Monthly Archives: August 2016

Margaret Atwood – Oryx and Crake (2003) review

Posted on August 29, 2016 by Jeroen Admiraal

Genre: Science fiction / post-apocalypse Series: MaddAddam trilogy, part 1. Can be read as a standalone. Pages: 433 My rating: 9/10 Atwood sketches an arresting world of rampart genetic engineering. In the not-too-distant future, designer species like engineered pigs – … Continue reading →

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Mud (2012) Review

Posted on August 26, 2016 by Jeroen Admiraal

8/10 Two teenage boys in Arkansas leave with their boat for a day and travel all the way to a little island on a lake. On the island, they find another boat, curiously stuck in a tree, and they want … Continue reading →

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Jeff VanderMeer – Finch (2009)

Posted on August 22, 2016 by Jeroen Admiraal

Genre: Fantasy / New Weird Series: Ambergris, part 3. Can be read as standalone, but not recommended. Pages: 339 My rating: 8.5/10 “Forget it, Jake. It’s mushroom-town.” I’ll sketch the background of this novel quickly, just to introduce, because it … Continue reading →

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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)

Posted on August 16, 2016 by Jeroen Admiraal

8/10 Local backyard scientist Flint Lockwood invents a machine that turns water into food. It shoots up into the sky and transforms clouds into food that rains down on the little village. The food rain attracts all sorts of folks … Continue reading →

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Naked Lunch (1991) review

Posted on August 13, 2016 by Jeroen Admiraal

8/10 The story starts in New York in the 50s where bug exterminator Bill Lee (Peter Weller) runs out of extermination powder while on a job. It turns out that his wife Joan (Judy Davis) has been shooting up the … Continue reading →

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Jose Saramago – The Elephant’s Journey (2008)

Posted on August 11, 2016 by Jeroen Admiraal

7.5/10 – historical fiction/parable I bought this one as a souvenir from my visit to Portugal, in one of the world’s most beautiful bookstores, the Livraria Lello. Jose Saramago is a Nobel Prize winner for literature, known for The Gospel … Continue reading →

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Star Trek Beyond, A Hologram for the King & Everybody Wants Some!!

Posted on August 8, 2016 by Jeroen Admiraal

A Hologram for the King (2016) 6/10 Tom Hanks has a midlife crisis and is filled with anxiety. He travels to Saudi Arabia as a businessman to present something to the king, but nothing really works out. I read that … Continue reading →

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Neal Stephenson – Seveneves (2015)

Posted on August 6, 2016 by Jeroen Admiraal

9/10 “The Moon blew up without warning and without apparent reason.” That’s the first line of Neal Stephenson’s new 850-page novel. That’s one hell of an opening. It all builds from there and we follow the aftermath and humanity’s struggle … Continue reading →

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Suicide Squad (2016) Review

Posted on August 4, 2016 by Jeroen Admiraal

7/10 DC Comics follows on Batman v Superman with a lot of crazy. Suicide Squad markets itself as edgy and hip, but is far from it. We do see some nice characters, but a messy and almost boring story. The … Continue reading →

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Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)

Posted on August 3, 2016 by Jeroen Admiraal

8/10 Fast paced, hilarious and convoluted, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is the movie to watch on a rainy day. Or any day, really. I had never seen it because the title didn’t pull me in. I still think it’s a … Continue reading →

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