July 2026 Reviews
All the reviews I wrote on various sites in July 2026...
Film
She Dies Tomorrow (2020) - 4.5/5 - "do you?"
PostHuman (2026) - 2/5 - "too many ideas"
Vampire Virus (2020) - 4/5 - "You're gonna have a great time watching"
The Bitter Taste (2024) - 1.5 - "not worth the investment"
The Night of the 12th (2022) - 5/5 - "She died because she was a girl."
Road (2005) - 3/5 - "ambiguous and sweet"
Trouble in Texas (1937) - 2.5/5 - "the stock footage flatly stinks"
The Fuzzies (2025) - 2/5 - "for nothing"
The Dig (2018) - 3/5 - "bleak and beautiful"
Kyra's Code (2026) - 2/5 - "a little more than most"
Another (2012) - 1.5/5 - "Don't watch this"
Black Circle (2018) - 3.5/5 - "worth a watch"
Gaia (2021) - 2/5 - "predictable eco-horror"
Queens of Evil (La Regine) (1970) - 4/5 - "an odd, strange atmosphere"
OBEX (2025) - 4/5 - "heartfelt"
They Will Kill You (2026) - 3/5 - "this movie is fine"
Haunted Ulster Live (2023) - 2/5 - "another misfire, to be honest"
The War of Werewolf (2021) - 2/5 - "lacks confidence in its own wire-stunt super-fighting"
Music
Good Stuff by The B-52s (1992) - 3.5/5 - "it just works for me"
Strange Devotion by Mara Weaver (2025) - 4/5 - "pumping my fucking fist"
Courage Under Fire - Original Motion Picture Score by James Horner (1996) - 2.5/5 - "behind the movie like a puppy dog"
The Secret Life of Harper's Bizarre by Harper's Bizarre (1968) - 4/5 - "familiar and sunshiney"
Full-Empty by The Judybats (1994) - 1.5/5 - "got to the Dave Matthews audition late"
Black Aria by Glenn Danzig (1992) - 3/5 - "adventure game"
Everywhere by Angie McMahon (2019 cover) - 3.5/5 - "I love this"
Best of the 70s: Hits of 1972 (2000 collection) - 2/5 - "little to love"
Michael Clayton - Original Score from the Motion Picture by James Newton Howard (2007) - 5/5 - "a masterpiece"
Video Games
Unreal (1998) - 4.5/5 - "color out of space"
Zork: Grand Inquisitor (1997) - 3/5 - "the last mailbox"
Al-Qadim: The Genie's Curse (1994) - 3.5/5 - "fantastical soul"
The Bard's Tale II: The Destiny Knight (1986) - 2/5 - "punishing"
Grand Theft Auto Vice City (2002) - 4.5/5 - "the imagination meets the technology"
Downfall (2016) - 1.5/5 - "old tricks, dead dog"
Amerzone: The Explorer's Legacy (1999) - 3.5/5 - "soaring forever"
Books
The Glister by John Burnside (2008) - 3/5 - "sucks the inertia out of it"