Director of the intense The Last King of Scotland, follows another gripping story, driven by investigative journalism. While the whole proceedings feels too fantasized, it’s still a thriller worth mentioning. Acting is all well on all fronts, as is the pacing and directing. Most character have those overly defined ticks making them seem stereo typical, but that’s only one of the few minor points against it.7½.
 |
By far the best comedy this year. Memorable in every way, the story just moves along, facing the unknown. As the friend group of well defined characters set out the retrieve their past steps, the many unpredictable scenes are belly-shaking funny, and really far out, while still being grounded enough the be remotely plausible. Must see.9.
|
With Christian Bale starring as John Connor, I expected something special, almost like the Batman revival. The result is a dark moody film, but nowhere near any Terminator experience (and not counting T3, as the low quality makes it escapes my memory).
This movie outline may be flawed in its roots already, it’s more than just that. The movie takes place in the future already explained in previous movies. That makes all the dots on the lines predictable, with no margin for change.
While the outcome is expected, the build up of the story, and the content of dialogue isn’t something worth to send back in time either. Even with solid acting ,this movie is not a real recommendation.6½.
|
Someone on this picture just passed the Dutch Civic integration examination, and I can tell you it wasn’t me !
|
This is what it looks like after you’ve taken a hot air balloon flight.
And this is what it looks like if you throw titanium and diamonds together. Well, technically also an almost dying Koriander plant, which for some unknown reason I thought would serve as a nice backdrop.
|
Fair comedy, with nothing too spectacular to clearly remember, but Paul Rudd and Rashida Jones form a nice charming couple. Basic story is quite simple too, with Paul’s character trying to find a male friend, where he lands in awkward situations. Mostly thought, comedy depends on nonsense dialogue, where characters make up stuff on the spot.
The final result is mellow, and there are small levels of predictability, but entertaining nonetheless.7.
|
Complaint through : http://www.ah.nl/klantenservice/veelgesteldevragen/albertheijn/article.jsp?trg=klantenservice/veelgesteldevragen/albertheijn/article.contactoverah.ah20
Courgette, een van de meest veelzijdige groente. Ze kunnen snel op alle manieren klaargemaakt worden en in vele recepten verwerkt worden. Ik eet ze elke week. En waar ze te halen dan mijn favoriete supermarkt.
Helaas is al sinds jaar en dag jullie courgette oogst of import van de laagste kwaliteit WAAR dan ook. In welk AH filiaal ik ook kom, ik kan altijd die pokdalige courgettes verwachten. Met die pukkels, lijkt het wel of ze aan een ernstige ziekte lijden. Zijn ze geoogst in hetzelfde toren in Notre Dame waar Quasimodo huist ? Of worden ze juist geimporteerd van ver, en worden ze onderweg door Somalische piraten mishandeld?
Het erge is, dat als ik in een budget supermarkt kom, ik elk courgette blind kan pakken, en weet dat het volledig gaaf, mooi donkergroen en zelfs in een beschermend plastic jasje zit. Gaan jullie hier nog wat aan doen, of moet ik bijna dagelijks rillend langs de groente-afdeling lopen, wetend dat er in elke kist GEEN enkel exemplaar te vinden is die niet alleen de tong maar ook mijn ogen doen strelen.
Reply:
Het spijt ons te lezen dat u niet tevreden bent over de kwaliteit van de AH
Courgette. Albert Heijn hecht grote waarde aan de kwaliteit, veiligheid en
hygiëne van alle artikelen. Uw ervaring met de courgette hebben wij aan de
kwaliteitsmanager doorgegeven. Als het nodig blijkt te zijn, worden er
direct maatregelen genomen.U kunt het artikel omruilen in de winkel voor een nieuw exemplaar of u kunt
het aankoopbedrag terugkrijgen. Dit geldt voor alle producten onder de 50
euro en bij voorkeur op vertoon van de kassabon en/of de verpakking van het
artikel. Wij danken u voor de door u genomen moeite ons op de hoogte te
brengen van uw ervaring.Met vriendelijke groet,
Albert Heijn Klantenservice
Don’t you just hate those standardised replies that don’t make any sense ?
|
Ron Howard helms the second Dan Brown’s novel and if you liked The Da Vinci Code you’ll probably like this one too.
