Canada may have made a splash internationally in the 2000s with its wave of indie-rock bands, but one can be sure that this metal four-piece from Montréal couldn’t care less. On its sophomore album, Priestess pulls no punches and delivers all blows in menacing fashion, borrowing heavily from the gods of metal’s yesteryear.

There’s just something about Pontiak. On paper, how invigorating do pentatonic riffing, laidback jamming, fuzz pedals, and nods to early metal sound? It’s an age-old formula now, no question, with legions of Clutches, Kyusses, even Orange Goblins terrorizing the countryside with roughly identical takes on stoner rock.

The Lazarus Effect follows four HIV positive individuals in Sub-Saharan Africa and their transformation from frail, near-death emaciation into fully functioning human beings thanks to the effects of ARV (Antiretroviral) drug treatment.

Troll 2 is known by film junkies as one of the biggest cinematic disasters this side of Ed Wood. But, much like Wood’s Plan 9, the sheer off-the-wall audacity and amateurish enthusiasm of the movie has fostered a cult audience that has grown exponentially in recent years. But what is it about Troll 2 that engenders this rabid enthusiasm? Best Worst Movie, the documentary debut of Michael Paul Stephenson (who was the unfortunate child star of Troll 2) takes an interesting approach in sussing this out.

When it comes to film premises, few can grab you quite like that of Holy Rollers: Hassdic teens build ecstasy smuggling empire. On top of that, it’s “based on true events.” How could you go wrong? As it turns out, a lot of ways.

After making Sound of Silver, one of those extraordinarily rare recordings in which the first listen thrills and the hundredth and two hundredth reveal new pleasures, James Murphy absolutely crushes the follow up, placing him on the shortlist of artists that truly matter.

Issue one of DC Universe Legacies, the first in a 10-issue limited series that’s a purported trip through DCU history, shows that a veteran like Len Wein still has the “write stuff.”

The Iron Man 2 video game had a really good chance at being better than the film of the same name. Unfortunately, the developers did not hold to their promise to make this game better than the lackluster video game tie-in from the last movie. It doesn’t hurt as badly this time since the new movie isn’t nearly as good as the original one in the first place.

Harry Brown (Michael Caine) is an ex-Royal Marine octogenarian living in “the estates” of South London, where the local youths’ idea of a fun time is smoking crack and dropping bags of flaming dog crap through people’s letterboxes. After a feeble attempt at self-defense ends the life of his only friend, Brown decides to take matters into his own hands.