Monthly Archives: September 2015

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), a triumph of visual storytelling.

Posted on September 28, 2015 by Jeroen Admiraal

9/10 Mad Max: Fury Road is a triumph of visual, symbolic storytelling. There is an absolute minimum of spoken language in this movie, and George Miller uses almost exclusively visual language to explain things. In the first half hour of … Continue reading →

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Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015)

Posted on September 23, 2015 by Jeroen Admiraal

6.5/10 Let’s go let’s go, gogogogo come on come on. Hurry hurry! We’ve got to get out of here. Gogogo! Come on come on. Go go come on come on gogo! That’s half the script right there. Pffffffffff. Will you … Continue reading →

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The Wind Rises (2014)

Posted on September 21, 2015 by Jeroen Admiraal

8/10 Jiro dreams of flying. His eyesight is sore so instead, after meeting an Italian airplane designer in a spirited dream, he wants to design planes. In his eyes, an airplane is a beautiful dream, a wonder that lifts people … Continue reading →

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Turbo Kid (2015)

Posted on September 19, 2015 by Jeroen Admiraal

6.5/10 In a post-apocalyptic 1997, a kid becomes an action hero and challenges a local gang of post-apocalyptic bikers. Coming soon, to a wasteland near you. Quietly, 80s nostalgia became a big thing. The first signs might have come in … Continue reading →

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Why YA dystopias never got good

Posted on September 18, 2015 by Jeroen Admiraal

There are so many problems with Young Adult post-apocalyptic dystopia franchises. Here is why they were popular for the last few years but were doomed from the start to ever reach any levels of quality. They got popular because the … Continue reading →

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The Third Man (1949)

Posted on September 17, 2015 by Jeroen Admiraal

8/10 American writer Holly Martins is invited by his friend to visit him in Vienna. On arrival, his friend Harry Lime just died in a car accident. Martins starts an investigation to figure out what happened, and the accident may … Continue reading →

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Peter F. Hamilton – Judas Unchained (2005)

Posted on September 15, 2015 by Jeroen Admiraal

8/10 After finishing Pandora’s Star (2004) I had basically no choice but to start Judas Unchained (2005). It is not so much a sequel to the first book as the continuation of the story. Together, Pandora’s Star and Judas Unchained … Continue reading →

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The Creative Blogger Award

Posted on September 14, 2015 by Jeroen Admiraal

Thanks so much to ressivocmer for nominating me for The Creative Blogger Award! Definitely check out his blog The Silver Screen Savant to figure out which movies to watch and which to avoid. RULES FOR THE CREATIVE BLOGGER AWARD ARE … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Four (2015)

Posted on September 12, 2015 by Jeroen Admiraal

5/10 A couple of science whizz-kids build a portal to another dimension and try it out. They are attacked by green energy, giving them strange bodily malformations. Oh, it is also a superhero movie but that was added at the … Continue reading →

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Benjamin Hoff – The Tao of Pooh (1982)

Posted on September 8, 2015 by Jeroen Admiraal

This book either explains Taoism through Winnie-the-Pooh, or it explains Winnie-the-Pooh through Taoism. If you’d ask the author, Benjamin Hoff, he would probably say: “same thing.” The book is short – you could read it in an afternoon. I liked … Continue reading →

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