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Juggernaut (1974) – Review

Review Juggernaut

Often we tend to focus on new things. In the field of films and series, we feel (especially if you blog about movies), forced to see what has just been released as soon as possible. Therefore we sometimes forget to reflect on what’s already there and may have missed in the past. Especially when it comes to older films, it is sometimes difficult to find out what films are worth seeing, but which don’t appear in the “classics” lists. For example, I had never heard of Juggernaut, until I was researching films with bombs in them. It seems it is the first film to have a bomb defusing scene where someone needs to make the choice between cutting a red or a blue wire. Continue reading →

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Twinsters (2015) – Review

Review Twinsters

If you’ve seen the film Enemy, then you’ll probably remember that the character Jake Gyllenhaal plays unexpectedly sees someone who looks exactly like him. It might be a strange idea for a movie, but as Twinsters shows, it is something which can happen in real life. Actress Samantha Futerman receives a message through Facebook. Someone in France has seen a Youtube film and has sent it to his friend, Anais Bordier. The both think that Anais really looks a lot like Samantha and wants to get into contact with her. Samantha decides to agree and to film that. Thanks to a Kickstarter project she has managed to turn that material into a very fascinating documentary. Continue reading →

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Speed (1994) – Review

Review Speed

This week is a bit of a theme week here as I’m reviewing films that contain bombs. So I’ve recently rewatched a couple (and some for the first time) and will review them this week. On Friday I’ll close it of with a top 10 of the best movies with bombs.

So today it’s time for the first movie and that’s one with a Dutch influence. The director is none other than Jan de Bont and this was his American film debut, one which made a splash and would allow him to direct mmovies like Twister and Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life Continue reading →

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The Beauty Inside (2015) – Review

Review The Beauty Inside

How important is you appearance to you? For many people it will be a very important deciding thing, because it plays an important role in the first impression you make on others. It also will influence how you feel about yourself. In the entertainment and fashion industry it seems the only thing you are judged on and where getting older isn’t allowed. But what would happen if you couldn’t do anything about your appearance? What would happen if you woke up inside a different body each day? That’s the reality the main character in this movie, Woo-Jin, faces. r

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Mr. Holmes (2015) – Review

Review Mr Holmes

Detective Sherlock Holmes has been popular for years. If you do a search for the character on IMDB you’ll see that since 1911 there have been 120 movies and shows about the character. The best known ones are of course the movie with Robert Downey Jr. and the BBC series starring Benedict Cumberbatch. You might wonder, because already so much content is available about him, whether it is still possible to make something about Sherlock Holmes which feels fresh. But that’s exactly what Mr. Holmes tries to do. Continue reading →

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Making A Murderer (2015) – Review

Review Making A Murderer

The subgenre of documentaries that deal with crimes in which the wrong person is on trial and convicted (unfortunately) keeps growing. It means that too often police work is not done properly, evidence is insufficiently researched and too much significance is given to statements by witnesses. The Thin Blue Line revealed that already, but others did so too, documentaries like Murder on a Sunday Morning, A Murder in the Park, The Central Park Five, The Staircase, Give Up Tomorrow or films about “The Memphis Three” ( Paradise Lost and West of Memphis ). Last month, Netflix released the ten-part documentary series Making A Murderer which revolves around the case of Steven Avery. Continue reading →

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Beast of No Nation (2015) – Review

Review Beasts of No Nation

Although I have a broad taste in movies, the horror genre is one that I really avoid. I simply don’t enjoy making myself voluntarily uncomfortable, I don’t have that need. Give me a good action film or a wonderful documentary and I’m sure to have a great time. Netflix has a wide range for those tastes and in recent years the company has become a provider of many films and series that are worth watching. To ensure that they stay ahead of HBO they started making their own series, with great success (think Orange is the New Black or House of Cards).

Beasts of No Nation is their first “feature” film, which wasn’t only released on their own service, but was also shown in a limited number of cinemas on the same day. Although Netflix normally doesn’t release any numbers, they were proud to announce it had been watched three million times. But because huge numbers are no guarantee of a good movie (think Transformers), the question is whether Beasts of No Nation is a successful first step into their own movies. Continue reading →

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The Insider (1999) – Review

Review The Insider

Sometimes you realize that when people are used to something it’s difficult for them to face the truth. In The Insider that something is nicotine. And it’s not about someone who is addicted to nicotine, but about the companies who, as research on the effects of smoking progressed, remained quiet, simply because they were accustomed to their income. Such a company has become an entity which will maintain itself even though each individual person working their knows what it can do with your health. The Insider is about a whistleblower who dared to tell the truth, despite the great risks attached to it. Continue reading →

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The Hateful Eight (2015) – Review

Recensie The Hateful Eight

The number of directors of which I need to see their latest movie can be counted on one hand. Quentin Tarantino is certainly one of them, because since seeing his first two films I’ve been a big fan of his style. A director with his own voice, his own kind of movies where not only the images are fantastic, but the choice of music is always original and dialogues is always recognizable as his own (whether in Reservoir Dogs or in a special episode CSI). A new Tarantino film is always an event for me and I could hardly wait to The Hateful Eight, his eighth film. Continue reading →

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No Escape (2015) – Review

Review No Escape

If I was to base my movie watching purely on reviews than I would never watch No Escape. They painted this as a horrible movie, which just like The Impossible, only focussed on white family abroad needing to survive, while also showing the local people negatively. Oh yeah, and the actors were supposedly miscast as well. Luckily I’m a very stubborn person, so I decided to form my own opinion about this movie. Continue reading →