Billy’s Lyre: ‘The Black Archive 32: The Romans’
❉ What has ‘The Romans’ ever done for us?
review
‘Under Fire’ on Blu-ray reviewed
❉ The gutsy, underrated political thriller starring Nick Nolte makes its Blu-Ray debut.
Ambient Sanctuaries: The world of Beaver & Krause
❉ C.J. Newman revisits one of the most significant collaborations of their time.
Flash Back: ‘Life After Flash’
❉ It could have been so easy to poke fun at such a camp, OTT movie but this film treats its subject with respect and love.
‘X-Men: Dark Phoenix’ (12A) reviewed
❉ Does this Phoenix rise from the ashes or should you James McAvoid it?
The Membranes: ‘What Nature Gives… Nature Takes Away’
❉ John Robb and friends explore the beauty and terror of nature.
Fleetwood Mac – ‘Before the Beginning’
❉ A new archival release from Peter Green’s original incarnation of Fleetwood Mac.
‘Rocketman’ (15) reviewed
features a career best performance from Taron Egerton.
Birth of a Nation – Inevitable Records: An Independent Liverpool (1979-1986)
❉ Another splendid addition from Cherry Red to this fertile and febrile period in pop music history.
Beating Mr. Neg: Howard Jones – ‘Transform’
❉ There’s something for old & new fans of electropop in Jones’ first release of new material since 2015.