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Book Review : John D. MacDonald - A Deadly Shade of Gold (1965)
Aug 3

Aug 3 Book Review : John D. MacDonald - A Deadly Shade of Gold (1965)

Benoit Lelievre
Book Reviews

The best Travis McGee novel since the original, if you ask me. It treads a lot of new ground.

Planned Service Interruption
Aug 2

Aug 2 Planned Service Interruption

Benoit Lelievre
Blogging

It’s that time of the year.

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Aug 1

Aug 1 Numb

Benoit Lelievre
Essays

Gut check.

Movie Review : Swiss Army Man (2016)
Jul 31

Jul 31 Movie Review : Swiss Army Man (2016)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

Low-key brutal film about a romantic dork.

Classic Album Review : Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas (1994)
Jul 30

Jul 30 Classic Album Review : Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas (1994)

Benoit Lelievre
Album Reviews

This album is a triumph of creativity, clever production and, well… pure evil, I suppose.

Movie Review : Pure Fucking Mayhem (2008)
Jul 27

Jul 27 Movie Review : Pure Fucking Mayhem (2008)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

There are many documentaries about Norwegian black metal, but only one dedicated to their most iconic band Mayhem.

Movie Review : I, Tonya (2017)
Jul 26

Jul 26 Movie Review : I, Tonya (2017)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

A perfect film for the “fake news” era.

The Problem with Big Productions and their Cardboard Badasses
Jul 25

Jul 25 The Problem with Big Productions and their Cardboard Badasses

Benoit Lelievre
Essays

Our action heroes are inferior to those of the eighties and nineties and we’re (partly) to blame for that.

Book Review : Ross MacDonald - The Drowning Pool (1950)
Jul 24

Jul 24 Book Review : Ross MacDonald - The Drowning Pool (1950)

Benoit Lelievre
Book Reviews

Ross MacDonald was undeniably talented, but was he really a mystery novelist?

Book Review : Ed McBain - Cop Hater (1956)
Jul 20

Jul 20 Book Review : Ed McBain - Cop Hater (1956)

Benoit Lelievre
Book Reviews

In the glory years of world-weary private detectives, there was this dude writing about a bunch of cops.

Album Review : Sleep - The Sciences (2018)
Jul 19

Jul 19 Album Review : Sleep - The Sciences (2018)

Benoit Lelievre
Album Reviews

Stoner/doom giants Sleep have awaken (pun intended) and are still awesome.

Movie Review : Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995)
Jul 18

Jul 18 Movie Review : Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

We have fond memories of this movie, but it really just bridged the gap between the two eras of the Die Hard franchise.

Movie Review : Die Hard 2 (1990)
Jul 16

Jul 16 Movie Review : Die Hard 2 (1990)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

Sequels are usually a terrible idea, but Die Hard 2 found an interesting loophole so that it wouldn’t suck.

Revisiting Die Hard
Jul 13

Jul 13 Revisiting Die Hard

Benoit Lelievre
Essays, Movie Reviews

What better way to celebrate Die Hard’s anniversary than to watch it again to try and figure out the secret of its immortality?

Book Review : John D. MacDonald - The Quick Red Fox (1964)
Jul 12

Jul 12 Book Review : John D. MacDonald - The Quick Red Fox (1964)

Benoit Lelievre
Book Reviews

The fourth Travis McGee novel is somewhat of a curve ball. It’s one of these books you need to be already into the character to appreciate.

Album Review : Metallica - Reload (1997)
Jul 11

Jul 11 Album Review : Metallica - Reload (1997)

Benoit Lelievre
Album Reviews

The singles on this album are great for what they are. But everything else about it sucks.

Movie Review : Now You See Me 2 (2016)
Jul 10

Jul 10 Movie Review : Now You See Me 2 (2016)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

Now You See Me 2 is now available on Netflix. One would believe that movie tanked, but it inexplicably didn’t.

Movie Review : You Were Never Really Here (2017)
Jul 9

Jul 9 Movie Review : You Were Never Really Here (2017)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

The latest artsy and deep hyperviolent movie has a thing to two to say about romanticizing violence in movies.

Book Review : Erle Stanley Gardner - Turn On the Heat (1940)
Jul 6

Jul 6 Book Review : Erle Stanley Gardner - Turn On the Heat (1940)

Benoit Lelievre
Book Reviews

The Cool & Lam mysteries aren’t exactly elating, but they’re a reliable form of entertainment.

Dipshit Heat: the failure to reboot, rip off or pay tribute
Jul 5

Jul 5 Dipshit Heat: the failure to reboot, rip off or pay tribute

Benoit Lelievre
Essays

Three ways Den of Thieves fail to live up to Heat, the movie it’s blatantly ripping off.

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