Dominic Dunn, Bury Your Head. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

The one thing you can never accuse one of the finest young talents in Liverpool of doing is putting his head in the sand and hoping that whatever ails the city will soon blow over. It is an observation that can be said of all with the eternal stamp of pride that comes with being born within sight of the Mersey, the far flung Welsh hills and the knowledge what is right and wrong pumped into their veins from an early age and for Kirkdale’s Dominic Dunn this is especially true as he offers his new single Bury Your Head out to those who will not stand idly as the sound of wolves biting and slavering away at decency rattle the doors and sniff at the windows.

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

The Slow Death Of Australian Cricket.

You might yet win the day…

I learned long ago to never deeply

trust the advances made

by the English men

in white and the often cried for

perfect conditions in which to slay

the oldest foe,

yet somehow it has to be said

it’s looking very unlikely

that the front foot is about to come

off the Baggy Green Coat of Arms

wearing Kangeroo and the misinformed

Captain Emu, certainly not

in any way that suggest a quality

of Mercy, not today…

 

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(194 words, estimated 47 secs reading time)

Fantastic Four (2015). Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 3/10

Cast: Miles Teller, Michael B. Jordan, Kate Mara, Jamie Bell, Toby Kebbell, Reg E. Cathey, Tim Blake Nelson, Dan Castellaneta, Owen Judge, Evan Hannemann, Chet Hanks, Mary-Pat Green, Tim Heidecker, Mary Rachel Dudley.

 

Someone, somewhere owes many cinema goers and fans of the Fantastic Four one big apology for what can only be described as a detailed examination of how not to bring comic book heroes to life. If the apology isn’t forthcoming, it can only be down to the fact that many who were involved in the project will have conveniently forgotten their involvement very quickly.

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(486 words, estimated 1:57 mins reading time)

That’s Amore Returns To The Unity Theatre For One Night Only This October.

Liverpool based renowned physical theatre company, Tmesis have announced plans for a second tour this Autumn 2015 of That’s Amore – it’s all about love – wanting it, having it, keeping it and losing it.

That’s Amore, completed a successful U.K. tour earlier this year, and will now open in five venues across the Northwest in Chester, Warrington (part of Warrington Contemporary Arts Festival), Northwich, Ulverston and Liverpool in October this year.

That’s Amore is a hilarious, fast paced, passionate and emotional piece of physical theatre which explores the vast world and culture of romantic love – from chance encounters to hidden desires, and emotional extremes to the science of romance. The piece discovers the flesh and philosophy behind what makes our hearts beat faster.

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(590 words, estimated 2:22 mins reading time)

Neal Morse, Morsefest 2014 Live. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

The extravaganza of it all, the performance, the gala festival, when it all boils down it no amount of words can quite possibly describe the flowing momentum and atmosphere that surrounds Neal Morse, one of the kings of the Progressive Rock genre, as his music is captured tantalisingly live and presented with open and frank clarity in Neal Morse’s Morsefest 2014 Live.

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(462 words, 1 image, estimated 1:51 mins reading time)

Doctor Who: Suburban Hell. Audio Drama Review. Big Finish Audio.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Tom Baker, Louise Jameson, Annette Badland, Katy Wix, Alix Dunmore, Raymond Coulthard, David Ricardo-Pearce.

 

There is surely one place and one set of foes more terrifying than a fleet of Daleks rampaging from the torment that is Skaro, the Cybermen climbing out of their icy wombs, the spiders of Metabelis 3 or the arch devil himself himself The Master burnt to a crisp and finding the best way to groom a beard and that is the nightmare that would make them all quiver in fright, the suburban middle-class themed party, the fear that dominates the Suburban Hell.

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(463 words, estimated 1:51 mins reading time)

Shakeamaker.

I am not surprised that many of us

survived the way that Shakeamaker

dealt with us,

I am astonished

that we did so without looking the maniac

in the eye and resisting all temptation

to punch him in the stomach

with our tiny eight year old hands

and screaming with our lungs

fit to burst, our lungs still blaring

as if mimicking the sirens

that disclosed the approach of the bombs

that rained down and the aftermath

in which we played in as children;

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(459 words, estimated 1:50 mins reading time)

Life is Strange: Episode 4 – Dark Room (PS4), Game Review.

Sound and Vision Rating 9.5/10

Life is Strange: Episode 4 – Dark Room is a third-person episodic adventure game available for download from the PlayStation Store for the PS4. The episodic action of Life is Strange continues with the fourth episode developed by Dontnod Entertainment who are known for creating games with powerful and dependant female characters that grow and become stronger through the duration of the game having previously released Remember Me in 2013.

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(2292 words, 3 images, estimated 9:10 mins reading time)

Three Minute Hero, In This Generation. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

To each generation the prospect of strife, hardship and being looked down upon a despicable Government is a very real and frightening prospect. For the current younger generation who have lived through what was called with vigour and dishonesty, a credit crunch, a decline or even a slowdown in the economy but will perhaps be given its rightful name of the great Depression of the 21st Century as history unfolds. Three Minute Hero’s latest single, In This Generation, looks deep into the eyes of those that have caused such misery and want and shows the world exactly what despair he sees in the hate filled iris’.

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(356 words, estimated 1:25 mins reading time)

Science Of The Lamps, Lonely. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Film and music are so intrinsically linked together that sometimes it is easy to forget just how much they would be missed if separated, torn apart and left to fend for themselves.

For the sensational Liverpool band Science of the Lamps and in particular the woman behind the thought process and cohesive story-telling, film is a logical move. The band’s latest song, Lonely, sits up there with the very best of the Nordic tales that they have written and provides the perfect backdrop for the new feature film My Lonely Me.

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(370 words, estimated 1:29 mins reading time)