Creed II (Film Review)

2018 MGM Pictures Directed by: Steven Caple, Jr.; Written by: Juel Taylor and Sylvester Stallone Starring: Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson, Wood Harris, Phylicia Rashad, Dolph Lundgren, and Florian Munteanu MPAA Rating: PG-13; Running Time: 130 Minutes The Nicsperiment Score: 8/10 1985’s Rocky IV had a profound effect on me as a child.

Skillet — Alien Youth

8/10 Skillet returned in August of 2001 with their third release in 18 months, Alien Youth. Alien Youth marks a shift away from the more dancey, electronic vibes of their previous studio album, Invincible, to a more hard rock sound. Considering Invincible‘s slightly stagnant feel, this is a welcome change. I remember picking this album

Skillet — Invincible

7/10 And now we come to that phase of Skillet. Yes, the one where they became very uncool almost entirely on the basis of John Cooper’s bizarre, lamentable, wet-poodle hairstyle on the cover of their third album, Invincible. Even overlooking his puppy-esque mop-top, the album itself is distinctly uncool, trading in even more of Skillet’s

Skillet — Hey You, I Love Your Soul

9/10 It’s a new millennium, and I’ve graduated from high school, and have recently re-centered my life around my Christian faith. I’m really jonesing to add some Christian music to my collection. I’ve got a few old Tooth & Nail Records albums by bands like Plankeye, and some P.O.D., along with stuff by mainstays like

Skillet — Skillet

6/10 “I don’t like this guy’s scratchy voice. Let’s listen to that Bleach album you got instead.“Thus ended my partial first listen of Skillet’s self-titled debut album in 1996. I don’t think I listened to it again for 15 years. I did get into the band immediately after their second album, and I’ll get to

It’s Skillet Time!

Yep, Skillet. They’ve hopped genres a seemingly infinite amount of times, gone from Christian rock band underdog, to secular band theater-filler, while still somehow simultaneously being a Christian rock band underdog. The push and pull of my relationship with Skillet’s music over these last three decades has been interesting (In no particular order, and also

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Hyper Light Drifter Rev…yes, I know no one cares

If there’s one thing I publish that really struggles for page views, it’s reviews of independent Switch titles. Clicks be damned! (Not really, please click, PLEASE CLICK!!!) Here’s a review of Hyper Light Drifter: Special Edition.