Monthly Archives: October 2016

Dawn of the Dead (1978)

Posted on October 31, 2016 by Jeroen Admiraal

8/10 Dawn of the Dead starts out highly energetic and draws you right in! A talk show host has a conversation with a scientist who implores people to abandon the dead, because they turn into zombies. People take offence and … Continue reading →

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Iain M. Banks – Against a Dark Background (1993)

Posted on October 29, 2016 by Jeroen Admiraal

Genre: science fiction / space opera Series: no Pages: 487 My rating: 7/10 While Iain M. Banks was working on his Culture series, he still found the time or the need to write science fiction that was unrelated to his … Continue reading →

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R. Scott Bakker – The Great Ordeal (2016) review

Posted on October 26, 2016 by Jeroen Admiraal

Genre: Epic fantasy / grimdark Series: Aspect-Emperor series, part 3 Pages: 512 My rating: 9/10 The long awaited third book of the Aspect-Emperor series is finally here. The previous instalment, The White-Luck Warrior, ended on a bunch of cliffhangers: everyone … Continue reading →

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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

Posted on October 24, 2016 by Jeroen Admiraal

8/10 The first time I saw this movie, I didn’t get it. I was a teenager, I didn’t grow up in the US, and I didn’t get the humor. And honestly, I still think that the comedy in this film … Continue reading →

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Inferno (2016) Review

Posted on October 22, 2016 by Jeroen Admiraal

5.5/10 Here’s the thing: Inferno the movie doesn’t have any interest in the cities and histories that it’s dealing with. The apathy fairly drips from the screen. It rushes from building to building, from name to name, but there is … Continue reading →

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Catherynne M. Valente – Radiance (2015)

Posted on October 16, 2016 by Jeroen Admiraal

Genre: Science fiction / science fantasy / alternate history Pages: 429 My Rating: 9/10 I don’t even know where to start! Let me start by saying that I loved this book! But it is one of those books that you’ll … Continue reading →

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The Magnificent Seven (2016) review

Posted on October 12, 2016 by Jeroen Admiraal

7/10 The Magnificent Seven is really a surprise hit for me. In this era where Hollywood has reached a state in which they turn out dreary remake after remake, I had expected all these movies to suck. I mean, look … Continue reading →

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The Liebster Award!

Posted on October 10, 2016 by Jeroen Admiraal

So Liam from the Motion Picture Blog nominated me for the Liebster Award! Thank you Liam! I was so busy with being unemployed and looking for work lately that I totally forgot about this, but now I finally remember and … Continue reading →

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Alastair Reynolds – Revelation Space (2000)

Posted on October 6, 2016 by Jeroen Admiraal

Genre: Science fiction. Space opera Series: Revelation Space series, part 1 Pages: 585 My Rating: 8.5/10 It is no surprise that Alastair Reynolds turned into one of the most successful science fiction writers of our time, when you experience the … Continue reading →

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Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (2016) Review

Posted on October 3, 2016 by Jeroen Admiraal

7.5/10 The boy Jake (Asa Butterfield as a spindly teenager) loses his grandpa (Terence Stamp) in a supernatural attack. Gramps leaves him with the location of a special home for peculiar children, and Jake pays the place a visit with … Continue reading →

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