by Sebastian Kluth
This is a beautiful martial arts movie with stunning fight scenes that also features some historic drama elements and a slightly philosophical touch which creates a rather addicting potpourri. It's portrait of Chinese culture, pride and rebellion during...
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...
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...
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...
If the genre actually existed, I would call Orden Ogan's new record Gunmen chill metal. Ther German quartet offers relaxing melodic power metal with smooth melodies. Even the choirs and vocals have an appeasing touch and are quite catchy and epic in a...
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...
The Woman In Black is a visually stylish and authentic ghost story with a haunting atmosphere and a solid acting that is set in the early twentieth century in an isolated British village. Even though the story as well as the ending of the movie are rather...
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...
If you take a look on the ugly cover and get to know that the female singer collaborates closely to Cradle of Filth, you expect a very dark, depressive and gore piece of Gothic Metal. But when the curtains falls you discover average keyboard orientated...
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''...
Siberia is a slow-paced romantic thriller that has received a surprising number of unfair reviews. While the movie is certainly no genre highlight, it convinces with solid acting performances, a gloomy atmosphere and a realistic story. The story revolves...
Ladies and gentlemen! A boring old stereotype says that Saskatchewan is the most boring province of Canada. This isn't true at all. I would actually say that Saskatchewan is among the most beautiful provinces and the following photographs are going to...
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is an entertaining but shallow horror movie aimed at teenage audiences in the key of It. Based upon the novels by Alvin Schwartz, the movie revolves around anthologic horror stories that make your worst nightmares come...
It's a miracle that Puddle of Mudd still exists after all these years. The last studio record with original material was released ten years ago. The line-up has changed on numerous occasions throughout the past ten years. Lead singer, guitarist and founder...
The Farewell is a bittersweet Chinese tragicomedy that has the potential to become an Academy Award winner for Best International Feature Film. The movie revolves around an elderly Chinese lady who suffers from an incurable cancer. Her sister however...
Sonata Arctica's tenth studio record Talviyö is as beautiful, enchanting and inspired as its outstanding cover artwork which underlines the Finnish album title that translates to Winter Night. The album has however received average to negative reviews...
Ladies and gentlemen! On the eleventh day of my epic summer vacation, I decided to stay in Edmonton and visit this impressive city. While most people prefer Calgary over Edmonton, it's actually the other way around for me. This city is more diversified...
I attended an Ottawa Redblacks game for the second time this season and I ended up being somewhat disappointed for the second time in a row. I had attended their game at Investors Group Field in Winnipeg which they had lost 1-31 in July. This time around,...
Opening act: Battle Beast Set list: 1. Unbroken 2. Straight to the Heart 3. The Golden Horde 4. Eden 5. No More Hollywood Endings 6. Bastard Son of Odin 7. King for a Day 8. Beyond the Burning Skies Second band of the epic night: Sonata Arctica Set list:...
Three, internationally marketed as 3 Extremes 2, consists of three horror short films by renowned Asian directors. All three short movies had something different to offer and were quite entertaining since they didn't overstay their welcome. However, these...
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...
Usually, greatest hits albums are quite unnecessary for fans of the band but that isn't the case with this compilation album. First of all, the band re-recorded some of their old classics that had a really awful quality back in the day. "Hiemali tempore"...
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...
This is the second part of my little review series: Movies that are way better than you expect. "Steel trap" seems at first sight to be another ordinary psychological thriller or slasher movie in the shadows of the great "The cube", "Mind Hunters" and...
