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Movie Review : A Gray State (2017)
Jan 5

Jan 5 Movie Review : A Gray State (2017)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

A Gray State is a documentary about the rise and the fall of Gray State, a libertarian, anti-government dystopian film that never came into existence.

A Plea for Logan Paul (and Other Internet Idiots)
Jan 4

Jan 4 A Plea for Logan Paul (and Other Internet Idiots)

Benoit Lelievre
Essays

Is Logan Paul a trash human being or just a kid that gamed a rotten system we all embrace a little too hard? There's a little bit of A and a little bit of B in the answer.

Movie Review : Kingsman - The Secret Service (2014)
Jan 3

Jan 3 Movie Review : Kingsman - The Secret Service (2014)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

This movie has explosions, dapper suits and clever weaponry, just like advertised. It has a little something up its sleeve that makes it a more interesting spy thriller than average, though.

Book Review : Stephen King & Peter Straub - The Talisman (1984)
Dec 31

Dec 31 Book Review : Stephen King & Peter Straub - The Talisman (1984)

Benoit Lelievre
Book Reviews

That was a long, uneventful and slightly disappointing. Nothing against it, but coming of age novels have an expiration date. 

The Dead End Follies Album Review Compendium, Vol. 2
Dec 29

Dec 29 The Dead End Follies Album Review Compendium, Vol. 2

Benoit Lelievre
Blogging

A comprehensive list of the 63 album reviews I've made on Dead End Follies from 2015 to 2017.

Album Review : Eminem - Revival (2017)
Dec 28

Dec 28 Album Review : Eminem - Revival (2017)

Benoit Lelievre
Album Reviews

The new Eminem is bad. I'm sure you know this by now. How bad is it, though? Well, let me try to explain you.

Best Reads of 2017
Dec 21

Dec 21 Best Reads of 2017

Benoit Lelievre
Blogging

The list is here. Find out who stood head and shoulders above the competition in 2017.

Ben Watches Television : Wormwood (2017)
Dec 20

Dec 20 Ben Watches Television : Wormwood (2017)

Benoit Lelievre
Ben Watches Television

My thoughts on what is perhaps' Errol Morris' most ambitious project, so far: a four-hour documentary on project MK-Ultra, the popular folktale about the CIA giving LSD to people for mind control purposes.

Notable Reads of 2017
Dec 19

Dec 19 Notable Reads of 2017

Benoit Lelievre
Blogging

My best-of-the-rest for 2017 features: Laird Barron, Jordan Harper, Brian Evenson, John Le Carré and more!

Book Review : Andrew James Stone - The Mortuary Monster (2016)
Dec 18

Dec 18 Book Review : Andrew James Stone - The Mortuary Monster (2016)

Benoit Lelievre
Book Reviews

Horrifying is a good word to describe this book. But is it horrifying-good or horrifying-bad? That is up for your to decide, really.

Book Review : Wrestle Maniacs (2017)
Dec 15

Dec 15 Book Review : Wrestle Maniacs (2017)

Benoit Lelievre
Book Reviews

Pro wrestling's not the first thing you'd think about in reading circle, but you should consider Wrestle Maniacs anyway. There are peculiar treasures in there, penned by the likes of Eryk Pruitt, Adam Howe, Patrick Lacey, Tom Leins and Handsome Ed Kurtz.

Your novel blows because... it's cartoonishly bleak
Dec 14

Dec 14 Your novel blows because... it's cartoonishly bleak

Benoit Lelievre
Essays

There are some things I hate reading and one of these things are over-the-top, comically bleak novels.

Album Review : Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker (2016)
Dec 13

Dec 13 Album Review : Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker (2016)

Benoit Lelievre
Album Reviews

It's been one year that Leonard Cohen quietly left us on the eve of the U.S presidential election. And I haven't finished mourning him.

Eligible Works for Dead End Follies' Year-End's Best Reads
Dec 12

Dec 12 Eligible Works for Dead End Follies' Year-End's Best Reads

Benoit Lelievre
Blogging

I will select my best reads of the year next week. In the meantime, read my year's work in book reviews right here.

Book Review : Iain Ryan - The Student (2017)
Dec 11

Dec 11 Book Review : Iain Ryan - The Student (2017)

Benoit Lelievre
Book Reviews

A non-Tunnel Island novel by ferocious Australian writer Iain Ryan. Is it good. You bet your ass it is. 

Book Review : David Foster Wallace - The Last Interview and Other Conversations (2012)
Dec 8

Dec 8 Book Review : David Foster Wallace - The Last Interview and Other Conversations (2012)

Benoit Lelievre
Book Reviews

I miss reading David Foster Wallace, so I bought this book hoping to find a little, tiny piece of that spark again. 

Movie Review : Miami Vice (2006)
Dec 7

Dec 7 Movie Review : Miami Vice (2006)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

Miami Vice is one of these movies people are on the fence about watching because they've heard that's either very good or very bad. Let me end that debate for you.

The Complete Death Grips Retrospective
Dec 6

Dec 6 The Complete Death Grips Retrospective

Benoit Lelievre
Blogging

I wrote copious amounts of material about Death Grips since 2015 and I have finally run out of things to say (for now). Here's where you can find everything.

Album Review : Nick Murphy - Missing Link (2017)
Dec 5

Dec 5 Album Review : Nick Murphy - Missing Link (2017)

Benoit Lelievre
Album Reviews

Is there more than a name change to Chet Faker's decision to become Nick Murphy (himself) for his audience? I listened to Missing Link and tried to find out.

Book Review : Jordan Krall - Beyond the Great, Bloody, Bruised, and Silent Veil of this World (2017)
Dec 4

Dec 4 Book Review : Jordan Krall - Beyond the Great, Bloody, Bruised, and Silent Veil of this World (2017)

Benoit Lelievre
Book Reviews

If you haven't read Jordan Krall yet, this is both a great and terrible place to start. I could say that of all his books really, but this one holds up to his reputation.

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