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Movie Review : Blow-Up (1966)
Jun 12

Jun 12 Movie Review : Blow-Up (1966)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

52 years after its release, Michelangelo Antonioni’s Blow-Up has a thing or two to teach the world still.

Book Review : Seb Doubinsky - The Babylonian Trilogy (2009)
Jun 11

Jun 11 Book Review : Seb Doubinsky - The Babylonian Trilogy (2009)

Benoit Lelievre
Book Reviews

Doubinsky’s greatest talent is on display here: he’s remapping the way you think about the world.

Book Review : J.G Ballard - Crash (1973)
Jun 8

Jun 8 Book Review : J.G Ballard - Crash (1973)

Benoit Lelievre
Book Reviews

Crash is the novel about people fucking in car crashes. It’s disturbing, low-key terrifying and prescient.

Movie Review: Steve Jobs (2015)
Jun 7

Jun 7 Movie Review: Steve Jobs (2015)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

This movie flopped not because it questioned Steve Jobs’ character, but because it questioned way more than that.

Movie Review : Crash (1996)
Jun 6

Jun 6 Movie Review : Crash (1996)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

When you’ve seen this Crash, it’s impossible to mistake it for the other movie of the same name.

Album Review : Kanye West - Ye (2018)
Jun 5

Jun 5 Album Review : Kanye West - Ye (2018)

Benoit Lelievre
Album Reviews

Kanye West finds new and exciting way to be confronting with every album and Ye is not exception.

Movie Review : The Mothman Prophecies (2002)
Jun 4

Jun 4 Movie Review : The Mothman Prophecies (2002)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

Finally had a revenge both with a movie that scared me into sleeping with the lights on, many years ago.

Movie Review : It (2017)
May 31

May 31 Movie Review : It (2017)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

I was ready to hate on that movie hard, but it was spirited horror like I haven’t seen in some time in mainstream cinema.

Album Review : Pusha T - Daytona (2018)
May 30

May 30 Album Review : Pusha T - Daytona (2018)

Benoit Lelievre
Album Reviews

Pusha T is back. But Kanye West is also back. And Daytona is monumental.

Ben Watches Television : Evil Genius (2018)
May 29

May 29 Ben Watches Television : Evil Genius (2018)

Benoit Lelievre
Ben Watches Television

Evil Genius is not all that evil, but it offers an interesting spin on a crime that is too often still romanticized,

Movie Review : Deadpool 2 (2018)
May 28

May 28 Movie Review : Deadpool 2 (2018)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

I liked Deadpool, but wasn’t sure it had anything left to offer. Boy, was I ever wrong about that.

Movie Review : Nightbreed (1990)
May 25

May 25 Movie Review : Nightbreed (1990)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

A goofy monster movie at best. An ill-fated attempt at branding a new horror franchise at worse. Nightbreed is somewhere it between and it’s pretty entertaining for reasons that are both good and bad.

Classic Album Review : Metallica (1991)
May 24

May 24 Classic Album Review : Metallica (1991)

Benoit Lelievre
Album Reviews

Metallica’s best-selling album is also the turning point in their career, ushering an era of heavy criticism and doubt

Movie Review : Logan Lucky (2017)
May 23

May 23 Movie Review : Logan Lucky (2017)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

This is not even average, David James Keaton. This movie is bullshit.

Book Review : Clive Barker - Cabal (1988)
May 22

May 22 Book Review : Clive Barker - Cabal (1988)

Benoit Lelievre
Book Reviews

Cabal is one of Clive Barker’s most reputable books, but is it because it’s good or just more accessible?

In Memoriam : Chris Cornell
May 18

May 18 In Memoriam : Chris Cornell

Benoit Lelievre
Essays

It’s been one year today and I still haven’t made peace with it.

The Self-Perpetuating War for Nobility
May 17

May 17 The Self-Perpetuating War for Nobility

Benoit Lelievre
Essays

Hopefully, the first and last thing I ever write about Donald Trump, the rhetorics of division and the poor state of liberal ideology.

Book Review : Joe Clifford - Broken Ground (2018)
May 16

May 16 Book Review : Joe Clifford - Broken Ground (2018)

Benoit Lelievre
Book Reviews

The Jay Porter novels are a great example of novels growing within set boundaries. They are one of the finest series running today.

Classic Album Review : Dimmu Borgir - Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia (2001)
May 15

May 15 Classic Album Review : Dimmu Borgir - Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia (2001)

Benoit Lelievre
Album Reviews

When Dimmu Borgir was at the height of their powers, they experimented a lot, but they never lost sight of what exactly they were trying to do.

Movie Review : Justice League (2017)
May 14

May 14 Movie Review : Justice League (2017)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

Everybody knows this movie isn’t good. I wanted to explain to you why, but I ran out of space to name all the reasons.

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