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Ooops! Noah is Gone… (2015)

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As a father and movielover there are moments I have been looking forward to for a while. When your children are growing up you want to teach them a lot of things and sharing my passion for movies definitely is one of them. I already started doing that at home by showing the youngest one movies like Dumbo, Ponyo and Fantasia, but I was waiting for the moment that my four-year old was ready to go to the cinema for the first time. I waited a while because I didn’t want to do it too early as the experience could be too overwhelming and resulting in her not willing to go anymore for a couple of years. But earlier this year I felt that the moment was there to try when she saw the posters for this film and told me she wanted to see it. After a quick check online to see if it was a movie that was right for her, it was time to head to the cinema. Continue reading →

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The Martian (2015)

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The inventiveness of the human mind has brought us far in different areas in life. Some of those are things you don’t even think about anymore, like how efficiently the food on your plate was transported there or how certain diseases which killed millions of people centuries ago can now be easily prevented or cured. Despite all those developments there still is a lot left to explore and when it comes to space we have only just started. The last time we were on another celestial body is already 43 years ago and although Dutch businessman Bas Lansdorp has big plans with his Mars One project (which has been receiving a lot of critique), it is something which probably won’t be realised anytime soon.

Fortunately the movies gives us an opportunity to dream about that and in The Martian the human race has come that far and the first people have landed there. Directed by science fiction specialist Ridley Scott and starring Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Jeff Daniels, Michael Peña and Chiwetel Ejiofor the question is whether that dream has been successfully brought to life with this film. Continue reading →

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Spy (2015)

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In Bridesmaids I thought Melissa McCarthy was very funny, but every other movie after that I saw with her I thought was very disappointing. I simply didn’t think she was funny and she got on my nerves. That was the most important reason I initially skipped Spy. But after all the glowing reviews (and the fact that Jason Statham is in it) I just had to check out this spy comedy, directed by Paul Feig. Was my growing annoyance with McCarthy invalid? Continue reading →

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The Age of Adaline (2015)

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Not being able to die and having eternal life has its advantages, but it also has its downsides. You’ll see the people you love slowly ageing and there will come a moment when you decide to keep your secret from others. But enough talk about Highlander! The Age of Adaline uses the same concept, minus the sword fighting. The emphasis in this film is: romance. Continue reading →

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Dawg Fight (2015)

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When I use Netflix and have to decide what to watch, then chances are that I first dive into the documentary section. It’s a genre which I watch a lot and the number of good documentaries I’ve seen is high. I came across this title and as I always found martial arts interesting, I was very curious what was on offer this film. It introduced me to a world I did not know, that of the backyard fights. Continue reading →

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Naziha’s Spring (2015)

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Behind each small news item on TV or an article in the newspaper often a bigger story is hidden than you might think at first glance. If you read about a Moroccan family with 10 children who constantly come into contact with various government organisations, including the police, the odds are that you’ll be making some assumptions. You will perhaps wonder whether the parents are really involved with their children or why they have 10 children as there is so much trouble. Naziha is the mother of such a troubled family and this documentary gives her a chance to tell her side of the story, to show that assumptions are often wrong. Continue reading →

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Home (2015)

Review Home

Do you sometimes know that feeling? That a movie has a specific element which completely keeps you from enjoying it? On paper Home is a movie I should be able to enjoy: Fun characters, funny situations and lots of science fiction fantasy. Unfortunately the movie turned out different for me. Continue reading →

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The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015)

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Spongebob Squarepants is a show which has been on television since 1999. The bizarre stories about a sponge who is working in a burger restaurant and his weird friends still manages to entertain both young and old. After his first full-length feature, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, this second movie has been made, which the trailers made out to be some sort of superhero movie. With The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water being available on DVD and Blu Ray it’s a good moment to see if the movie manages to make that come true. Continue reading →

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World of Tomorrow (2015)

Review World of Tomorrow

Ever since I saw the hilarious/absurd/shocking, Oscar-nominated Rejected (you can check it out on Youtube) by Don Hertzfeldt, I was a fan of both his animation style and his humour. When I heard earlier this year that he had made a new short I was curious about it. His drawings might be considered simple, but he always succeeds in getting his intention across. For this short, it’s 17 minutes, he recorded conversations he had with his 4-year-old niece, Winona Mae and used these for a story about an impressive journey to the future. Continue reading →

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Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck (2015)

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The people who usually leave a lasting impression on society and are often seen as icons unfortunately have in common that the died earlier than expected. You might wonder whether James Dean, Marilyn Monroe, Amy Winehouse and also Kurt Cobain might have left the same impression had they died in their eighties. The fact that they are suddenly no longer there make us dream about the potential that will never be realised anymore and makes us appreciate what they left even more. These are people who were popular and who haven’t lived to a time where they were less popular. It is exactly that reason why they speak to our imagination.

At 27 years old Kurt Cobain took his own life in 1994. This documentary only mentions that fact at the end in a short text, without giving it much attention. It’s all about Kurt Cobain, the person. Continue reading →