Monthly Archives: October 2018

Hunter Killer (2018) Review

Posted on October 30, 2018 by Jeroen Admiraal

Imagine that you are a Russian submarine captain and you are stranded on the ocean floor. Then you get rescued by an American submarine and thrown into the brig, and the American captain who looks like Gerard Butler visits you … Continue reading →

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Stephen Fry – Mythos (2017) Review

Posted on October 29, 2018 by Jeroen Admiraal

Seeing as I went to Greece on a holiday for the first time, wanting to see the old Greek temples and landscapes, I thought that that was a good excuse to pick up Stephen Fry’s latest book, Mythos. Fry, surely … Continue reading →

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Bad Times at the El Royale (2018) Review

Posted on October 24, 2018 by Jeroen Admiraal

This is a strange one, if you’d ask me. On the face of it, Bad Times at the El Royale is a very entertaining film, even admirable, and lovely to look at. At the same time, it relies so heavily … Continue reading →

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New Book Series I Am About to Dig Into

Posted on October 23, 2018 by Jeroen Admiraal

I am about to wrap up reading two big, major series in Sf and fantasy. Namely, Joe Abercrombie’s First Law series and Frank Herbert’s Dune series. For Abercrombie, I only need to read the sixth book, Red Country, and for … Continue reading →

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First Man (2018) Review

Posted on October 22, 2018 by Jeroen Admiraal

A hotly anticipated film for many who follow Hollywood’s bright new stars. First Man is directed by Damien Chazelle, a young director with only three films to his name, among which the excellent Whiplash (2014) and La La Land (2016), … Continue reading →

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Dempow Torishima – Sisyphean (2018) Review

Posted on October 12, 2018 by Jeroen Admiraal

I.. uh… uh… how to explain this book. The first story is about a factory worker, let’s start there. Only, this factory worker lives in the far future in a world completely transformed by genetic engineering. In fact, the world … Continue reading →

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Roger Zelazny – The Chronicles of Amber (1970 -’78). Review of the first 5 books.

Posted on October 10, 2018 by Jeroen Admiraal

Comprising: Nine Princes in Amber (1970) The Guns of Avalon (1972) Sign of the Unicorn (1975) The Hand of Oberon (1976) The Courts of Chaos (1978) I’m confused on how to regard this series. This book has the first five … Continue reading →

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Upgrade (2018) Review

Posted on October 8, 2018 by Jeroen Admiraal

I was about to go see the movie Venom (2018). If I can believe the trailer, it has science fiction and action and Tom Hardy, one of my favorite actors working today. But then I heard that this violent comic … Continue reading →

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Terry Pratchett – A Hat Full of Sky (2004) Review

Posted on October 1, 2018 by Jeroen Admiraal

In the early 2000s, with about two dozen Discworld novels behind him, Terry Pratchett changed his style a bit. A new subseries focusing on a young girl, Tiffany Aching, introduced a “young adult” line of novels, and, in my opinion, … Continue reading →

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