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A Mighty Wind (2003) – Review

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When you do something often enough, a certain routine arises and you start to do more and more without thinking about it. It happens with the work you do, but I also notice that as a blogger. However, this routine can be dangerous if you do not do enough to keep yourself sharp and set goals and to come up with challenges for yourself. Director Christopher Guest has already made several films in his career (including Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, For Your Consideration and Mascots) in which he works with an (almost) permanent group of actors, chooses a certain subculture and films mainly by means of improvisation. Last year I really enjoyed myself with Best in Show, but I found his Netflix film Mascots disappointing. Still, I wanted to see more of his work and I decided to watch A Mighty Wind, mainly because reviewer Leonard Maltin recommended it during several of his podcasts. And even though A Mighty Wind has its funny moments, I’m kind of done with the concept after having watched this. Continue reading →

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Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (1920) – Review

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After seeing the horror classic Nosferatu last year, I was curious about watching another classic that was often mentioned, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. A film from 1920 that stands out because the sets look very contrived, with sharp corners and spaces that look strange. A film that is therefore less realistic than other films of the time. The story itself is just as strange. It is about Caligari, who wants to show his “Somnabulist” at the local fair. A man, Cesare, who has been sleeping for 23 years. With his long body and sunken eyes, he has a striking appearance. Two friends, Francis and Alan, visit his presentation and when Caligari tells them that Cesare can answer any question, Alan asks when he will die. Cesare says that that will be the next morning, which ultimately turns out to be correct. Francis suspects Caligari or his Cesare of his death and tries to find out the truth. Continue reading →

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T2 Trainspotting (2017) – Review

T2 Trainspotting Review

There is a moment in this sequel to Trainspotting where you hear someone say “You’re here for nostalgia”. Unfortunately that’s also probably the feeling many viewers will have after watching T2. The original 1996 movie stood out because of its story about drug addicts, the crazy characters and shocking moments. Is it really necessary to return 20 years later to visit Renton (Ewan McGregor), Spud (Ewen Bremner), Sick Boy (Jonny Lee Miller) and Begbie (Robert Carlyle) to see where they are in their lives? Continue reading →

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A Kind of Murder (2016) – Review

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When you watch as many movies as I do, there are sometimes titles which you really don’t want a review about. Movies which are nice to watch and can be good, but of which you really don’t want to be too critical (or simply don’t have much to say about). And it sometimes happens that I decide not to write about such a film, despite it deserving some attention. A Kind of Murder is a movie which does a lot of things right, but which at the same time isn’t one everyone should see. Continue reading →

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American Anarchist (2016) – Review

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I can still remember the time when I first got on the internet. It was at the end of the nineties and the web was a completely different place from the one it is now. For most it was new and exciting and almost everyone I was in class with spent so much time on it that they had to redo the year. We were all at an age where we were looking for the extremes, where we were playing a game of cat and mouse with the system administrators, making sure that we could get online and onto message boards at moments when we weren’t supposed to. Anything you could think of was easy to find, even more extreme stuff and one of the was The Anarchist Cookbook, written by William Powell. Fortunately no one actually did anything with the information, but it was just cool to show others you had found something like that. But this infamous book has been used a lot since its publication in the seventies. It has recipes for bombs, making silencers, drugs and other things to attack others. In this documentary director Charlie Siskel talks to the writer of the book. Continue reading →

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Free Fire (2017) – Review

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Walking into a cinema screening without knowing anything is a great experience. It makes sure you don’t have any expectations to what you are about to see. You are purely reacting to the thing which is presented to you and it’s not always easy to predict the direction the story will go. That’s the case for me with Free Fire. The poster wasn’t very special, but the reason why I wanted to see it were the names of the actors: Sharlto Copley, Cillian Murphy, Armie Hammer and Brie Larson. I had no idea that the film was directed by Ben Wheatley (High Rise, Sightseers, Kill List). Was this movie a pleasant surprise to me? Continue reading →

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Before I Fall (2017) – Review

Review Before I Fall

Even though I watch a whole lot of movies each week (and read quite a few reviews), it’s simply impossible to keep up with every title that’s being released each week. It means you sometimes miss out on titles which could be interesting. That was also the case with this film. My eldest daughter really wanted to see it and as I know what her taste in movies is (which is slightly different from mine) I decided to just give it a chance. A specific element in the story intrigued me. Continue reading →

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Sleepless (2017) – Review

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Although statistics prove otherwise, I’ve got the feeling that movies in general have gotten longer and usually are two hours or longer. Of course I have no issue with that (especially if it’s a good movie), but there are moments when you just want to watch something which is shorter and 90 minutes to me is the perfect length. This film which stars Jamie Foxx, seemed like a perfect choice. Something I didn’t know in advance, but quickly found out while watching is that this is a remake of the French film Blanche (also known as Sleepless Night), which I saw a couple of years ago. Although the original wasn’t a masterpiece, it offered enough action to be entertaining enough. Is that also the case with this version? Continue reading →

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The Architect (2016) – Review

Review The Architect

I’m organising a Dutch movieblogger get together event in two weeks where I’ve rented a cinema and of course that meant I had to look for a movie to show. More than 40 moviebloggers will show up, so it has to be good. After a documentary I really was interested in turned out to be slightly disappointing I had to continue my search. I asked some American bloggers if they had some tips for me and started watching the trailers. Of the titles it was this movie which I liked most, a light comedy starring some famous actors as well. I was quickly able to get in contact with its director, Jonathan Parker, and was sent a screener. Continue reading →