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Arrival (2016) Review

Posted on November 10, 2016 by Jeroen Admiraal

8.5/10 Dr. Banks (Amy Adams) is invited by Colonel Weber (Forest Whitaker) to translate an alien language. While UFOs descend worldwide and humanity starts panicking, communication between countries breaks down. Communicating with the aliens becomes ever more pressing to understand … Continue reading →

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Doctor Strange (2016) Review

Posted on November 7, 2016 by Jeroen Admiraal

7/10 What a silly movie. That’s its main emotional impact on leaving the theatre. It’s full of sound and fury and so on, but it just invites mockery. For example, when Benedict Cumberbatch and Tilda Swinton are standing face to … Continue reading →

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Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016) review

Posted on November 2, 2016 by Jeroen Admiraal

8.5/10 Problem child Ricky receives new foster parents. Ricky has a tendency to run away from home, pushing his new foster father to go search for him in the bush. After some accidents, they become the object of a nation-wide … Continue reading →

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Dawn of the Dead (1978)

Posted on October 31, 2016 by Jeroen Admiraal

8/10 Dawn of the Dead starts out highly energetic and draws you right in! A talk show host has a conversation with a scientist who implores people to abandon the dead, because they turn into zombies. People take offence and … Continue reading →

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The Magnificent Seven (2016) review

Posted on October 12, 2016 by Jeroen Admiraal

7/10 The Magnificent Seven is really a surprise hit for me. In this era where Hollywood has reached a state in which they turn out dreary remake after remake, I had expected all these movies to suck. I mean, look … Continue reading →

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Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (2016) Review

Posted on October 3, 2016 by Jeroen Admiraal

7.5/10 The boy Jake (Asa Butterfield as a spindly teenager) loses his grandpa (Terence Stamp) in a supernatural attack. Gramps leaves him with the location of a special home for peculiar children, and Jake pays the place a visit with … Continue reading →

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Princess Mononoke (1997) Revisited

Posted on September 29, 2016 by Jeroen Admiraal

Princess Mononoke was the first film by Hayao Miyazaki that I ever saw. At the time I was working as a young student in a supermarket in the weekend and a colleague talked about anime that he loved, and the … Continue reading →

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Swiss Army Man (2016) Review

Posted on September 26, 2016 by Jeroen Admiraal

7.5/10 In which Daniel Radcliffe plays a farting corpse. Hank (Paul Dano) is marooned on a small island, and is ready to commit suicide. Just as he is about to hang himself, he sees another body washed on the shore. … Continue reading →

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Captain Fantastic (2016) Review

Posted on September 16, 2016 by Jeroen Admiraal

9/10 Captain Fantastic is the beautiful story of a dad who wants to be a perfect dad and a perfect husband, but it all just doesn’t work out as planned. Both hilarious and sad, Captain Fantastic holds up a mirror … Continue reading →

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Scent of a Woman (1992)

Posted on September 14, 2016 by Jeroen Admiraal

8.5/10 The poster says “from the director of Bevery Hills Cop”. Well, this movie is just about the polar opposite of that one. Director Martin Brest also did Meet Joe Black and finally ended his career with the horrendous Gigli. … Continue reading →

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