Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
You either continue to strive for the elusive and the passion, or you stop in your tracks and look around you and wonder where it all went, that the blessed talent you were born with somehow just disappeared one night and left you bereft of reason, to be, to do, to see anything but ice in the rear view mirror where the sun used to reflect a Shine so bright it would be blinding.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
Cast: Hugh Grant, Sophie Thatcher, Chloe East, Topher Grace.
The point is that there is nothing original left, every thought is a variation of something already stated, every belief is a faded carbon copy of another that had already been venerated and discussed by others, some with a more persuasive edge to the words than others, and it perhaps shows that we have become a species that cannot think without a baseline of consideration already in place. Whether in politics or religious discourse we are now arguably nothing more than phrases that are well rehearsed and which have lost all meaning.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
The rumours have always been true, never more than certain, always delivering with absolute polish and insight into the realm of one of the greatest bands of all time, and whilst the chances of seeing the band that is the definitive article perform on stage again is perhaps low, bordering on non-existent, the fact that Rumours Of Fleetwood Mac are still capturing the inherent beauty, the haunting mystique, and the sheer scope of the ideas laid down originally by Peter Green, Jeremey Spencer, and Danny Kirwan, pushed forward by Christine McVie, Lindsey Buckingham, and Stevie Nicks, but always framed by the bass and drums of the two men who’s names encapsulated the drama and cool of the group; is never to be doubted or disputed.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *
Cast: Sam Reid, Jacob Anderson, Jennifer Ehle, Eric Bogosian, Ryan Kattner, Seamus Patterson, Sarah Swire, Assad Zaman, Joseph Potter, Delainey Hayles, Gopal Divan, Sheila Atim, Christopher Heyerdahl, Damien Atkins, Vince Kesavamoorthy, Justin Kirk, Amaka Umeh, Shepherd Munroe, Jeanine Serralles, Noah Reid, Andrew Musselman, Guy Maddin.
Arguably Anne Rice’s The Vampire Lestat is one of the finest examples of the modern gothic horror to exist from the 20th century, and to attempt to capture it in a form that does it justice could be beset with issues that might not be apparently noticeable until one finds themselves completely absorbed into the world of 1980s excess and the glut of superfluity that resonated and was heavily underscored by the literature of the time.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
Cast: Mark Gatiss, Polly Walker, Elliot Levy, Connor Finch, Blake Harrison, Jason Watkins, Sarah Crowe, Saffron Coomber, Rosie Cavaliero, Amanda Lawrence, Sorcha Groundsell, Sid Sagar, Nadia Albina, Gerard Horan, Buket Kömür, Youssef Kerkour, Rupert Graves, Nory Goderis, Jan Van Ryckeghem, Rob Oldfield, Simon Callow.
The dead always leave behind something in the dust for others to spoil, to use in their name, and create deeds by the living that leeches off the bereaved as they grieve and grasp any sign of hope that those they have lost might still be found.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *
King’s Heath in Birmingham might not be that well known to anyone outside of the second city, but it has produced an astonishing number of people to whom art and sport have been fortunate to have graced the suburb, to have been influenced by the leafy green former village and the possibility of being part of a new breed of hero for the post-war generation.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
All the talk ever seemed to be about Oasis and Pulp, in the expansive field of discussion thirty years ago at the height of what was termed ‘Brit Pop’ other bands seemed to be the surrounding part players, never really able to break through the aura filled bubble of the Manchester and London feud; and yet despite it all for a huge swathe of music appreciators there was only ever one band that caught the zeitgeist so perfectly, and one that didn’t require hype, because the band weren’t driven by that, there were pushed by the realism of life and their album Different Class emphasised that emotional gravitas in one resonating gesture in 1995.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *
The Roaring Waves that we see from the safety of the shore can be ether a warning we take seriously, or we see them as omens of the gods at play, tossing the ideas and hubris of humanity into the surface of turbulent truth and seeing what surfaces, what clings to the life buoy and becomes the exceptional majesty aloft of the swell and movement surrounding the that waves cannot, and will never wash away.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *
Cast: Christopher Eccleston, Billie Piper, Ben Arogundade, Doon Mackichan, David Shaw-Parker, Sam Stafford.
Occasionally what Doctor Who needs is a good old fashioned ghost story…or at least what can pass for one in the world of science and speculative fiction, and like the classic New Who tale The Unquiet Dead, there is a lot more to take in than what may be read or heard as things that go bump in the night cannot be explained simply as a ghost, but as something far deadlier to The Doctor, Rose Tyler, and the Knights of Atlas in search of the lost spaceship Vesterbold.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
Only a year earlier Queen arguably ruled the stage at Wembley as part of Live Aid, the brief moment in time at the home of English football, the iconic twin towers crowning the glory of the band in what was to become their most talked about gig of their entire career; if you were there, if you saw it on television then you know exactly how incredible it was.
One year later, Wembley once more played host to the legendary band, and what was captured for posterity at the time on video and for The Tube television programme later that year, was it seems only part of the story.