than ever. We have come to a crossroads in which the act of satire is decried by many as cruel, in which it has no place in a more caring society; and yet parody, wit and caricature have a place when it comes to expertly showing that the world, its political and spiritual leaders and every single one of us who inhabit this world have come to a point where we deserve to be sent-up.

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

Les Misérables, Theatre Review. Empire Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Cast: Killian Donnelly, Nic Greenshields, Martin Ball, Katie Hall, Tegan Bannister, Bronwen Hanson, Harry Apps, Brian James Leys, Jordan Simon Pollard, Mary-Jane Caldwell Lee Ormsby, Jamie Birkett, Emma Warren, Jessie Hart, Megan Gardiner, Ruby Lyon, Helen Aylott Teleri Hughes, Eva Mairead Connor, Francesca Lidguard, Sadie Horwich, Sophie-Louise Dann, Ava Hope Smith, Lydia Jane Prosser, Eilish Mair Williams, Joseph Sheppard, Noah Walton, Dexter Barry, Leo Miles, Michael Burgen, Will Richardson, Aaron Pryce-Lewis, Shane O’ Riordan, Zac Hamilton, Danny Colligan, Ruben Van Keer, Keoni Blockx, Corrine Priest, Janne Snellen, Joseph Anthony, Nicholas Carter, Nicholas Corrie.

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(488 words, estimated 1:57 mins reading time)

Under Three Moons, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Kyle Rowe, Darren Kuppan.

Men get accused of not talking to one another, about their fears, about their lives, on a daily basis; however, sometimes the words don’t come easily, the possibility of rejection of their thoughts, even by women, can be enough for many men to skirt the issue completely, they just keep saying they are fine, and whilst the dialogue dice is loaded by those who say this is a symbol of toxic masculinity, it could also be a indication of absolute vulnerability.

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