Articles by John Semley

The Coen Brothers Collection

Joel and Ethan Coen

PUBLISHED Nov 11, 2010

This has to be, what, the third or fourth Coen brothers box set to see DVD release in the past decade? It seems as if every time the two-he...

Robocop Trilogy [Blu-Ray]

PUBLISHED Oct 26, 2010

Like The Terminator, Jurassic Park and The Matrix, RoboCop is one of those movies that is singularly perfect, but so chock full of what Hol...

The Demon's Claws Are Royalty

PUBLISHED Oct 24, 2010

Garage rock fans are total nerds — backhandedly cool, with impeccable taste in second-hand flannel shirts and an encyclopaedic knowle...

Cheap Time

Fantastic Explanations (and Similar Situations)

PUBLISHED Oct 23, 2010

Cheap Time are one of those acts that get off on constantly futzing around with their sound. They're kind of a garage band; they're kind of...

Howl

Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman

PUBLISHED Oct 7, 2010

More than 60 years after the fact, when censorship standards have become accommodating enough to permit the existence of The Human Centiped...

Grinderman

Grinderman 2

PUBLISHED Sep 13, 2010

When their debut album dropped in 2007, Grinderman hit the ground running. Propelled by the one-two punch of lead singles "Get It On" and i...

The Norm Show: Complete Series

PUBLISHED Sep 3, 2010

Just like any good Western, sci-fi or slasher movie, it's always exciting to see (or revisit) a really good sitcom. Nowadays, shows like Ar...

Leslie, My Name Is Evil

Reginald Harkema

PUBLISHED Aug 30, 2010

At first glance, the Manson Family trial at the heart of Leslie, My Name Is Evil seems an odd subject for a Canadian filmmaker. Apart from...