Category Archives: TV

Skeleton Crew. Television Series Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Jude Law, Robert Timothy Smith, Ryan Kiera Armstrong, Kyriana Kratter, Ravi Cabot-Conyers, Nick Frost, Jaleel White, Dominic Burgess, Fred Tatasciore, Tunde Adebimpe, Geneva Carr, Marti Matulis, Kerry Condon, Mickey Cassidy, Dale Soules, Sisa Grey, M. J. Kang, Stephen Oyoung, Mike Estes, Cass Buggé, Kacie Borrowman, Robert Ramsdell, Kelly Macdonald, Alla Shawkat, Julie Ann Emery, Jacob Roanhaus, Stephen Fry, Andy Powers, Shane Almagor.

NOS4A2. Series One. Television Series Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Ashleigh Cummings, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Jahkara J. Smith, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Virginia Kull, Zachery Quinto, Ashley Romans, Jonathan Langdon, Mattea Conforti, Darby Camp, Rebecca Gibel, Dalton Harrod, Asher Miles Fallica, Judith Roberts, Chris McKinney.

A time must come when the master is surpassed by his apt pupil, when the opportunity arises for the continuation of a dynasty is seized and the family name regenerates into the new and abiding era; such is the fate of a King, and whilst Stephen King shows no sign of slowing down as the books and ideas keep flowing, it is to Joe Hill that the vibe of disturbing horror fiercely expects stimulation and the opening of the dark path.

Based On A True Story. Series Two. Television Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Kaley Cuoco, Chris Messina, Tom Bateman, Liana Liberato, Priscilla Quintana, June Diane Raphael, Jessica St. Clair, Melissa Fumero, Annabelle Dexter-Jones, Aisha Alfa, Sara Paxton, Aaron Stanton, Kellen Patino, Matthew Law, Joe Williamson, Kingston Rumi Southwick, Briana Cuoco, Stephanie Allynne, Rory Scovel.

Sherlock Holmes: Short Stories. The Adventure of The Speckled Band. Audio Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Hugh Bonneville.

One of Sherlock Holmes finest adventures, and a particular favourite of his creator, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of The Speckled Band is always worthy of adaption; its use of sleight of hand and its ability to blend into the gothic marks out in the realm of stories such as The Hound of the Baskervilles, or even the sense of inevitable of doom as found in The Final Solution, as one of grandness and the science behind deduction firmly established.

White Lies. Television Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 5/10

Cast: Natalie Dormer, Brendon Daniels, Daniel Schultz, Morgan Santo, Clayton Evertson, Langley Kirkwood, Kiroshan Naidoo, Daniel Janks, Sunny Yoon, Daniah De Villiers, Robert Hobbs, Athenkosi Mfamela, Katlego Lebogang, Ivan Abrahams, Roxanne Prentice, Caely-Jo Levy, Robert Hobbs.

Sex and death go hand in hand, it is a staple of fiction within the crime genre, and in real life when the news reports on the various murders that chastise and upset the nation’s sensibilities, that shock and rightly disgust the morality of the natural world.

Strike: The Ink Black Heart. Television Series Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Tom Burke, Holliday Grainger, Kevin Bishop, Ruth Sheen, Tupele Dorgu, Jacob Abraham, Ewan Bailey, Ellise Chappell, Jack Donoghue, Emma Fielding, Mirren Mack, Christian McKay, James Nelson-Joyce, Luke Norris, David Westhead, Madeline Akua, Matt Rawle, Jack Greenless, Ben Caplan, Caitlin Innes Edwards, Stephen Hagan, Badria Timimi, Joseph Mydell, David Westhead, Ewan Bailey, Yong Kim, Liza Sadovy, Eloise Thomas, Jack Trueman, Natasha O’Keefe.

Sherlock Holmes: Short Stories. The Adventure of the Dancing Men. Audio Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Hugh Bonneville.

Unless you have been privileged to find yourself curled up with the complete works, or have had the self-discipline to sit through the master of detective fiction’s presence on screen thanks to invaluable performances by Jeremy Brett and Edward Hardwicke, you could be forgiven for missing out on some of the more obscure tales that don’t involve the idea of glowing, spectral growling dogs, the plaster casts of Napoleon, or even the much admired trip to the falls of Reichenbach.

What If…?: Series Three. Television Series Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Jeffrey Wright, Haley Atwell, Anthony Mackie, Mark Ruffalo, Teyonah Parris, Sebastian Stan, David Harbour, Simu Liu, Oscar Issac, Kathryn Hahn, Kumail Nanjiani, Dominic Cooper, James D’ Arcy, David Kaye, Laurence Fishbourne, Gene Farber, Kat Dennings, Seth Green, Samuel L. Jackson, Tom Hiddleston, Clark Gregg, Michael Rooker, Josh Brolin, Rachel House, Chris Hemsworth, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Dominique Thorne, Emily VanCamp, Tessa Thompson, Hailee Steinfeld, Wyatt Russell, Walton Coggins, Karen Gillan, Taika Waititi, Alison Sealy-Smith, Matt Friend, Jared Butler, Alejandro Saab, America Ferrera, Natasha Lyonne, Jason Issacs, Darin De Paul.

Beyond Paradise. Christmas Special 2024. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Kris Marshall, Sally Breton, Zahra Ahmadi, Barbara Flynn, Dylan Llewellyn, Felicity Montague, Mark Heap, Tamla Kari, Seann Walsh, Rosalind Adler, Amalia Vitale, Austin Taylor, Chizzy Akudolu, Simon Nagra, Jade Harrison, Melina Sinadinou, Sami Amber.

The maxim of perfection is placed upon such an unachievable high alter when it comes to certain traditions and celebrations. We place too much emphasis on the desire to see life, especially on the festive period, as one of the picture perfect, unspoiled, and flawless; and if something should go awry then the arms are raised in exasperation and the hysterical use of ‘Christmas is cancelled’ or ‘It’s ruined’ as though every cog that makes up the holiday dare not suffer a malfunction that does even impact the operation of anything else within the sphere of control or enjoyment.

Dark Winds. Series Two. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Zahn McClarnon, Kiowa Gordon, Jessica Matten, Jeri Ryan, Deanna Allison, Elva Guerra, Natalie Benally, DezBaa’, A Martinez, Ryan Begay, Nicholas Logan, Jaqueline Byers, John Diehl, Anderson Kee, Wade Adakai, Betty Ann Tsosie, Ernest Tsosie III, Gary Yazzie, Ramona DuBarry, Joseph Runningfox,

Dark Winds’ second season is one that sees the Native American belief and tradition blend even further with the notion of reluctance of adoption of what has been called Western civilisation.