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Inferno (2016) – Review

Review Inferno

The Dan Brown books have been bestsellers for years. The way in which he manages to mix interesting historical facts with an exciting story have made him popular. I can still remember listening to an audio version of The Da Vinci Code in my car on way to work and how I sometimes would stay in my car for an extra ten minutes after arriving just to finish a chapter. Making the movie to the silver screen has been a logical one, as it is a good mix of action and mystery which you might almost compare to the Indiana Jones films but without the fedora and whip. Almost…because the first two movies, The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons didn’t succeed to reach the same level as most reviews were negative. Inferno is already the third part about symbologist and art historian Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks). Third time lucky? Continue reading →

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Off the Rails (2016) – Review

Review Off the Rails

Darius McCollum is a man with a passion. Of course being passionate about something is beautiful. It means that there is something which moves you so strongly that you can lose yourself in it, love spending time on it and possibly even enhance your life. That is partly the case for Darius. His life is all about subways and public transport in New York. As a kid he spent a lot of time hanging around the stations and talking to employees. He helped them, rode along with them and after a while gained so much knowledge that one of the subwaydrivers let him control the subway train. It even went as far as him being allowed to ride one all by himself when he was 15. Unfortunately someone spotted him alone and he was arrested. It didn’t stop there though. He felt a strong urge to ride the trains. His applied for a job but was denied, so he found other ways to still do what he wanted. He decided to just take subway trains or busses from the yards and just follow their normal routes, picking up passengers. He’s been arrested for that 32 times and Darius is 50 now. He has spent half of his life behind bars because of his obsessive behaviour. Continue reading →

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American Honey (2016) – Review

Recensie American Honey

When you consider the way road movies work, they seem very simple: One person or a group of people travel from point A to point B and on their way encounter things. A good road movie however is much more, characters gain new insights and learn more about themselves because they are facing situations they haven’t encountered before. You got consider these type of movies to be extremely concentrated version of life, where it isn’t about the destination, but the journey itself. Continue reading →

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Passengers (2016) – Review

Recensie Passengers

Before this movie came out the hype train was running at top speed. Everyone I knew couldn’t wait to see it, probably because both Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence have been in some great movies the last couple of years. Add a little bit of science fiction to it and show a nice trailer and most people were sold on the concept. I let that train pass me by, so it took a while before I decided to give it a chance. I should have waited longer as this movie really was disappointing. Continue reading →

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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016) – Review

Review Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

The Harry Potter franchise was (and of course still is) a very successful range of books and movies. I once started watching the films, but I’ll have to admit that I eventually stopped watching. After a couple of them I simply lost interest and I never returned. I didn’t know J.K. Rowling kept writing books and was involved in expanding the universe which in the end has resulted in this film, the start of a new franchise. It wasn’t a movie I had any feelings about, but which I decided to give a chance. Continue reading →

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Paterson (2016) – Review

Review paterson

Paterson isn’t only the name of a town in the US, but also the name of the main character in this film, played by Adam Driver. He works as a bus driver and writes poetry. His girlfriend is artistic, paints almost everything in the house black and white and dreams about being a successful singer or selling cupcakes. During a week you get a look into their lives. Continue reading →

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

Review Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Although Tim Burton has been making movies for a long time and has delivered quite a few good ones (Big Figh, Big Eyes, Ed Wood), he’s never been a director to me who made my heart beat faster. That’s mainly because of his dark style, which I’m simply not a fan of. That was also the main reason that I didn’t see this film in the cinema, but now that it’s available via VOD, I decided to give it a chance (despite signals by various people that this was a bad movie). Continue reading →

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The OA – Review

Review The OA

Brit Marling is an actress who might not be well-known to a big audience, but I have been watching her movies with great pleasure. Whether that’s Another Earth, where a second earth appears next to ours, Sound of My Voice which deals with a cult of the rebellious The East. The special thing about her is that she wasn’t only in front of the camera, but also wrote and produced these titles. They stand out by their science fiction/mysterious elements which usually it doesn’t focus on. What makes all these movies great is the personal stories that are told. Netflix only announced the show a few days before it was released and surprised everyone. Is this show just as surprising? Continue reading →

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O.J.: Made in America (2016) – Review

Review OJ Made in America

At the end of last year something stood out to me when looking at best of the year lists. Often documentaries aren’t mentioned on those lists, but American critics named this 467-minute documentary often. I wasn’t able to see it when it was shown here during a festival, but luckily it was shown on TV during several nights. After watching The People vs O.J.Simpson, that other series last year about the trial of O.J., I was curious how this would compare. Continue reading →

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Road to the Well (2016) – Review

Review Road to the Well

The number of movies which reaches the cinema each year is just the tip of the iceberg. The general public usually only wants to see movies with faces they recognise (which is a shame), meaning that everyone which is below the surface often doesn’t get a chance. But the number of movies there waiting to be discovered is enormous and there are many which are worth watching but don’t have the budget to get them noticed. Road to the Well is a title which, in the world of movies, has been made on a very small budget, but shows that you can still can accomplish quite a lot. Continue reading →