by Sebastian Kluth
Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In, originally released under the title Jiu Long Cheng Zhai: Wei Cheng, is an action thriller from Hong Kong that should please fans of Hong Kong action cinema from the eighties and nineties in particular. The movie has...
The Mermaid, originally released under the title Mei Ren Yu, is a Chinese and Hong Kong fantasy romance that has broken numerous box office records upon release, including biggest opening day and biggest single-day gross in the history of Chinese cinema....
I'm simply grateful to be alive in a time when French progressive gothic metal quintet The Old Dead Tree keeps releasing excellent new music. Second Thoughts comes as a most beautiful surprise since the band had already been on hiatus since 2009, then...
Гость из царства теней. Наследие. roughly translates to Guest from the Kingdom of Shadows. Legacy. and is the twelfth official live record by Russian heavy metal icons Aria that are going to be celebratong their fortieth anniversary next year. In case...
Hit 'n' Fun, originally known as Lam Si Kyut Dau, is an action comedy film set in present-day Hong Kong and Macau. It tells the story of a financially unsuccessful and old-fashioned Muay Thai training centre owned by coach Chung Lei. He has to take care...
Avatar is a Swedish quintet that has been around for more than two decades by now and Dance Devil Dance is already the band's ninth regular full length record. Personally, I have heard rock and metal fans talking about this band before but I have only...
Gokseong sounds quite interesting on paper: a South-Korean death and thrash metal band focusing on lyrics based upon Korean horror tales. A closer look however reveals that the initiative premise is a lot less intriguing than it seems to be. The duo plays...
Detective Chinatown 1900, originally known as Tang Ren Jie Tan an 1900, is the fourth entry in the commercially successful comedic investigative franchise. The story takes place in San Francisco's Chinatown where a young Caucasian woman and an elderly...
Destruction has become an international thrash metal quartet with members from Germany, Switzerland, Canada and Argentina that has been going through ups and downs for forty-two remarkable years. Birth of Malice EP is an extended play being released by...
While mellow heavy metal bands such as Axxis claim to be legends, German quintet Bonfire actually deserves to be called this way. If we combine the years when the band has been active under the Cacumen banner as well as under the Bonfire name, then the...
Nemophila is hard-working female metalcore quartet from Japan and Apple of My Eye is the band's fourth full length effort in just above three years. Most bands end up stuttering and lacking quality with such a phenomenal release rhythm but Nemophila has...
Matenrou Opera is a quintet whose star has slowly been rising in the coveted Japanese symphonic power metal genre throughout the past few years. With the band's tenth studio record Six Flowers, the group might have the potential to finally ascend the...
Years sixty-eight and sixty-nine were particularly complicated in Ancient Rome and already foreshadowed the incoming downfall of the gigantic empire. Roman emperor Nero committed suicide after a reign of thirteen years after being deserted by the Praetorian...
German heavy metal veterans Grave Digger have gone through a significant change when former guitarist Axel Ritt departed the band after fourteen years and was replaced by Tobias Kersting who has already been involved in the singer's lacklustre solo project...
Delta is a creative progressive metal band from Chile and Argentina that has gone through quite a few line-up changes in its illustrious career. When Navigator's lead singer Paula Loza joined the band, Delta has truly struck gold. She is charismatic,...
Sifu translates to Master and is a beat 'em up game developed by French independent video game studio Sloclap and released in association with video game publisher Kepler from London and Singapore. It is available on Nintendo Switch, Playstation 4, Playstation...
Like a Dragon: Ishin!, originally released under the title Ryu ga Gotoku Ishin! Is an action-adventure video game that is a spin-off of the famous Japanese Like a Dragon video game series. This game was originally released for Playstation 3 and Playstation...
Anora is a romantic drama that has been receiving much critical acclaim and several prestigious awards. While this movie isn't the outstanding masterpiece some critics and fans claim it to be, this film is nonetheless worth your attention, respect and...
Arion is a power metal quintet hailing from Helsinki that proves that there is still conviction, promise and strength in this genre in a time when most genre leaders like Avantasia, Sonata Arctica and Stratovarius are releasing unconvincing efforts that...
The Monkey is a comedic horror film partially based upon a rather unknown short story by famous author Stephen King. However, the similarities between the original short story and this full length feature film are few and far between. The short story...
Mickey 17 is a science-fiction satire loosely based upon the novel Mickey7 by American author Edward Ashton that only saw the light of day three years ago. This movie takes place thirty years in the future and follows an indebted man who runs away from...
Tobias Sammet was perhaps the greatest singer and songwriter in the European power metal genre for an entire decade, spanning from Edguy's first moderately successful record Vain Glory Opera all the way to Avantasia's third output The Scarecrow. Since...
The greatest way to appreciate psychological thriller Companion is to watch it without any previous knowledge. Don't watch the trailer. Don't read any summaries. Don't look for reviews. All of these elements might include gigantic spoilers and significantly...
Heart Eyes combines slasher horror film tropes with odd bits of eccentric humour and a very light dose of romantic comedy. Josh Ruben's movie tells the story of overworked pitch designer Ally and famed designer Jay Simmons who are asked to work together...
Helloween isn't only Europe's most influential power metal band but also one of the greatest groups to ever see in concert. Especially the current line-up featuring former guitarist, singer and songwriter Kai Hansen as well as legendary former singer...
