Categorie: crime
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Full Throttle: Throttle
Review: This is Hill & King’s own take on a road trip gone bad with a truck and a few bikers! Joe Hill was asked to write a story for a Richard Matheson tribute collection. Immediately he knew what to write, a tribute to Matheson’s Duel (later adapted into a movie, the debut film of…
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Gebroken 2. Gebroken Zielen
https://www.pelckmansuitgevers.be/gebroken-zielen.html#gref Review: Gebroken Zielen is het tweede deel in Lotte Leenaerts ‘gebroken’ reeks. Het delft dieper in de duistere kant van de mensen en hoe traumatische ervaringen uit het verleden een impact kan hebben op hoe iemand groeit. Alles begint bij een zelfmoordpoging die op tijd wordt tegengehouden. Deze is het gevolg van een vreselijk…
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Kuifje: Special 77 jaar
Het Weekblad voor de jeugd van 7 tot 77 jaar https://www.standaarduitgeverij.be/product/kuifje-special-77-jaar-9789086771783/ Review: Deze luxueuze hardcover strip is een hommage die de 77-jarige verjaardag viert van een weekblad dat in 1946 ontstond en die ongeveer 50 jaar heeft bestaan: het weekblad Kuifje! Dit weekblad heeft in de loop van die vijftig jaar heel wat stripfiguren geïntroduceerd…
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Millenium 7. De Schreeuw van de Zeearend
https://www.awbruna.nl/boek/thrillers/karin-smirnoff/de-schreeuw-van-de-zeearend-millennium/ Review: Toen Stieg Larsson in 2004 stierf had hij drie afgewerkte manuscripten nagelaten dat later de beroemde Millennium-trilogie zou worden. Dit werd één van de meest succesvolle en gehypte thrillers en werd door miljoenen mensen gelezen. En met recht en rede want hoewel ik wat later deelnam aan de hype, iets wat ik vaker…
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Saw Movie Marathon: Spiral, from the Book of Saw (2021) – rewatch
Synopsis: Working in the shadow of his father, an esteemed police veteran (Samuel L. Jackson), brash Detective Ezekiel “Zeke” Banks (Chris Rock) and his rookie partner (Max Minghella) take charge of a grisly investigation into murders that are eerily reminiscent of the city’s gruesome past. Unwittingly entrapped in a deepening mystery, Zeke finds himself at…
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Saw Movie Marathon: Jigsaw (2017) – rewatch
Synopsis: Bodies are turning up around the city, each having met a uniquely gruesome demise. As the investigation proceeds, evidence points to one suspect: John Kramer, the man known as Jigsaw, who has been dead for over 10 years. Review: John Kramer is back, sort of! Although Kramer has been dead for over ten years…
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Saw Movie Marathon: Saw VI (2009) – rewatch
Synopsis: Special Agent Strahm is dead, and Detective Hoffman has emerged as the unchallenged successor to Jigsaw’s legacy. However, when the FBI draws closer to Hoffman, he is forced to set a game into motion, and Jigsaw’s grand scheme is finally understood. Review: Strahm is killed by the new Jigsaw Killer, Hoffman! But Hoffman makes…
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Saw Movie Marathon: Saw III (2006) – rewatch
Synopsis: Jeff is an anguished man who grieves and misses his son, who was killed by a drunk driver in a car accident. He has become obsessed for revenge against the drunk driver, judge, and only witness who refused to testify; he has also become neglectful of his daughter. Lynn Denlon is a skilled surgeon…
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Saw Movie Marathon: Saw (2004) – rewatch
Synopsis: Waking up in a bathroom, two men, Adam and Dr. Lawrence Gordon, discover they have been captured by the infamous Jigsaw Killer. The men must escape before time runs out, otherwise, they will face the deadly consequences. Review: Ingenious is what this movie is! Ingenious from start to finish! When you think you got…
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Saw Movie Marathon: Saw II (2005) – rewatch
Synopsis: Detective Eric Matthews, along with fellow police officers and a SWAT Team, locate Jigsaw’s lair and go to arrest him, but discover that his arrest is only a part of Jigsaw’s plan. Matthews soon learns that eight people are trapped in an old house and are playing one of Jigsaw’s games. One of them…
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