Gary Delaney, Comedy Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Strap yourself in and prepare for a ride, for in comedy there really should be as few barriers as possible in the pursuit of making people laugh, an audience of every conceivable demographic enjoying a Saturday night in the company of friends, loved ones and dismissing the dreadfulness of what passing for the beige appeal of weekend television and the over dramatic obliteration of hearing as the latest one-hit wonder blares out across a crowded, bland room.

Gary Delaney, Comedy Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool. full post

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

A Quietness Broken, In A Bootle Graveyard.

 

Broken, but still beating hearts

grieve close by to where we

have been picking off dead

leaves brought down in flight,

swirling in the dog fight of autumnal

trepidation that all soon will be mulch,

trodden down with the finger wag

of open graveside talk, the freedom

to explain away our troubles

to the deaf underground.

In this council setting,

set between the river and consuming

life, there is no beauty, all is bleak and

September day groaning with the weight

of the year gained…

A Quietness Broken, In A Bootle Graveyard. full post

(122 words, estimated 29 secs reading time)

A Simple Favour. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Blake Lively, Anna Kendrick, Henry Golding, Glenda Braganza, Andrew Rannells, Dustin Milligan, Danielle Bourgon, Gia Sandhu, Zack Smadu, Andrew Moodie, Sugenja Sri, Rupert Friend, Bashir Salahuddin, Eric Johnson, Linda Cardellini, Paul Jurewisc, Sarah Baker, Jean Smart, Roger Dunn, Nicole Peters, Lauren Peters.

A Simple Favour. Film Review. full post

(549 words, estimated 2:12 mins reading time)

The Little Stranger. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Domhnall Gleeson, Ruth Wilson, Will Poulter, Charlotte Rampling, Josh Dylan, Katie Phillips, Anna Madeley, Camilla Afwedson, Tim Plester, Dixie Egerickx, Darren Kent, Amy Marston, Lorne MacFadyen, Thea Balich, Alison Pargeter, Tipper Seifert-Cleveland, Sarah Crowden, Liv Hill, Kathryn O’ Reilly, Oliver Zetterstrom, Martin Carroll.

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

American Animals. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast:  Evan Peters, Barry Keoghan, Blake Jenner, Jared Abrahamson, Spencer Reinhard, Warren Lipka, Eric Borsuk, Chas Allen, Betty Jean Gooch, Ann Dowd, Laura Grice, Udo Kier, Fedor Steer, Jack Landry, Wayne Duvall, Whitney Goin, Gary Basaraba, Robert C. Treveiler, Jane McNeill, Dorothy Reynolds, Maggie Lacey.

The overall problem with most cinematic experiences is that with some certain emotions, the truth of understanding them, even seeing them portrayed, is as likely as receiving an apologetic face from a pet cat after it has done its business in the wrong place; some reactions, some sentiments are impossible to replicate, even in the hands of a master actor.

American Animals. Film Review. full post

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

Somewhere On Dartmoor, Will Lay Eternal.

 

The train will take me

onwards, an electric hum

a bitter substitute

for the days of steam

and the loosely packed sandwich

that flirts suggestively

with the expiry date

and the unflavoured tea,

hot, sweet, dull as yesterday’s dishwater;

this journey will be different

to the one that we took when

fans in red and thick west

Lancashire accents

set fire to the carriage

and the driver sped on,

eating up miles in an attempt

to blow it out, steam train serenade.

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(125 words, estimated 30 secs reading time)

Woke, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

The term might be one in which the ears and the brain dismisses as yet another piece of slang bandied about by the young seeking to confuse or irritate those of the generations that have gone before them, a word seemingly pulled out of thin air, a modern catch-phrase which means nothing to those over 30, after all, if you take heed of the advice of those over a certain age, it is only the young that need to wake up, isn’t it?

Woke, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool. full post

(469 words, estimated 1:53 mins reading time)

Christine And The Queens, Chris. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

When the world is in crisis, it is quite impossible to hear the cry of a single figure. Yet as the darkness comes into every sanctuary possible, as it invades the very heart of what we have to offer, where people look upon you with suspicion for betraying the ghost of a smile and the demon of a heart-felt thanks in your soul, we must still surely see that the whisper of help from even an individual is to be taken as seriously as nation’s grief.

Christine And The Queens, Chris. Album Review. full post

(420 words, 1 image, estimated 1:41 mins reading time)

Rachel Newton, West. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Trust in one’s self to create a sense of timeless perfection is perhaps one of the ultimate goals in which any artist can strive for. Trust, it is not always given to those in our company, let alone to ourselves, we may believe that what we do is the singular most important desire to feel and we wish to convey that to others in a bout of confidence, in a show of hands we seek validation, but what we often forget to engage with is understanding, we may love and admire our own creation,  but unless we understand what it will do to others, then the moment is tangible, never timeless.

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

Gilmore & Roberts, A Problem Of Our Kind. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision 8.5/10

The problem with our kind of person is that invariably they turn out to be on the wrong side, playing a game of their own choosing, their negativity only becoming apparent when the rules of engagement find a way to spoil their plans; it is in the very best ideals of the Noir detective, of the sinister spoils that infiltrate the world of the spy and the espionage, that those that are not our kind, are always a problem worth dealing with.

Gilmore & Roberts, A Problem Of Our Kind. Album Review. full post

(435 words, 1 image, estimated 1:44 mins reading time)