Joe’s Dopest Rap Tunes Ever
I AM A HUGE fan of rap music. So I have decided to list what I think are the dopest rap tunes ever because I like making lists. What makes a dope rap tune, I...
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I binge watched House of Cards season 3 and this is what I thought…
WARNING: CONTAINS MORE SPOILERS THAN YOU CAN SHAKE A STICK AT Over the last two seasons, Frank Underwood and his iron lady, Claire, have climbed the political ladder in Washington D.C. one rung at...
Album released this week in… 1985: Tears for Fears – Songs from the Big Chair
ELTON John once wrote for Rolling Stone Magazine that the best albums were always short, claiming to be disappointed when he saw an album stretching to 13 or 14 tracks. He must have loved...
Only in the 70s: Days of Heaven (1978)
Rounding off Film Torments’ Oscar Month special, here’s our sideways stare at Terence Malick’s sophomore effort, the much-delayed result of a troubled production: Days of Heaven. Terence Malick has spent four decades in the film...
Oscars 2015: The overview, review and all else inbetween
NOW THAT we’ve all recovered from Monday morning’s (or Sunday evening, if you’re over the pond) annual back-slapping reverie, hello and welcome to the very first “SCM belatedly covers the Oscars analysis”! Our very...
Album released this week in… 1993: Radiohead – Pablo Honey
WHAT can be said about Radiohead’s presence in the music world which hasn’t already been said? Let’s be honest, as one of many radical Radiohead-ites who swoon over every environmental message Thom Yorke seems...
Film Torments: The King’s Speech (2010)
A CONTROVERSIAL pick for tonight’s Oscar-themed Torment, though perhaps not an unprecedented one. Here’s Jozef’s take on 2010’s The King’s Speech. Film Torments has had some bad films, this goes without saying. The entire feature couldn’t work...
Review: Fifty Shades of Grey – Finding delight in disaster
DISCLAIMER: This review will not address the argument over whether or not Fifty Shades of Grey is anti-feminist. I do think it’s a valid and important discussion, but I do not feel qualified to...
Album released this week in… 2011: PJ Harvey – Let England Shake
EVEN before 2011, PJ Harvey was already a near-holy figure in the world of alt-rock. Her acclaimed albums, Dry, Rid of Me and the Mercury Award winning Stories from the City, Stories from the...
Film Torments: Braveheart (1995)
CONTINUING our desperate foray into the clogging arteries of Oscar Month at Film Torments, we have Rich Kee’s analysis of Mel Gibson’s Braveheart – a film, and I quote, comprised of: “[A] three hour performance of...
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