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Lupin
10 x 50 min. I’ve talked before about how I like (some parts of) French cinema, but I’ve got little experience with French television. But I’ve yet to find something Omar Sy does that I don’t care about so yes, sure – I’ll watch a show based on a French gentleman thief. The series aren’t…
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The Word for Woman is Wilderness
The space probe Voyager 1 left the planet in 1977. Wow. Maybe as much impact on me, albeit in a slightly different category, as Het achtste leven (voor Brilka). I’m still a bit fuzzy around the edges after having finished it. And as often with those on the edges of opinion (very good, very bad),…
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Dora the Explorer and the Lost City of Gold
102 min. Now why would I go to the Dora the Explorer movie? Because offerings are sparse right now, my theatre pass is unlimited and it kind of looked like a kiddie Indiana Jones, and I enjoy adventure movies that don’t just revolve around white people. That’s why. I wasn’t wrong about the kiddie Indiana…
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The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
I AM NOT AS I ONCE WAS. I’m so glad I gave this author another chance. The Fifth Season may have been a bridge too far or simply not the right book at the right time (when you read so many books, sometimes it’s weird to accept that you can’t ‘crack’ one right away), but…
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Star Trek Beyond
122 min. It was definitely better than the second movie, but how hard was that one to beat? This time we’re back to the feeling of a summery, no-need-for-life-lessons Star Trek. And even though the director came from the Fast and the Furious series, not that much races. As usual, the Enterprise is off somewhere,…
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Guardian of the Dead
I opened my eyes. Between okay and “why did I put this on my list” non-fiction, I previously had the wonderful Fates and Furies to lift my reading experience up. Now I can add Guardian of the Dead as a delightful breath of fresh air (nothing bad about non-fiction meant, it just has to work harder…
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Discord’s Apple
Finally, after driving all night, Evie arrived. Ah, wonderful, beautiful, (contemporary) fantasy as it should be. From the To Read list, and worthy of its spot. Evie’s father is ill, terminally. This means she has to prepare for inheriting knowledge and subjects she never knew about, and which have a lot of pull on the…
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Ever After
121 min. Van sommige films neem je gewoon aan dat je ze vast wel eens gezien hebt. Voor mij is één daarvan Ever After: A Cinderella Story. Nineties, romantische comedy? Drew Barrymore? Vast! Nou niet dus. Gelukkig is dat nu eindelijk recht gezet. Ever After is weer een versie van het Assepoester-sprookje, maar deze keer met…
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Obernewtyn
In the days following the holocaust, which came to be known as the Great White, there was death and madness. Finally some oldskool fantasy-ing. That’s not on the book of course, I just feel that you can only read so many unlikely-hero-in-medieval-inspired-settings stories before starting to compare them. At least contemporary and/or urban gives you…
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The Book of Life
95 min. There’s two points of critique from me, for this movie. One: why wasn’t it entirely drawn like some scenes and the credits. Two: if this is a Mexican based story, why were the voice actors of the main characters not Mexican? But if you want a shot of colour, life and love on…
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