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Movie Review : Top Gun - Maverick (2022)
Sep 19

Sep 19 Movie Review : Top Gun - Maverick (2022)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

This movie is not that good, but it’s also not as politically rotten as presented.

Classic Movie Review : Top Gun (1986)
Sep 15

Sep 15 Classic Movie Review : Top Gun (1986)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

Top Gun is movie than a movie. It’s a state of mind.

Fred Durst & Post-Irony
Sep 13

Sep 13 Fred Durst & Post-Irony

Benoit Lelievre
Essays

Fred Durst doesn’t speak the language of youth anymore.

Book Review : John Darnielle - Devil House (2022)
Sep 11

Sep 11 Book Review : John Darnielle - Devil House (2022)

Benoit Lelievre
Book Reviews

Don't judge this book by this (awesome) cover. Don't make this mistake.

Movie Review : The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016)
Sep 7

Sep 7 Movie Review : The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

Well shit, this is both fun in a campy, peek-a-boo way and genuinely scary.

Movie Review : Nope (2022)
Sep 5

Sep 5 Movie Review : Nope (2022)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

It takes a serious storytelling talent to make flying saucers scary in 2022.

Album Review : King Buffalo - Regenerator (2022)
Aug 26

Aug 26 Album Review : King Buffalo - Regenerator (2022)

Benoit Lelievre
Album Reviews

True story : this music heals your soul

Book Review : Jennifer Hillier - Things We Do in the Dark (2022)
Aug 24

Aug 24 Book Review : Jennifer Hillier - Things We Do in the Dark (2022)

Benoit Lelievre
Book Reviews

If Jennifer Hillier was a musician, she’d write pop songs. But dark and edgy pop songs like Kate Bush or Robyn.

#008 - The Problem With Self-Love
Aug 22

Aug 22 #008 - The Problem With Self-Love

Benoit Lelievre
Journals

Self-love is not a discursive balm you can put on your soul to make it stop hurting. It’s more complicated.

Book Review : Marston Hefner - High School Romance (2022)
Aug 18

Aug 18 Book Review : Marston Hefner - High School Romance (2022)

Benoit Lelievre
Book Reviews

Come for the family name. Stay for the uncomfortable feeling that you've lived through these stories.

Book Review : Michael J. Seidlinger - Anybody Home? (2022)
Aug 16

Aug 16 Book Review : Michael J. Seidlinger - Anybody Home? (2022)

Benoit Lelievre
Book Reviews

Seidlinger is never a walk in the park, but this one is uncomfortably rewarding.

Classic Album Review : The Dillinger Escape Plan - Calculating Infinity (1999)
Aug 12

Aug 12 Classic Album Review : The Dillinger Escape Plan - Calculating Infinity (1999)

Benoit Lelievre
Album Reviews

Twenty-two years after its release, Calculating Infinity is still unassailable.

Movie Review : Prey (2022)
Aug 10

Aug 10 Movie Review : Prey (2022)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

It’s fine. It’s not good, but it’s fine. Everyone will forget about it in a year.

Book Review : Derek Raymond - I Was Dora Suarez (1990)
Aug 8

Aug 8 Book Review : Derek Raymond - I Was Dora Suarez (1990)

Benoit Lelievre
Book Reviews

They should have made us read this book in high school instead of making us watch AIDS prevention videos.

The Dead End Follies 10 Points Decimal Rating System
Aug 4

Aug 4 The Dead End Follies 10 Points Decimal Rating System

Benoit Lelievre
Blogging

You wanted it. Here you have it. Now stop sending me hate mail.

Movie Review : The Northman (2022)
Aug 2

Aug 2 Movie Review : The Northman (2022)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

The Northman is Robert Eggers’ narratively worst and visually best movie.

Album Review : Wormrot - Hiss (2022)
Jul 29

Jul 29 Album Review : Wormrot - Hiss (2022)

Benoit Lelievre
Album Reviews

Wormrot’s future may be in the air, but Hiss is forever.

Movie Review : The Gray Man (2022)
Jul 27

Jul 27 Movie Review : The Gray Man (2022)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

The Gray Man tastes great and leaves you wanting more very much in the same way McDonald’s tastes great and leaves you wanting more.

Movie Review : Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022)
Jul 25

Jul 25 Movie Review : Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

Read this review if you're suspicious of the hyperbole surrounding this movie.

The Subtle Pleasures of Sigma Cinema
Jul 21

Jul 21 The Subtle Pleasures of Sigma Cinema

Benoit Lelievre
Essays

Let’s take back "he’s literally me" from memers.

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