💬Some posts were originally written in Dutch and were automatically translated. A nice dramatic title for this blog about James Bond, because I am not happy. Amazon Studios acquired MGM in 2022, the studio that makes all the James Bond films, and now Amazon Studios also gets creative control over
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💬Some posts were originally written in Dutch and were automatically translated. After more than seven years, Cobra Kai, one of the most fun shows I have ever watched, has come to an end. And without giving too much away: it has one of the best endings of any long-running
Read more💬Some posts were originally written in Dutch and were automatically translated. I work 32 hours, so I have one extra day off each week. If you asked people which day they would like to have off, a lot of them would probably shout Friday. Because then your weekend starts nice
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💬Some posts were originally written in Dutch and were automatically translated. In the nineties, many things were better, and that decade gave us a lot. One of the most beautiful things from the nineties is Jurassic Park, one of my favourite films. Since then, five sequels have been released, but
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💬Some posts were originally written in Dutch and were automatically translated. In the nineties, a number of very good disaster films were released, and one of them is the classic Twister, about storm chasers. Now, almost thirty years later, a sequel has arrived, and I saw it in the cinema
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💬Some posts were originally written in Dutch and were automatically translated. Back in the deep nineties, my big brother and I always played cowboys and Indians. At Blokker, our mother let us pick out one of those iconic cap guns or a plastic bow and arrow. It is one of
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💬Some posts were originally written in Dutch and were automatically translated. It was one of my first big cinema experiences, watching the epic film Gladiator on the big screen in 2000. It was fantastic: the spectacle of the battles, a brilliant Russell Crowe and the imposing Colosseum. For a film-
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💬Some posts were originally written in Dutch and were automatically translated. I was born in the late eighties, which means I spent an important part of my childhood in the nineties. I really do see myself as a nineties kid, and I often think back to that time with a
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💬Some posts were originally written in Dutch and were automatically translated. It is maybe a little morbid, but I find serial killers extremely interesting. So when Apple TV+ released a miniseries about a serial killer a few years ago, it was no surprise that I watched it immediately. And I
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💬Some posts were originally written in Dutch and were automatically translated. The series I want to highlight this week was released back in 2022, but it received far too little love. Under the Banner of Heaven is a hidden gem on Disney+ and deserves more viewers. Under the Banner of
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💬Some posts were originally written in Dutch and were automatically translated. During the first episodes of Bodies, you get the idea that this is another standard but good thriller in which detectives have to solve a murder. That is absolutely true, but Bodies does it with a twist so good
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💬Some posts were originally written in Dutch and were automatically translated. This week, Netflix released the long-awaited live-action series Avatar: The Last Airbender, and in the days before release, reviews from various critics started to trickle in. Not all of them were positive. The visual effects were supposedly
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💬Some posts were originally written in Dutch and were automatically translated. A curse, family secrets, Guyanese crime and a failed kidnapping. Mix those ingredients with a setting like New York City and you get Full Circle, a tense miniseries available on HBO Max. In Full Circle, the grandson of a
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💬Some posts were originally written in Dutch and were automatically translated. Everyone agrees that the Harry Potter books are fantastic, right? If you think otherwise, we cannot be friends, sorry. Some people also say the films are very good. Okay, the books are much better, but I do understand why
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💬Some posts were originally written in Dutch and were automatically translated. One of the shows I have enjoyed watching lately is The Rookie, a police series available on Netflix. The Rookie is about John Nolan, a man who decides later in life to become a police officer, making him the
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💬Some posts were originally written in Dutch and were automatically translated. This week we watched Griselda at home, which had been recommended beforehand as the new Narcos. That promise is only partly fulfilled, but I liked the series enough to share it with you. Griselda tells the story of Griselda
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💬Some posts were originally written in Dutch and were automatically translated. The series I want to recommend this week is Hijack. We finished this one at home in two evenings, because it is incredibly tense from the very first episode. The title gives it away, but Hijack is about the
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💬Some posts were originally written in Dutch and were automatically translated. I try to write a weekly newsletter about TV shows and films under the name Seriekoning. Last week I wrote about the ten best shows everyone should have seen. "This show would absolutely be in my top ten
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💬Some posts were originally written in Dutch and were automatically translated. This week we rewatched the Planet of the Apes films. Not the old versions from the sixties and seventies, or the actually decent remake from 2001, but the most recent series. The first part of that series, Rise of
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💬This is an old blog post I found again. I thought it would be fun to put it back on my site. Please keep in mind that this was written by a younger, naive version of myself, and that it may contain opinions and remarks I no longer stand behind
Read more💬This is an old blog post I found again. I thought it would be fun to put it back on my site. Please keep in mind that this was written by a younger, naive version of myself, and that it may contain opinions and remarks I no longer stand behind
Read more💬This is an old blog post I found again. I thought it would be fun to put it back on my site. Please keep in mind that this was written by a younger, naive version of myself, and that it may contain opinions and remarks I no longer stand behind
Read more💬This is an old blog post I found again. I thought it would be fun to put it back on my site. Please keep in mind that this was written by a younger, naive version of myself, and that it may contain opinions and remarks I no longer stand behind
Read more💬This is an old blog post I found again. I thought it would be fun to put it back on my site. Please keep in mind that this was written by a younger, naive version of myself, and that it may contain opinions and remarks I no longer stand behind
Read more🤖This blog was originally written in Dutch and was automatically translated. For years, music has been the thing I prefer to spend my time on. Especially listening to music; I do that almost always. It is so bad that I do not go anywhere without my pink iPod. If I
Read more🤖This blog was originally written in Dutch and was automatically translated. The end of the year means list season in music land. Everywhere you see top-somethings of artists, albums and songs. Some are complete nonsense. Like the annually recurring Top 2000. For ten years, the same artists have been
Read more🤖This blog was originally written in Dutch and was automatically translated. About three weeks. That is how long it has been since I last delivered a blog post. I have had gaps like this between my writings before, and usually they can be attributed to the fact of "being
Read more🤖This blog was originally written in Dutch and was automatically translated. There you are, after waiting more than seven hours in the cold and rain, standing at the front for your favourite band with 10,000 people behind you. After a few great songs, the singer comes close to the
Read more🤖This blog was originally written in Dutch and was automatically translated. Ever since I really started loving music, punk rock has been one of my favourite genres. It all started when I got a CD from the drummer in my brother's band. It was Blink-182's
Read more🤖This blog was originally written in Dutch and was automatically translated. About eight songs. That is how long - short, then - the You Me At Six show lasted in the smallest room of the Melkweg. But as almost always, it is about quality rather than quantity. Because what a great show
Read more⚠️This is an old blog post I found again. I thought it would be fun to put it back on my site. Please keep in mind that this was written by a younger, naive version of myself, and that it may contain opinions and remarks I no longer stand behind
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