‘Doctor Who’ 11.03: ‘Rosa’
❉ ‘The defiantly humanist, brilliantly written series I fell in love with all those years ago is well and truly back’, writes Rob Fairclough.
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‘Five Fingers For Marseilles’ (2018)
❉ This movie shows that risks can still be taken with the Western, such as giving the genre’s template a South African cultural overhaul.
Carl Davis Interview: The Liverpool Oratorio
❉ We talk to composer & conductor Carl Davis CBE about Paul McCartney’s elegiac classical opus, released in the US 27 years ago today.
Ten of The Best: Genesis
❉ Whether channelling Keats, Joyce and Python with Peter Gabriel or blasting out stadium rock favourites with Phil Collins, Genesis had something for everyone. Here’s ten of the best.
Return of the mac: ‘Columbo: Season 1’ on Blu-Ray
❉ 12 hours of one of the greatest detective shows ever to grace our screens and Columbo’s raincoat, cigars and battered Peugeot have never looked better.
Blancmange – ‘Wanderlust’
❉ Hot on the heels of Unfurnished Rooms, Neil Arthur’s insightful lyrics explore the human condition in this modern day and age, writes Ange Chan.
‘Doctor Who’ 11.02: ‘The Ghost Monument’
❉ Jodie Whittaker continues to shine and banish further into the misogynistic past the suggestion that only a man can play the Doctor.
‘A Star Is Born’ (15) reviewed
❉ Featuring a number of outstanding songs, A Star Is Born is one of those rare films that manages to live up to its hype. Ben Peyton goes ga-ga.
‘The Rockford Files’ Season One (Blu-Ray)
❉ With the first of its six seasons arriving on Blu-Ray, this wry and charming series can now be enjoyed fully restored and in high definition.
‘Scouse Pop’: Soundtrack of a Generation
❉ ‘Scouse Pop’ is an a rare, documented insight into the economic and political backdrop which forged the music that came out of Liverpool during the ’80s and ’90s.