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I Hope This Helps, by Tommy Siegel (Review)
5/10 Comics and Cures for 21st Century Panic Aaaagh! Social media, climate change, politics, corona. In the 1990s we only had a morning newspaper and the news on tv in the evening. Even that sounds so much simpler, so much … Continue reading
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Announcement: movie reviews will return.
But not yet. Not yet. For the moment I am struggling with a burnout and that affects my concentration so much that watching movies or even series is a bit too much for me right now. I have made a … Continue reading
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Temporary hiatus
Dear readers, I’m taking a temporary break from reviewing because of burn out symptoms. I’ve overstressed myself during the last months/years, and at the moment I am not a blogger, or anything else; I am only a body that wants … Continue reading
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Bad Times at the El Royale (2018) Review
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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Tagged Bad Times at the El Royale, Drew Goddard, film, Jeff Bridges, movie, Quentin Tarantino, review
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Avengers: Infinity War (2018) Review
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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Tagged Avengers: Infinity War, Chris Hemsworth, Chris Pratt, film, Josh Brolin, Marvel, movie, review, Robert Downey Jr.
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The Cloverfield Paradox (2018) Review
5.5/10 The Cloverfield Paradox is a nice ride of creepy events happening. That is most of what this movie is. A crew is stuck on a disabled space station, and one by one the crewmates are confronted by something horrific … Continue reading
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Tagged 10 Cloverfield Lane, Cloverfield, film, horror, movie, review, science fiction, The Cloverfield Paradox
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Bright (2017) Review
Bright is a Netflix-produced movie, directed by David Ayer (Suicide Squad) and written by Max Landis (Chronicle, American Ultra). Landis, having a hyperactive imagination and matching personality, is making a name for himself as a writer of quite inventive and … Continue reading
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Tagged Bright, David Ayer, Fantasy, film, Joel Edgerton, Max Landis, movie, Netflix, review, Will Smith
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Blog update: I survived my PhD defense.
Last week I had the privilege to defend my thesis and obtain my PhD degree. I haven’t had any peace of mind to write new book reviews or to concentrate on new movies. But that will come back in the … Continue reading