Monthly Archives: November 2017

Tulip Fever (2017) Review

Posted on November 30, 2017 by Jeroen Admiraal

I was actually looking forward to seeing this movie, because I am excited to see some Dutch history on the big screen. The tulip fever period was a crazy moment in the Dutch golden age and very interesting to read … Continue reading →

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Charles Foster – Being a Beast (2016) Review

Posted on November 28, 2017 by Jeroen Admiraal

It must be great having Charles Foster as a guest lecturer at University. He’ll surely be full of witty remarks and fascinating stories, of the kind that make you wonder whether he is serious or pulling your leg. His book, … Continue reading →

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Score: A Film Music Documentary (2017) Review

Posted on November 25, 2017 by Jeroen Admiraal

9/10 I’ve been a great fan of film music ever since I was a teenager, and there was a magical period in high school in which a couple of friends and I exchanged all the film music that we could … Continue reading →

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Horns (2013) Review

Posted on November 22, 2017 by Jeroen Admiraal

People have told me in the past that I look like Harry Potter. I hope they didn’t have this movie in mind. Daniel Radcliffe grows horns! This was before he played a farting corpse in Swiss Army Man (I also … Continue reading →

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Joe Abercrombie – The Blade Itself (2006) Review

Posted on November 20, 2017 by Jeroen Admiraal

The first entry in the First Law trilogy, an immensely popular fantasy epic among those who like that sort of thing (I include myself). Abercrombie was one of the essential voices in establishing the “grimdark” subgenre of epic fantasy that … Continue reading →

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Justice League (2017) Review

Posted on November 18, 2017 by Jeroen Admiraal

First thoughts are that this was way better than Batman v Superman (2016). The story is at least comprehensible, which is low hanging fruit when it comes to improvements and the least they could do. So, in a rather straightforward fashion, … Continue reading →

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Good Time (2017) Review

Posted on November 13, 2017 by Jeroen Admiraal

7.5/10 Nick Nikas is mentally handicapped. When his criminal brother Connie, also not the smartest person in the room, decides that Nick is not in the right place at his day center, he “liberates” his brother and takes him along … Continue reading →

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James S.A. Corey – Caliban’s War (2012) Review

Posted on November 11, 2017 by Jeroen Admiraal

Series: The Expanse, book 2 7.5/10 Not long after the events of book one, Leviathan Wakes, all hell breaks loose on Jupiter’s moon Ganymede. A military standoff between the UN and Mars turns bad, but an even more worrisome event … Continue reading →

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Thor: Ragnarok (2017) Review

Posted on November 6, 2017 by Jeroen Admiraal

7/10 The third Thor movie is not as fresh as it wants to present itself. It is shiny on the surface like a prize-winning pumpkin, but moldy inside. The first plan of attack in Marvel’s effort to make a successful … Continue reading →

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Peter Frankopan – The Silk Roads (2015) Review

Posted on November 4, 2017 by Jeroen Admiraal

“A New History of the World” Peter Frankopan is annoyed that the history lessons in the Western world focus so much on the Western world. Understandable, sure, there is only so much time for teachers to teach children history, but … Continue reading →

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