Incredibles 2. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Samuel L. Jackson, Sarah Vowell, Huck Milner, Bob Odenkirk, Catherine Keener, Brad Bird, Jonathan Banks, Michael Bird, Sophia Bush, Phil LaMarr, Paul Eiding, Isabella Rossellini, Bill Save, John Ratzenburger, Barry Bostwick, Jere Burns, Adam Rodriguez, Kimberly Adair Clark, Usher.

Heroes never die, they just become engrained into the picture, drawn from the world and to face obscurity, a faded hope that slowly gets replaced by the champion in which the world at that time deserves.

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(496 words, estimated 1:59 mins reading time)

Skyscrapper. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * *

Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Neve Campbell, Pablo Schreiber, Chin Han, Roland Moller, Noah Taylor, Byron Mann, Pable Schreiber, Hannah Quinlivan, Kevin Rankin, Elfina Luk, Adrian Holmes.

If you are going to make a film that takes the very best ideas of two cinema classics then not only do you have to own that decision, but you must ensure it works phenomenally well, that there is room for the film to become its own stand out feature, and not just a hybrid that people will reflect upon throughout their time in front of the screen.

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(481 words, estimated 1:55 mins reading time)

The Feral Three Way Tango.

 

Through the throng

of two-legged traffic,

the feral beaked stumbles

melancholically in people’s way,

side stepping with three crossed

tango, beak down, resentment

building as old dinosaur rage

and blood courses through

it veins, stooped in cowardice

and fluttering disease, it pecks

against the storm and the rush

of legs, whilst high above, looking

down on the world with smug eyes,

the seagull lives on, perpetually

ready to shit downwards, happy

to see the feral tango back and forth

in between shuffling

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(92 words, estimated 22 secs reading time)

Only Child, Lookin’ For A Song. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

There will be those that tell you there are ten types of stories to be told, there are others who profoundly, and perhaps more accurately, declare that there is only one, the search for who we are. Yet, somewhere in between there could be argued that there is more than just the singular vision beheld by many as true and sacrosanct, that who we are can eventually be found and held close, but what about the journey that may come after, what about the passion found in remembering the past?

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(368 words, estimated 1:28 mins reading time)

Harry Miller, Scarlett. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Six minutes is an epic amount of time in which to play out a single for, but then if the song resonates with detail, fervent enquiry and a heart that is enthusiastically persuasive to the ear as it listens out for the chance to have a fresh experience in which to hold the soul captive, then that six minutes are ones that are well spent, played over in the mind, repeated on the stereo and given the chance to make the cheeks Scarlett with anticipation.

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

Adrift. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Shailene Woodley, Sam Claflin, Jeffrey Thomas, Elizabeth Hawthorne, Grace Palmer, Kael Damlamian, Siala Tunoka, Luna Campbell, Zac Beresford.

There will always be those that decry the nature of heroism, citing their disdain as folly those who see the world as a place in which to seek out the new, the challenges, they shout the idea of recklessness as if it was not in our nature to explore, to push our bodies to the limits, and the mind just that little further onwards.

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(465 words, estimated 1:52 mins reading time)

Tag. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Ed Helms, Lil Rel Howery, Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner, Annabelle Wallis, Jake Johnson, Isla Fisher, Hannibal Buress, Nora Dunn, Steve Berg, Leslie Bibb, Rashida Jones, Indiana Sifuentes, Trayce Malachi, Jock McKissic, Thomas Middleditch.

We should never grow tired of being able to remember what it was to be carefree, of playing a game that would keep us on our toes and sharpens our wits, that made us become friends with those that we might see as different, more passionate and creatively devilish, than any of those that we come into contact later in life with. If we cannot play then how do we grow, the dull routine of staid and affected boredom is not one we should ever fall into, we should retain the sparkle of childhood, of those teenager years when someone slapped you on the back and run off claiming you were it.

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(473 words, estimated 1:54 mins reading time)

Mary Magdalene. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * *

Cast: Rooney Mara, Joaquin Pheonix, Chiwetel Ejiofer, Tahar Rahim, Ariane Labad, Denis Menochet, Lubna Azabal, Tcheky Karyo, Charles Babalola, Wawfeek Barhom, Ryan Corr, Uri Gavriel, Shira Haas, Tsahi Haevi, Michael Moshonov, David Schofield, Irit Sheleg, Jules Sitruk, Zohar Shtrauss, Lior Raz, Hadas Yaron, Roy Assaf, Valentina Carelutti.

Written history is the by-product of agenda, especially when someone’s legal observance is shouted down by a system that wants to subjugate and put the masses into place. Tell someone enough times that they don’t matter, exclude them, or worse, paint them in the tones of the aggressor, the liar, or the one whose words are based on the derogatory, then history is not only celebrated by the winner, it is a falsehood designed to keep everyone in their place.

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(482 words, estimated 1:56 mins reading time)

In A Sarcastic World, Call Me Cynical.

 

Call me cynical

if you must,

but I believe it is harder to hand out hope

and be sincere with your praise

than to be callous, revelling in the quick-

soundbite of sarcasm as you search

for the cheap laugh, the moment

in the sun, the joker who drives the fans wild,

until it gets out of hand and the wit

turns ugly, because after all,

it had nowhere else to go.

Being kind is filled with pain, holding

out a hand that gets rejected

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(156 words, estimated 37 secs reading time)

Indebted: The Mix-Tape, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Side A Cast: Abel Lordan, Amaka Onaura, Emily Escott, Famia Umama, Fatima Sajal, Fred Lima, Freya Goss, Georgina Garrod, Kadisha Kayani, Kyle Walsh, Leela Maguire, Letticha Taylor, Linue Kuamona, Luke Coulson, Maya Harris, Rosie Evans, Sophia Kelly-Prandelli, Tia Hume-Jennings.

Side B Cast: Annie Mukete, Chris Maylor, Daniel Sebuyange, Emma Burns, Ezrah Watt-Haydon, Isobel Campbell, Isaac Hodgson, Jay Cast, Joel Cobblestone, Joel Hale, Josh Whitmore, Manoka Mbolokele, Nicole Kennedy, Owen Jones, Riaid Saif, Ryan Tomes, Shauna Higan, Scott Lewis, Shaundel Wright.

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(583 words, estimated 2:20 mins reading time)