The Scouse Red Riding Hood: Theatre Review. Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Cast: Emma Grace Arends, Chantel Cole, Lindzi Germain, Adam McCoy, Lydia Rose Morales Scully, Andrew Schofield, Keddy Sutton. Liam Tobin.

Band: Ben Gladwin, Jack Hymers, Greg Joy, Chris Nicholls, Mike Woodvine.

Excellence rarely comes as a surprise, the joy of the eternal is forever and unequivocally stands on its own legendary status, and for the creatives, the cast, and the audiences that will make their way to the Royal Court Theatre between now and the new year, The Scouse Red Riding Hood theatrical offering is as ever one of tremendous and fantastic irreverence to the staid and the cautious that grips the stony hearted and loosens the funny bone with the skill of a night with Liverpool’s own Ken Dodd and a large dose of double entendre at his disposal.

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(433 words, estimated 1:44 mins reading time)

Frasier. Series Two. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Cast: Kelsey Grammer, Jack Cutmore-Scott, Toks Olagundoye, Jess Salgueiro, Anders Keith, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Peri Gilpin, Patricia Heaton, Jimmy Dunn, Kevin Daniels, Renee Pezzotta, Parvesh Cheena, Nike Doukas, Amy Sedaris, Harriet Sansom Harris, Yvette Nicole Brown, Jorsy Cass, Rachel Bloom, Greer Grammer, Andrew Leeds, Dan Butler, Rafael Cebrián, Giovanni Chambers, Edward Hibbert, Angelique Cabral, Robert Mammana, Eden Rose, Carol Burnett, Tiffany C. Adams.

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

James Patterson: The House Of Cross. Book Review.

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Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Alex Cross, the detective invention of American crime writer James Patterson, was always destined to make history, and to be immersed into the fabric of society in his fictional, and yet relatable, Washington D.C. The longevity of the man has transcended time itself it seems as the characters have not only become fully fleshed out, but an institution to the long term fans of the books, and to the hopes of those behind the new television series due to hit before Christmas.

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(446 words, 1 image, estimated 1:47 mins reading time)

Simon Thacker & Justyna Jablonska. Songs Of The Roma. Album Listen.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Traditional music doesn’t get the understanding that it truly deserves, especially from the mass market pop driven world that inhabits the minds of many who don’t see beyond their borders for inspiration; and as a reaction to that it can be seen as a force of mystery, in some cases alienating, and perhaps grounded in ancient beliefs that are simply unwelcome to a sense of the modern ear.

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

Penguin. Television Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Cast: Colin Farrell, Cristin Milioti, Rhenzy Feliz, Deirdre O’Connell, Theo Rossi, Clancy Brown, Carmen Ejogo, Daniel J. Watts, David H. Holmes, Michael Kelly, Myles Humphus, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Kenzie Grey, Robert Lee Leng, Hunter Enery, Michael Zegan, Jared Abrahamson, James Madio, Tess Soltau, Joshua Bitton, Jessie Pinnick, Daren Donofrio, Scott Cohen, François Chau, Ade Otukoya, Craig Walker, Ben Cook, Aleska Palladino, Mark Strong, Con O’Neill, Ryder Allen.

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(554 words, estimated 2:13 mins reading time)

Midsomer Murders: Dressed To Kill. Television Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Neil Dudgeon, Nick Hendrix, Fiona Dolman, Annette Badland, Claire Hingott, Felix Kai, Tessie Orange-Turner, Stewart Wright, Nigel Lindsay, Baxter Westby, LJ Johnson, Sophie Stone, Ace Bhatti, Suzanne Packer, Nichola McAuliffe, Isabel Shaw.

Murder is a drag, but lying through your teeth about another’s illness to gain support for a holiday can be seen as a crime more personal; so Dressed To Kill, the last episode of the 23rd series of the addictive Midsomer Murders series would have you believe.

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

Jacqui Dankworth: Windmills. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

The evocative nature that captures serenity when we glimpse perhaps through train windows that idly go past an untouched memory of what Britain’s south east landscape was famous for, is a timely reminder that not everything in life has to be littered with the fast and the furious, that taking time is a virtue, that surveying the scene of windmills turning and hop gatherers working is not a bygone mystery, but very much a part of gives its people the sense of a continuance, an order to reflect rather than always consume.

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

Brothers Of Metal: Fimbulvinter. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

If you want to be immersed within a true epic, then the truth of it is that few do it better, or with as much class, as those that inhabit the world of the Scandinavian tradition, the sense of the orally delivered tale, the darkness of the night given a solemn explosion of intrigue as the fires stand guard and the expressions of the listeners, the brothers in metal and armour, remain stoic and undaunted as they take on the guise of heroes in their dreams.

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(376 words, 1 image, estimated 1:30 mins reading time)

Until I Kill You. Television Drama Review.

Cast: Anna Maxwell Martin, Shaun Evans, Amanda Wilkin, Sallie Harmsen, Kevin Doyle, Cory Balmer, Michael Mullen, Jack Franklin, Lucy Thackeray, Steve Edge, Stephanie Street, Matthew Aubrey, Sophie Ford, Gerald Tyler, Clare Foster, William Brand, Laura Morgan, Alice Barclay, Simon Harrison, Claire-Louise Cordwell, Azuka Oforka, Dean Rehman.

The actions of evil men defy comprehension to the overwhelmingly vast majority of the world, but their deeds have far reaching ramifications, and far beyond what any reasonable person could ever understand, or expected to ever even tolerate, let alone be afraid, terrified of just living life.

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(438 words, estimated 1:45 mins reading time)