Tag Archives: hollywood

Skyscraper (2018) Review

Posted on September 11, 2018 by Jeroen Admiraal

There are a few instances in life in which the movie Skyscraper is an ok movie to watch. When you’re entering your sixth hour in an intercontinental flight, for example, and your brain has degenerated to a vegetative state. Or, … Continue reading →

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Losing interest in writing movie reviews because of sloppy Hollywood storytelling.

Posted on July 18, 2018 by Jeroen Admiraal

My “book and movies” blog is slowly turning into a “book” blog and I am not happy about it. But I am losing some interest in writing movie reviews. The cause is that with most newly released movies I am … Continue reading →

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Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018) Review

Posted on June 11, 2018 by Jeroen Admiraal

The park got destroyed. Now dinosaurs roam the island. Professional hunters are paid to put the dinosaurs in cages and transport them to the mainland. Sounds familiar? Yeah, for the first hour, Jurassic World 2: Fallen Kingdom follows Steven Spielberg’s … Continue reading →

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Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell – The Disaster Artist (2013) Review

Posted on January 25, 2018 by Jeroen Admiraal

The book about the creation of the movie The Room and about its writer and director, Tommy Wiseau. The Disaster Artist, the book, is an amazing addition to the film The Room (2003). First of all, it clarified the big … Continue reading →

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Score: A Film Music Documentary (2017) Review

Posted on November 25, 2017 by Jeroen Admiraal

9/10 I’ve been a great fan of film music ever since I was a teenager, and there was a magical period in high school in which a couple of friends and I exchanged all the film music that we could … Continue reading →

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American Made (2017) Review

Posted on September 4, 2017 by Jeroen Admiraal

7/10 This is what Tom Cruise does best. Let him prance around in fancy shirts and sunglasses. Let him smirk at people, stare into their eyes and ask them to trust him. This is much better that what he got … Continue reading →

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The Mummy Returns (2001) Revisited

Posted on September 10, 2016 by Jeroen Admiraal

6.5/10 It is said that the British Queen Mum felt addressed by the title of this film, and she joked that the movie posters announced her arrival wherever she went. The Mummy Returns starts out just like its predecessor: with … Continue reading →

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The Mummy (1999) Revisited

Posted on September 5, 2016 by Jeroen Admiraal

7/10 The Mummy. A film “only” 17 years old, but so much has changed in these 17 years, especially in Hollywood. Watching The Mummy again now feels like unearthing some ancient, dust-covered relic from the aeons-dead crypts of Universal pictures. … Continue reading →

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Top 5 movies that I had no interest in seeing this summer

Posted on September 2, 2016 by Jeroen Admiraal

Top 5 movies that I had no interest in seeing this summer The Secret Life of Pets Honestly, the animation looked bad. It looked like it lacked all inspiration. And not just the animation, the storyline and the characters as … Continue reading →

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Star Trek Beyond, A Hologram for the King & Everybody Wants Some!!

Posted on August 8, 2016 by Jeroen Admiraal

A Hologram for the King (2016) 6/10 Tom Hanks has a midlife crisis and is filled with anxiety. He travels to Saudi Arabia as a businessman to present something to the king, but nothing really works out. I read that … Continue reading →

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