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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

Posted on October 24, 2016 by Jeroen Admiraal

8/10 The first time I saw this movie, I didn’t get it. I was a teenager, I didn’t grow up in the US, and I didn’t get the humor. And honestly, I still think that the comedy in this film … Continue reading →

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2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984)

Posted on April 23, 2016 by Jeroen Admiraal

7/10 Yes, this is what you think it is. The official sequel to Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A space Odyssey (1968). The story of 2010 is written by the same author as 2001, Arthur C. Clarke, but the film is not … Continue reading →

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Philip K. Dick – The Penultimate Truth (1964)

Posted on January 28, 2016 by Jeroen Admiraal

7/10 Science fiction. 191 p. (short, eh. Read it in a few days.) The Penultimate Truth is one of those older science fiction books that explored ideas when they were still new and fresh. But those same ideas have been … Continue reading →

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Bridge of Spies (2015)

Posted on November 30, 2015 by Jeroen Admiraal

8/10 The new Spielberg. A true story of New York lawyer James Donovan who defended a Russian spy at court and then covertly traveled to East Berlin to facilitate an exchange of prisoners. He is constantly tested, first by the … Continue reading →

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The man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015)

Posted on August 24, 2015 by Jeroen Admiraal

7/10 During the Cold War, an American spy (Cavill) and a Russian spy (Hammer) are forced to work together to solve a plot involving illegal development of an atom bomb. In their cooperation they have to protect a girl (Vikander) … Continue reading →

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