For me, it’s just the basic run of the mill, cat & dog, chase the clues type of movie. The clues themselves aren’t that interesting either, mostly consisting of flipping through a book or asking a local about the history of a certain building. If you expect character development, you’re in the wrong place. Actually, it’s might even be a tad boring.
I haven’t exactly lost faith in Ron Howard, but I have with the Dan Brown conversions.5½.
|
The bar is set high early this year already, with the likes of Transformers and Terminator having to follow THE MOVIE of the year.
Star Trek is by far all that fans have hoped for, while still being enjoyable for first timers. JJ Abrams makes concessions, and transforms a full nerd-core niche to a more accessible franchise with this action packed, but smartly written origin story. The movie is filled with quotes and knick knacks fans will recognise, but has enough fun, testosterone and sexiness for the general public.
It’s a two hour non-stop warping experience, and I sat through 80% of it with a full bladder. In the end, very glad I didn’t went to the toilet, as every second is worth watching.
All in all, just thinking about a second viewing or the DVD release will make anyone’s heart beat faster, it’s just that good. The must-see of this year. One can only hope there will be a sequel,as JJ Abrams smartly evades canon (after much consideration, I’m okay with it, but probably still a lot of hard-core fans will be pulling out their hair), he now has a clear path to do what he wants.9+.
|
Summer is almost upon us, and luckily Hertog is releasing a new flavor of ice cream. Usually I like my ice cream really sweet. Hell, I chemically measure the sucrose level of everything before I even consider eating it.
This one however, besides being enough sweet, has a surprisingly fresh springy fruity slight sourness to it. Something I didn’t expect, this has the danger of you eating more of it than is good for you.
But alas, the sweet fruity creamy combination is just brilliant, and I suggest everyone try it before the summer begins for real.8½.
|
The history of Wolverine is all revealed in this movie, headed by an award winning almost unknown actor/director, with a handful of small South African movies under his belt. Luckily, he delivers an utterly enjoyable Hollywood action flick, having no problems with continuous action shots and wide angles (where most directors take the easy way out with short cut scenes).
Story wise, the revelations feel somewhat strange though, as decades of Wolverine comics left us in the dark about his past (and probably still do), and suddenly all the answers are out in the open. There’s obviously no time to delve into other characters (even Wolverine’s is underlighted, if you ask me), even though it’s cool they jump in and out now and then to show us some screen candy.
Acting is good too, though for Hugh Jackman it’s mostly showing us pure rage. Most surprising is a decent performance by rapper/song writer/music producer Will.I.Am.
So, even without a complicated story, it’s still a ride you don’t want to miss (let alone to prepare yourself for a few spin-offs of this spin-off).7½.
|
Anyone care to venture a guess as to where and what this spiky building in the background is ?
|
Dreamworks Animation delivers an enjoyable 3D animation (the theater didn’t carry the 3D showing with the new glasses though), where technically speaking, the texture and reflective properties takes another step closer to looking more real. Story is by no means the best, but it moving along at a fine pace. Character design has enough variety, and voice acting was up to par. Not totally surprising, but with not too few 3D animated flicks around, it’s enough to stand out.7+.
|
This movie is Oscar nominated, but I I thought it was an okay drama at best. The characters keep mostly to themselves, and the driving force behind them has to be guessed most of the time. The ending is heavy, but a mystery to me.
Also, solid acting notwithstanding, some scenes are not totally convincing (Kate Winslet in “old” makeup).7.This movie is Oscar nominated, but I I thought it was an okay drama at best. The characters keep mostly to themselves, and the driving force behind them has to be guessed most of the time. The ending is heavy, but a mystery to me.
Also, solid acting notwithstanding, some scenes are not totally convincing (Kate Winslet in “old” makeup).7.
|
David S. Goyer made name for himself, delivering excellent screenplays for the Batman revival headed by Christopher Nolan. For his own project though, writing and directing this horror flick, it seems he fails miserably. Directing is shoddy at best, and the writing is amateurishly bad. Even for this genre, a bad script can be forgiven, as long as the scares are sufficient. But here, it’s just shot for shot, unimaginably contrived, like someone pushed him to show the scary kid in the mirror as if he’s earning a million dollar everytime he does it (I hope not, because it looks like a box office flop to me). Same goes for the underwear shots (the only thing I did appreciate). So, yes, Odette Yustman is hot (2 seasons of October Road), and no, Gary Oldman made one of his worst decision joining this movie. Which begs to wonder, how did this movie ever get “born” ? 4-.
|