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Classic Movie Review : Con Air (1997)
Oct 16

Oct 16 Classic Movie Review : Con Air (1997)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

A movie about a moral outlaw fighting immoral outlaws on a plane.

Book Review : Max Booth III - The Last Haunt (2023)
Oct 12

Oct 12 Book Review : Max Booth III - The Last Haunt (2023)

Benoit Lelievre
Book Reviews

A fun and wild deconstruction of the haunted house experience.

Album Review : Primitive Man & Full of Hell - Suffocating Hallucination (2023)
Oct 10

Oct 10 Album Review : Primitive Man & Full of Hell - Suffocating Hallucination (2023)

Benoit Lelievre
Album Reviews

If you get it, you get it. If you don’t, you never willl

Classic Album Review : Slayer - Hell Awaits (1985)
Oct 6

Oct 6 Classic Album Review : Slayer - Hell Awaits (1985)

Benoit Lelievre
Album Reviews

Slayer were always more atmospheric than other thrash metal bands and it started here.

Book Review : Charlene Elsby - The Devil Thinks I'm Pretty (2023)
Oct 4

Oct 4 Book Review : Charlene Elsby - The Devil Thinks I'm Pretty (2023)

Benoit Lelievre
Book Reviews

Georges Bataille meets David Lynch, but naked.

Classic Movie Review : Natural Born Killers (1994)
Oct 1

Oct 1 Classic Movie Review : Natural Born Killers (1994)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

Well shit, that one aged great.

A Subjective History of Power Metal
Sep 29

Sep 29 A Subjective History of Power Metal

Benoit Lelievre
Essays, Long-Ass Reads

If all ofther metal genres have Ozzy Osbourne for grandfather, power metal’s resident elder is Ronnie James Dio.

That F@%*ing Scene : Luca's Words of Wisdom
Sep 26

Sep 26 That F@%*ing Scene : Luca's Words of Wisdom

Benoit Lelievre
Essays, Ben Watches Television

Just a quiet talk between blossoming bros.

Book Review : Evan Puschak - Escape Into Meaning (2022)
Sep 22

Sep 22 Book Review : Evan Puschak - Escape Into Meaning (2022)

Benoit Lelievre
Book Reviews

A personal and vulnerable book written about art most people is familiar with.

Movie Review : Aftersun (2022)
Sep 20

Sep 20 Movie Review : Aftersun (2022)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

Pain.

Movie Review : Miguel Wants to Fight (2023)
Sep 18

Sep 18 Movie Review : Miguel Wants to Fight (2023)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

Jason Concepcion and Shea Serrano are writing movies now.

Book Review : Alex Kazemi - New Millennium Boyz (2023)
Sep 17

Sep 17 Book Review : Alex Kazemi - New Millennium Boyz (2023)

Benoit Lelievre
Book Reviews

It had its ups and downs, but it had an honest anger that I enjoyed.

Classic Book Review : Bret Easton Ellis - American Psycho (1991)
Sep 14

Sep 14 Classic Book Review : Bret Easton Ellis - American Psycho (1991)

Benoit Lelievre
Book Reviews

We were all wrong about this novel for thirty-two years.

Album Review : Cryptopsy - As Gomorrah Burns (2023)
Sep 12

Sep 12 Album Review : Cryptopsy - As Gomorrah Burns (2023)

Benoit Lelievre
Album Reviews

This is not the Cryptopsy of old.

Album Review : desert sand feels warm at night & MindSpring Memories - Desert Memories (2023)
Sep 8

Sep 8 Album Review : desert sand feels warm at night & MindSpring Memories - Desert Memories (2023)

Benoit Lelievre
Album Reviews

A record that’ll make you miss how weird and blissful lonely nights were in 1995

Book Review : Joe Hill - Heart-Shaped Box (2007)
Sep 6

Sep 6 Book Review : Joe Hill - Heart-Shaped Box (2007)

Benoit Lelievre
Book Reviews

A novel with a protagonist who's difficult to like, but impossible not to love.

Movie Review : Dungeons & Dragons - Honor Among Thieves (2023)
Sep 4

Sep 4 Movie Review : Dungeons & Dragons - Honor Among Thieves (2023)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

Where I talk more about what this movie represents and why I hate it than what this movie is about.

Movie Review : Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)
Aug 23

Aug 23 Movie Review : Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

It's both a great time and entirely forgettable, like a trip at McDonald’s.

Book Review : Jordan Harper - The Last King of California (2022)
Aug 21

Aug 21 Book Review : Jordan Harper - The Last King of California (2022)

Benoit Lelievre
Book Reviews

Jordan Harper isn’t anything if he’s not visceral and this novel is just that.

A Subjective History of Glam Metal
Aug 17

Aug 17 A Subjective History of Glam Metal

Benoit Lelievre
Essays, Long-Ass Reads

The Sunset Strip is a strange blip in metal history, but it’s not quite unconnected.

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