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My TBR List For 2022
2021 is almost over. Looking ahead at 2022, here are the books that are at the top of my list to read in the year to come. Finishing up series I made a vow to finish a bunch of series … Continue reading
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Tagged Ada Palmer, Books, Fantasy, Josiah Bancroft, science fiction, SF, Steven Erikson, TBR
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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