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Movie Review :  The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022)
Nov 8

Nov 8 Movie Review : The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

It’s a great way to spend two hours, but you won't remember it in two weeks.

Album Review : Backxwash - His Happiness Shall Come First Even Though We Are Suffering (2022)
Nov 2

Nov 2 Album Review : Backxwash - His Happiness Shall Come First Even Though We Are Suffering (2022)

Benoit Lelievre
Album Reviews

Once again, Backxwash has absolutely floored me. I am speechless and yet I can’t shut up about this record.

Book Review : Grant Wamack - Black Gypsies (2022)
Oct 25

Oct 25 Book Review : Grant Wamack - Black Gypsies (2022)

Benoit Lelievre
Book Reviews

Smart, lean and creative, like its author.

Movie Review : Elvis (2022)
Oct 19

Oct 19 Movie Review : Elvis (2022)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

I feel like this film is appropriately Baz Luhrmanny. It’s also a fine film about an American myth.

Album Review : Lorna Shore - Pain Remains (2022)
Oct 17

Oct 17 Album Review : Lorna Shore - Pain Remains (2022)

Benoit Lelievre
Album Reviews

Opinions about Lorna Shore are not nuanced, but it would help them if they were.

Movie Review : X (2022)
Oct 13

Oct 13 Movie Review : X (2022)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

If slashers were dead, now they're undead. Holy shit, this was great.

Movie Review : The Greatest Beer Run Ever (2022)
Oct 11

Oct 11 Movie Review : The Greatest Beer Run Ever (2022)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews
Book Review : Jessica McHugh - Rabbits in the Garden (2022)
Oct 7

Oct 7 Book Review : Jessica McHugh - Rabbits in the Garden (2022)

Benoit Lelievre
Book Reviews

I lived vicariously through Avery Norton's dark coming-of-age.

Classic Album Review : APATOR - Masturbate in Praise of Black Satan (1992)
Oct 5

Oct 5 Classic Album Review : APATOR - Masturbate in Praise of Black Satan (1992)

Benoit Lelievre
Album Reviews

Musically speaking, it's more interesting than you think.

#009 - The Voice of Tom Araya
Oct 3

Oct 3 #009 - The Voice of Tom Araya

Benoit Lelievre
Journals

The voice of Tom Araya will help you build a fortress on the ashes of your self.

Movie Review : Don't Worry Darling (2022)
Sep 29

Sep 29 Movie Review : Don't Worry Darling (2022)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

Florence Pugh, Olivia Wilde and Shia LaBeouf are the least of this movie’s problems.

Movie Review : Vengeance (2022)
Sep 27

Sep 27 Movie Review : Vengeance (2022)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

You can't quit on this movie until Ashton Kutcher comes on screen.

That F@%*ing Scene : Young Elvis at Louisiana Hayride
Sep 23

Sep 23 That F@%*ing Scene : Young Elvis at Louisiana Hayride

Benoit Lelievre
Essays

Sure, Baz Luhrmann is colourful and boundless. But he sells the little things better than most.

Album Review : Megadeth - The Sick, The Dying... and The Dead! (2022)
Sep 21

Sep 21 Album Review : Megadeth - The Sick, The Dying... and The Dead! (2022)

Benoit Lelievre
Album Reviews

I don't care what you say: old Dave Mustaine is awesome as fuck.

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.

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