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Movie Review : The Batman (2022)
Mar 24

Mar 24 Movie Review : The Batman (2022)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews
Book Review : Joe R. Lansdale - Born for Trouble: The Further Adventures of Hap & Leonard (2022)
Mar 22

Mar 22 Book Review : Joe R. Lansdale - Born for Trouble: The Further Adventures of Hap & Leonard (2022)

Benoit Lelievre
Book Reviews
Album Review : Blood Incantation - Timewave Zero (2022)
Mar 18

Mar 18 Album Review : Blood Incantation - Timewave Zero (2022)

Benoit Lelievre
Album Reviews

The hype around this album is out of control. Can it be as good (or bad) as people claim?

#004 - Melanie & The Internet Wasteland
Mar 16

Mar 16 #004 - Melanie & The Internet Wasteland

Benoit Lelievre
Journals

My mind is an internet wasteland

My friend Kevin, What Have Ye Done?
Mar 14

Mar 14 My friend Kevin, What Have Ye Done?

Benoit Lelievre
Essays, Long-Ass Reads

An examination of why we once deeply loved Kevin Smith’s movies and why we stopped loving them so suddenly.

Book Review : Max Booth III - Maggots Screaming! (2022)
Mar 10

Mar 10 Book Review : Max Booth III - Maggots Screaming! (2022)

Benoit Lelievre
Book Reviews

This novel is not what you think it is. It’s probably much better than what you think it is.

Book Review : J. David Osborne - You Pray For Dry Weather at the Sight of the Sun (2022)
Mar 8

Mar 8 Book Review : J. David Osborne - You Pray For Dry Weather at the Sight of the Sun (2022)

Benoit Lelievre
Book Reviews

A simple, but gorgeous essay about the connective power of art.

Euphoria : Season 2 Character Power Rankings
Mar 4

Mar 4 Euphoria : Season 2 Character Power Rankings

Benoit Lelievre
Lists

My top 20 of most pertinent and fun characters of the most pertinent and fun television show going forward.

Movie Review : Studio 666 (2022)
Mar 2

Mar 2 Movie Review : Studio 666 (2022)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

It doesn’t quite make sense outside of the context of the Foo Fighters’ career, but it’s a lot of fun nonetheless.

Album Review : Immolation - Acts of God (2022)
Feb 28

Feb 28 Album Review : Immolation - Acts of God (2022)

Benoit Lelievre
Album Reviews

Immolation delivers the expected AND THEN SOME

Book Review : Chuck Klosterman - The Nineties (2022)
Feb 25

Feb 25 Book Review : Chuck Klosterman - The Nineties (2022)

Benoit Lelievre
Book Reviews

The greatest point this book makes is not on the page, but between the lines.

Movie Review : Reminiscence (2021)
Feb 22

Feb 22 Movie Review : Reminiscence (2021)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

Reminiscence is what happens when you want to explore themes without having to tell an actual story.

Album Review : Lorna Shore - ... And I Return to Nothingness (2021)
Feb 18

Feb 18 Album Review : Lorna Shore - ... And I Return to Nothingness (2021)

Benoit Lelievre
Album Reviews

I’m usually not unto deathcore much, but this is wild. This needs to be listened to.

Movie Review : The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)
Feb 16

Feb 16 Movie Review : The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

Joel Coen made Shakespeare cool again.

Revisionist Movie Review : American Psycho (2000)
Feb 14

Feb 14 Revisionist Movie Review : American Psycho (2000)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

This film aged ridiculously well. Almost too well for its own good.

#003 - The Bicycle Theft
Feb 12

Feb 12 #003 - The Bicycle Theft

Benoit Lelievre
Journals

Never be a dick to your own kid.

Classic Movie Review : The Last Boy Scout (1991)
Feb 11

Feb 11 Classic Movie Review : The Last Boy Scout (1991)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

Shane Black is definitely a hall of fame screenwriter, but The Last Boy Scout is far from his best work.

Book Review : Chuck Palahniuk - The Invention of Sound (2020)
Feb 8

Feb 8 Book Review : Chuck Palahniuk - The Invention of Sound (2020)

Benoit Lelievre
Book Reviews

A book about song and a book about being passionate in a shitty world also.

Of Moral Relativism & the Engineering of Struggles
Feb 4

Feb 4 Of Moral Relativism & the Engineering of Struggles

Benoit Lelievre
Aphorism

Some brainier stuff that I’ve had on my mind about how the world works.

That F@%*ing Scene : Showdown in Old Newark
Feb 2

Feb 2 That F@%*ing Scene : Showdown in Old Newark

Benoit Lelievre
Essays

The Many Saints of Newark has the best shootout scene I’ve watched in recent years. Here’s what makes it work.

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