Monthly Archives: April 2018

Avengers: Infinity War (2018) Review

Posted on April 27, 2018 by Jeroen Admiraal

If you haven’t seen many or nearly all Marvel movies, you’re not going to get much out of this. Avengers: Infinity War is not interested in introductions or starting slow. It assumes you know everyone and what they have been … Continue reading →

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M. John Harrison – The Centauri Device (1975) Review

Posted on April 18, 2018 by Jeroen Admiraal

The Centauri Device is one of those books that had a huge impact on the development of science fiction as a genre, but it is relatively obscure and unread. Even the author, M. John Harrison, let it be known that … Continue reading →

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Scott Lynch – Red Seas Under Red Skies (2007) Review

Posted on April 13, 2018 by Jeroen Admiraal

Series: Gentleman Bastard series, part 2 My rating: 8.5/10 Red Seas Under Red Skies (2007) is the sequel to the highly successful The Lies of Locke Lamora (2006). Lies was a hodgepodge of story elements that chronicled the origin of … Continue reading →

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Jodorowsky’s Dune (2013) Review

Posted on April 11, 2018 by Jeroen Admiraal

9/10 Alejandro Jodorowsky is just this guy, you know? I have actually seen this documentary before but I am drawn back to it because of Jodorowsky. And yes, it is a really crazy story that they are telling in this … Continue reading →

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Josiah Bancroft – Senlin Ascends (2013) Review

Posted on April 9, 2018 by Jeroen Admiraal

Series: The Books of Babel, 1 My rating: 8.5/10 Senlin Ascends is immediately affecting. Thomas Senlin is a sympathetic everyday man, a school headmaster and rather stiff and bookish. He’s newly married and on his honeymoon to visit the famous … Continue reading →

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Ready Player One (2018) Review

Posted on April 3, 2018 by Jeroen Admiraal

7/10 Before watching, I thought this was either going to be the worst movie of all time, or the awesomest one. For how do you react to a barrage of pop culture references? It’s nice that people like the same … Continue reading →

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