Review
The vinyl word on... OK Human
Along with the Foo Fighters releasing “Medicine at Midnight” in the last month, Weezer are another stalwart of the 90...
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OUR TAKE ON... TENET
From the mind of Christopher Nolan, who in the last twenty years has put together an amazing, unique body of work, fr...
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The Vinyl Word on... S&M2
Twenty one years ago, I bought the first “S&M” record from Metallica in a Golden Discs store. On the 28th of August, I’ll be doing it all over again...
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Our Take On... Trolls World Tour
The first Trolls movie had a fair amount of cynicism around it. Coming in the wake of “The Lego Movie”, it initially ...
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Our Take On... Watchmen - The Show
A sequel to a highly revered book made straight for TV was never going to be an easy sell. Even me, someone I would consider to be a big fan of “Watchmen” having first read the book about fifteen years ago, was sceptical about how it would go.
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Our take on... Star Wars IX: The Rise of Skywalker
While it may not be to the taste of all the fans of the series (what is?) “The Rise of Skywalker” is a satisfying end to a saga that started in 1977. It’s a non-stop, straight forward, old fashioned adventure film that has the feel of the original trilogy, rather than the complicated politics of the prequel trilogy...
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Our take on... Frozen II
As with “Toy Story 4” from a couple of months ago, I haven’t seen this film as at the time of writing, but luckily my 8 year old daughter Lilliana has, and she was more than happy to take the time from her busy schedule to sit down with me and answer some questions I have about the film...
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The vinyl word on...Jeff Wayne's The War of the Worlds
Back to the mid to late eighties my dad would put this record on, and about halfway through Richard Burton’s introduction I would react in pretty much the same way every time - “Turn it off! Turn it off!” I was utterly terrified of Burton’s baritone, serious delivery but at the same time I had a morbid curiosity about it.
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The vinyl word on... Leonard Cohen's Thanks for the Dance.
This album arrives three years after the passing of Leonard Cohen, and also marks three years since the release of the last album of his lifetime “You Want it Darker”...
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Our take on... Game of Thrones, The Final Season.
When it was announced a couple of years ago that this eighth season of “Game of Thrones” was going to be its last, some fans expressed disappointment that the show was going to end, but were relieved at the fact that at least there would be a proper ending. Who would ascend to the Iron Throne, what of the Night King and his army of the undead, and would certain characters get what was coming to them at long last...
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The Vinyl Word on... “Metallica” (aka “The Black Album”).
This is just my personal opinion, but I find that older music that was recorded using old school reel to reel tape just sounds better on vinyl. That’s where this album comes in...
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Our take on... Spider-Man: Far From Home
The first film in the post “Endgame” era of the MCU marks the end of “Phase 3” in the series and serves as an extended epilogue in the story of Peter Parker following the events of the aforementioned “Endgame”...
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