by Sebastian Kluth
The epic South Korean blockbuster ''The Tiger: An Old Hunter's Tale'' is a mixture of a historical drama and an action-adventure movie. To fully understand this movie, you have to be aware of the fact that the tiger is a symbol associated with Korean...
Kna'an is a collaboration between Israeli Middle Eastern folk metal groups Amaseffer and Orphaned Land. The goal was to write a soundtrack for a German theater play about Abraham's journey to Canaan. Even though this initiative originally came from a...
Partially based upon historical events, Bernard Rose's Samurai Marathon portrays how a Japanese lord sends his men on an exhausting run to get them prepared for a potential attack by Western forces after centuries of isolation. The movie follows different...
''Infinite Entanglement'' is the first strike of a conceptual trilogy that goes back to Blaze Bayley's beloved space theme that already dominated his first solo outputs ''Silicon Messiah'' and ''Tenth Dimension''. This album sounds less diversified, emotional...
Deliver Us from Evil is a conventional supernatural horror film that still manages to convince with very good acting performances, moody atmosphere and sinister locations. The plot revolves around former soldiers and their entourage who are behaving erratically...
Sword Master is a typical example for the new wave of wu xia cinema. The costumes are colourful, the landscapes are breathtaking and the fight sequences are quite spectacular on the positive side. On the negative side, the special effects are exaggerated...
Ladies and gentlemen, Here are a few pictures from a great show I attended on June 23rd, 2017 at Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Opening act Jack Irons, a former member of Red Hot Chili Peppers, played some great rhythms and beats on...
Two years after the rather underwhelming but financially successful King Kong versus Godzilla, Toho Studios continued its most important franchise with fourth entry Mothra versus Godzilla. This movie is one of the highlights in the franchise and its best...
This was the record that finally put the Japanese metal pioneers Loudness on the map for the Western metal world thanks to an emblematic cover artwork, a simple but very effective album title and songs that are now entirely performed in English. Thank...
The young German band Kingdom of Salvation plays a rather melodic Death Metal with some Thrash Metal influences. It is very easy to get an approach to this solid debut album as the band is very diversified but always straight and heavy. The band opens...
To really appreciate this movie, you should like Russia, the legendary Transsiberian train, Russian culture and history and the Nordic landscapes which create a quite charming and historical atmosphere. That's what it's all about, because the story is...
Meine Damen und Herren! Es ist wieder so weit. Fur ein drittes Jahr in Folge fahre ich nun im Sommer etwa zwei Wochen durch Kanada. Am ersten Tag meiner Reise ging es von Gatineau, Québec nach Mattawa, Ontario. Diese Strecke war ich bereits im April gefahren,...
Meine Damen und Herren! Der zweite Tag meiner Reise fuhrte mich von Mattawa, Ontario nach Rouyn-Noranda, Québec. Diese Strecke war ich noch nie zuvor gefahren, sodass ich an allerlei Orten hielt und mir verschiedene Dinge anschaute. Beste Momente des...
Meine Damen und Herren! Der dritte Tag fuhrte mich zu allerlei neuen Orten. Zunachst wurde das Dreieck von Abitibi-Témiscamingue abgearbeitet: von Rouyn-Noranda in den Osten nach Val-d'Or und von dort aus nordostlich nach Amos. Danach ging es dann noch...
Vanishing Time: A Boy Who Returned is a South Korean fantasy drama that convinces with an intriguing story mixing fantasy and reality with great acting performances despite a few minor lengths in the middle section. The film has a lot of depth as it deals...
Droid is another technically skilled progressive thrash metal band in the key of Masquerader and Vektor. If you like Voivod's Dimension Hatröss or Nothingface, you are going to dig this album for sure. Now, how is this talented trio from Ontario different...
Colour me surprised! I didn't like anything Lacuna Coil released since ''Karmacode'' ten years ago but the two new songs included as an exclusive version on German gothic magazine Sonic Seducer are quite promising. The excellent ''The House of Shame''...
Moscovian sextet Charizma played melodic power metal in its early years but is now playing classic heavy metal after numerous line-up changes since its inception thirteen years earlier. New singer Sergey Skitaletz makes me think of Aria’s new frontman...
I'm usually not a fan of sequels of any kind. Eleven years ago, the original ''Bon Cop Bad Cop'' portrayed the divergences and similarities between Anglo- and Franco-Canadians perfectly in a movie filled with diversified humour, stunning action sequences...
''Hacksaw Ridge'' is a superbly crafted anti-war movie and easily the best movie of its kind since the release of the South Korean war epic ''My Way'' five years earlier. This movie is based upon true events and tells the story of Seventh-day Adventist...
Ladies and gentlemen, Annihilator is without a doubt Ottawa's most famous band. The diversified thrash metal band founded by Jeff Waters has released fifteen studio records since its inception in 1984. This article introduces you to the band's early years...
Eighth episode: Gotta light? / The Return, Part VIII Content: Evil Cooper and Ray are driving on a highway after having escaped from prison. Evil Cooper mentions that Ray has some important information he needs to know but Ray refuses to tell him what...
Russian heavy metal pioneers Aria decided to re-record their two studio albums featuring former singer Arthur Berkut with the current line-up featuring singer Mikhail Zhitnyakov. In a certain way, this is a lack of respect for the former singer who had...
Ninth episode: This is the chair / The Return, Part IX Content: Cooper's doppelgänger arrives at the farm, where he meets Hutch and Chantal who have killed the farmers. He sends a text message to Diane and calls up Duncan Todd to pressure him to get something...
Countdown is an entertaining horror movie that is best enjoyed with some friends around Halloween. The film revolves around a cell phone application that predicts when a person is going to die. The story follows a young nurse who realizes she only has...
