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Ben Watches Television : The Outsider - "Tear-Drinker"
Feb 3

Feb 3 Ben Watches Television : The Outsider - "Tear-Drinker"

Benoit Lelievre
Ben Watches Television

Tear-Drinker was unnecessarily blunt, but it’s a step in the right direction.

Classic Album Review : Leonard Cohen - Songs from a Room (1969)
Jan 30

Jan 30 Classic Album Review : Leonard Cohen - Songs from a Room (1969)

Benoit Lelievre
Album Reviews

This album is often overlooked at the middle child of the Songs trilogy, but like any middle child it’s messy and has moments of greatness.

Ben Watches Television : The Outsider - "Que Viene El Coco"
Jan 28

Jan 28 Ben Watches Television : The Outsider - "Que Viene El Coco"

Benoit Lelievre
Ben Watches Television

This is turning into quite the fiasco, isn’t it?

Book Review : John D. MacDonald - One Fearful Yellow Eye (1966)
Jan 24

Jan 24 Book Review : John D. MacDonald - One Fearful Yellow Eye (1966)

Benoit Lelievre
Book Reviews

The Travis McGee novel you can skip.

Classic Movie Review : Batman (1966)
Jan 22

Jan 22 Classic Movie Review : Batman (1966)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

Huh… what the fuck did I just watch?

Ben Watches Television : The Outsider - "Dark Uncle"
Jan 20

Jan 20 Ben Watches Television : The Outsider - "Dark Uncle"

Benoit Lelievre
Ben Watches Television

The Outsider is really not that exciting. Even when it’s trying to be.

Movie Review : Marriage Story (2019)
Jan 16

Jan 16 Movie Review : Marriage Story (2019)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

Vibrant, heartfelt… and a little full of itself at times.

Ben Watches Television : The Outsider - "Fish in a Barrel"/"Roanoke"
Jan 14

Jan 14 Ben Watches Television : The Outsider - "Fish in a Barrel"/"Roanoke"

Benoit Lelievre
Ben Watches Television

The Outsider is off to a promising start. Now, if it could let go of the southern Gothic a little bit…

Classic Album Review : Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen (1967)
Jan 10

Jan 10 Classic Album Review : Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen (1967)

Benoit Lelievre
Album Reviews

Bare and folksy, but surprisingly original and solid. There are some hidden treasures here.

Remembering Isaac Kirkman
Jan 8

Jan 8 Remembering Isaac Kirkman

Benoit Lelievre
Essays
Ben Watches Television : The I-Land (2019)
Jan 6

Jan 6 Ben Watches Television : The I-Land (2019)

Benoit Lelievre
Ben Watches Television

Stop looking for the worst show on television. You’ve found it.

Book Review : Stephen King - The Outsider (2018)
Jan 3

Jan 3 Book Review : Stephen King - The Outsider (2018)

Benoit Lelievre
Book Reviews

This is a good Stephen King novel full of Stephen King problems. HBO could make it something special, though.

Dead End Follies 2020
Dec 31

Dec 31 Dead End Follies 2020

Benoit Lelievre
Blogging

It’ll be wild.

Best Reads of the Decade
Dec 26

Dec 26 Best Reads of the Decade

Benoit Lelievre
Lists

I’ve read close to 1 000 books over the last decade. Here are the 10 (well, 13 bests) for you.

Ranking Alice in Chains Albums : From Worst to Best
Dec 20

Dec 20 Ranking Alice in Chains Albums : From Worst to Best

Benoit Lelievre
Lists

Where I end my retrospective with a definite ranking of Alice in Chains’ albums.

Best Reads of 2019
Dec 18

Dec 18 Best Reads of 2019

Benoit Lelievre
Lists

Werewolf buddies, pro wrestlers, occultists and even more interesting people.

Ben Watches Television : Watchmen, Season One (2019)
Dec 16

Dec 16 Ben Watches Television : Watchmen, Season One (2019)

Benoit Lelievre
Ben Watches Television

Damon Lindelof is an acquired taste, but he was weird enough to make Watchmen a success.

Notable Reads of 2019
Dec 12

Dec 12 Notable Reads of 2019

Benoit Lelievre
Lists

The Best of the Rest for 2019.

Book Review : Gillian Flynn - Dark Places (2009)
Dec 10

Dec 10 Book Review : Gillian Flynn - Dark Places (2009)

Benoit Lelievre
Book Reviews

Gillian Flynn has a way with words that would make a flawed novel such a memorable experience.

Movie Review : The Fanatic (2019)
Dec 6

Dec 6 Movie Review : The Fanatic (2019)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

Don’t kid yourself. You want to watch the Fred Durst movie…. and it’s kind of worth sitting through, too.

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