Monthly Archives: May 2017

B. Catling – The Erstwhile (2017) Review

Posted on May 31, 2017 by Jeroen Admiraal

8.5/10 These books published by Brian Catling are a strange beast. They are too weird to ever become a great success and compete with mainstream epic fantasy series, but other artists hold them in high regard and they gather high … Continue reading →

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Cutthroat Island (1995) Review

Posted on May 29, 2017 by Jeroen Admiraal

6/10 Cutthroat Island (1995) is the only big full-on pirate movie between Pirates of the Caribbean (2003) and… Hook (1991) maybe, and The Goonies (1985). And, maybe… that Pippi Longstocking film. Ehh. Cutthroat Island is mostly famous for being the … Continue reading →

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Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar’s Revenge (2017) Review

Posted on May 27, 2017 by Jeroen Admiraal

6/10 Johnny Depp plays a drunkard for 90 minutes, and then a giant plothole opens up in the ocean and swallows the movie whole. Even though the Pirates films seem full of adventurous whimsy, this is an illusion. The series … Continue reading →

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Dave Eggers – The Circle (2013) Review

Posted on May 25, 2017 by Jeroen Admiraal

Genre: dystopia Pages: 491 My rating: 7.5/10 I am always a bit suspicious of immensely popular books in which a mainstream author dips his or her toes into science fiction. These novels are invariably lauded as innovative and “important” by … Continue reading →

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Eric Harvey – The Leadership Secrets of Santa Claus (2015)

Posted on May 23, 2017 by Jeroen Admiraal

Please join me while I peruse this highly interesting booklet. We might learn some life lessons. After all, it has over 250K copies sold, even though I got it from a box of free books at the local bookstore. It … Continue reading →

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Alien: Covenant (2017) Review

Posted on May 22, 2017 by Jeroen Admiraal

6/10 If watching Prometheus makes me go: “Meh, I’d rather pop in Alien again”, then watching Alien: Covenant makes me go: “Meh, I’d rather pop in Prometheus again.” On the surface, these three films are all quite similar. Their stories … Continue reading →

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Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)

Posted on May 18, 2017 by Jeroen Admiraal

8/10 In some back alley in a North African city, or in the outskirts of Detroit, there live small communities of odd, pale-looking loners. Adam (Tom Hiddleston) looks like an aging rock star, living in some ornate room in Detroit … Continue reading →

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Ken Liu – The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories (2016) Review

Posted on May 16, 2017 by Jeroen Admiraal

Genre: fantasy/science fiction Pages: 450 My rating: 7.5/10 Ken Liu is now making a name for himself with his Dandelion Dynasty series (of which I reviewed the first part here) and with his translations of the science fiction novels of … Continue reading →

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Fist Fight (2017) Review

Posted on May 13, 2017 by Jeroen Admiraal

3/10 I usually refrain from talking about movies like this, but this one just shows what crap studios dare to present in theatres. This is the most confusing mess that I have ever seen, and it isn’t because this is … Continue reading →

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Prometheus (2012) Review

Posted on May 8, 2017 by Jeroen Admiraal

7.5/10 The start of Prometheus is absolutely stunning. As we glide over a primordial landscape (shot in Iceland), deep sounding horns are playing noble music. The scene exhales a sense of significance akin to something like 2001: A Space Odyssey. … Continue reading →

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