August 2026 Reviews
Here's all the reviews I wrote in August 2026. No books this month as I was plowing my way through a big beast of a nonfiction book. Review of that one next month!
Music
Saint Elizabeth by ella guro (2026) - 4.5/5 - "a stand up triple"
"Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D by "Weird Al" Yankovic (1984) - 4.5/5 - "a Real Album"
American Primitive - The Complete Collection (the Doxy Records two-volume set) - 4.5/5 - "earliest example of my kind of album"
The Big Purcell Box (2015) by Various Artists - 5/5 - "underrated pleasure" Now (1991) by Richie Havens - 3.5/5 - "just fine"
The Great Fantasy-Adventure Album (1994) by Erich Kunzel and the Cincinatti Pops Orchestra - 1.5/5 - "it ain't 1994"
Tom Clancy's The Division 2: Warlords of New York (Original Game Soundtrack, 2021) by Ola Strandh & Simon Koudriavtsev - 4/5 - "like nothing else you're hearing in the big budget action-game space"
Blue Prince: The Original Soundtrack (2025) by Trigg & Gussett - 5/5 - "Ullorja, ullorja, ullorja einven..."
Video Games
Argh-P-G (2015) - 5/10 - "eight ways"
Counter-Strike (2000) - 8/10 - "blame the lag"
Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 (2005) - 8/10 - "the four F-reedoms"
Film
Ghost Mansion (aka The Night Shift) (2021) - 2.5/5 - "not there yet, though"
Don't Come Here (2025) - 2.5/5 - "unimaginative"
Huie's Sermon (1981) - 2/5 - "not news"
The Legacy of Dear Zachary: A Journey to Change the Law (2013) - 4/5 - "loses a bit of impact"
That's That! (1938) - DNR - "you can't rate someone's birthday gift, it's rude!"
The Devil's Daughter (1939) - 1.5/5 - "pretty lame"
The Greene Murder Case (1929) - 2/5 - "isn't much going on here"
Lux Aeterna (2019) - 3.5/5 - "They know it's real."
Evil Things (2009) - 2.5/5 - "doesn't actually add up"
Nowhere Land (2024) - 2/5 - "not a good movie"
She Never Died (2019) - 3.5/5 - "harder than it looks"
Mr. Holmes (2015) - 4.5/5 - "is there a greater final act?"
Classroom 6 (2015) - 1.5/5 - "poor execution"
UrbEx (2025) - 1.5/5 - "there has to be more"
Sun Don't Shine (2012) - 4/5 - "rotted out"
Sadako v. Kayako (2016) - 3.5/5 - "big goofy stupid horror"
Murder Boy (2026) - 3.5/5 - "unnecessary"
The Canary Murder Case (1929) - 3/5 - "don't have to chase it down"
Handsome: A Netflix Mystery Movie (2017) - 4/5 - "I still love it"
The Book of the Witch (2024) - 3/5 - "back to brown"
Devil's Night (2015) - 1/5 - "inserts of a creepy mask are not horror"
VCR Willie: Tape 1 (2025) - 4.5/5 "actual nightmares"
The Man on the Eiffel Tower (1949) - 3.5/5 - "looks like shit and has terrible subtitles"