Categorie: based upon a book
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Stephen King Movie Marathon: Carrie (1976)
Review: So I decided to do a Stephen King Movie Marathon in 2024. It’ll probably take me a lot of months and I might not be able to see/find all the movies/miniseries but I’ll do my best… and where better to start than at the beginning: with Carrie! Carrie was King’s first novel, he almost…
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Asterix 12. Asterix en de Olympische Spelen
Review: In het Romeinse kamp heerst een feestelijke sfeer als een ‘kampioen’ wordt geselecteerd om mee te doen met de Olympische Spelen in Athene. Maar bij de training loopt het spaak als Tulius Torsus, de Romeinse kampioen, Asterix en Obelix tegenkomt. De ‘onverslaanbare’ kampioen blijkt het onderspit te moeten delven tegen beide Galliërs. Als de…
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Movie Marathon: Beyond Re-Animator (2003)
Synopsis: After 13 years in prison, the mad scientist from Re-Animator (1985) gets a new chance to experiment with the arrival of a young prison doctor, who secretly hopes to learn to reanimate dead people. Good intentions turn to horror. Review: Well, these movies certainly don’t get better with each instalment. It’s the bad acting…
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Movie Marathon: Het Smelt (2023)
Synopsis: In het dorpje Bovenmeer zijn Eva, Tim en Laurens beste vrienden die samen opgroeien. Op een zomer wordt Eva meegesleurd in het zwaar misdragen van haar twee vrienden met andere meisjes. Vele jaren later keert ze terug naar haar geboortedorp om Tim en Laurens ter verantwoording te roepen voor hun daden. In de kofferbak…
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Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities: Dreams in the Witch House (2022)
Synopsis: Years after his twin sister’s death, a researcher ventures Into a dark, mysterious realm with the aid of a special drug, determined to bring her back. Review: Definitely not the best episode (not the worst either) in this show! It started out great but couldn’t hold the tension and my attention enough… When, at…
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Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities: Pickman’s Model (2022)
Synopsis: Art student Will meets introvert Richard, whose terrifying works of art begin to have a deeply disturbing effect on Will’s sense of reality. Review: Based upon a story by H.P. Lovecraft, this tale tells the story of an art student, Will, who meets a very timid introverted fellow student whose art is controversial and…
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Movie Marathon: V for Vendetta (2005) – rewatch
Synopsis: In the distant future, Evey Hammond is an average citizen of the United Kingdom, which is under the rule of the fascist and tyrannical Norsefire Party. She is an employee of the state-run British Television Network, but soon, she becomes the number one enemy of the state together with an enigmatic and larger-than-life freedom…
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Jurassic Park Movie Marathon: Jurassic World Dominion (2022) – rewatch
Synopsis: After surviving the destruction of Isla Nubla, Owen Grady and Claire Dearing took in young Maisie Lockwood. They’ve been living under the radar to protect Maisie, but she feels like a prisoner. When Maisie goes missing, Owen and Claire set out to find her, and eventually confront Lewis Dodgson, owner of Biosyn. Paleobotanist Ellie…
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Jurassic Park Movie Marathon: Jurassic World, Fallen Kingdom (2018) – rewatch
Synopsis: Three years after the Jurassic World theme park was closed down, Owen and Claire return to Isla Nublar to save the dinosaurs when they learn that a once dormant volcano on the island is active and is threatening to extinguish all life there. Along the way, Owen sets out to find Blue, his lead…
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Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet Of Curiosities: The Outside (2022)
Synopsis: Longing to fit in at work, awkward Stacey begins to use a popular lotion that causes an alarming reaction, while an unnerving transformation takes shape. Review: Oh wow, the introverted girl from The Bog Bang Theory that dated Raj is together with the satanist from Silicon Valley in this episode. Now for this episode……
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