The Avalanches finally return after 16 years with Wildflower
BEFORE we get into this, let’s establish one thing; Since I Left You came out 16 years ago. Yes, it’s a classic, but let’s not dwell on the past. The entire musical landscape has...
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Film Torments: Deathstalker (1983)
THIS WEEK on Film Torments, Dan takes a look at a slice of cheap and cheerless nonsense that’s, inexplicably, deeply dear to him: Corman-produced and brimming with 80s-sleaze, it’s Deathstalker. Deathstalker (not to be confused with...
Summer 08 is another quality album in the Metronomy discography
WHEN people talk about great album streaks, British Synth-pop outfit Metronomy are often unfairly overlooked. From the clunky-instrumental Pip Paine (Pay Back The £5000 You Owe) to 2014’s melancholy funk drenched Love Letters, every...
BDTB: The Stanley Parable
ON THIS WEEK’S Breaking Down the Backlog, I explored an office over and over and over again until I learned the true meaning of choice. It seems I have a propensity for choosing “walking simulators”...
Review: Independence Day: Resurgence – A perfectly serviceable popcorn-cruncher
ROLAND Emmerich knows how to make a blockbuster. He paints, in the broadest strokes imaginable, on a canvas bigger than the Sun, the things that will make an audience shovel popcorn in their faces...
SCM Music’s Album Picks: April to June – Glowing men, Teens Of Denial and Strangers
WOW, WHAT an eventful three months we’ve had. WHAM! Prince died. BAM! The UK left the EU. THANK YOU MA’AM! A load of great albums were released. In fact it’s been incredibly difficult to...
Film Torments: Glen or Glenda (1953)
THIS WEEK on Film Torments, we finally take a look at the progenitor of the good-bad film in Hollywood: Glen or Glenda, by Ed Wood. The legend of Edward Wood, Jr. speaks for itself....
Game of Thrones: Season 6, Episode 10 – The Winds of Winter
HOUSE SCM MOTTO: What is spoiled may never be a spoiler. Before we begin, I want to ask, regardless of how good this episode was, does this season deserve a good finale? As fine...
Review: The Do-Over – A shrieking nothing of an Adam Sandler comedy
I DON’T know what dying feels like, but I imagine The Do-Over comes pretty close. The gradual numbing of both my senses and my body; the sensation that my very essence was dribbling out...
The Canon of Cannon: Death Wish 3
THE CANON of Cannon is a feature where we take a wandering look at the backlog of world-renowned trash peddlers, Cannon Films, and the work they left behind. This time: Death Wish 3. I’d usually call it bad...
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