Saw this at IDFA. Documentary which makes you laugh but the realization that what’s going on is actually really sad.

It had Beyonce singing in it, which is good, but that is about the only thing this movie has going for it. The story is a bit too thin and incoherent. Nevertheless, if you wanna spend a night on the couch with a feel good / think little type movie, you’ll be ok with this one.

Basically, this book is exactly what its title says: Pride and Prejudice… and zombies. I love the cover, I love the idea itself, but a whole book of it is just too much. I had hoped the (re)writer would have gotten creative with the plot somewhere, but the plot in no place really differs from the Jane Austen novel. There’s just some zombies dragged in and for some reason to fight zombies you have to be a master in the oriental arts. The lame jokes about balls made me cringe.

I don’t regret buying the book, but only because it looks cool in my bookcase and is a good conversation starter.

It’s tacky, it’s very bollywood and very watchable. This isn’t a movie that’s gonna rock your world, but it’s cute and colorful. I wouldn’t have gone to the cinema for it, bvut watching it at home on a sleepy sunday evening worked out fine.

I was zapping along and came to the Belgian channel Canvas where this documentary was on. I got sucked in right away and stayed up 2 hours beyond my bedtime to watch it.

This documentary leaves you haunted and a little freaked. It starts off with the death of Andrew Bagby (in his late twenties I believe) who was shot 5 times. There are very clear indications that the ex-girlfriend (who he just broke up with the day before) is the killer. She gets arrested, then released, then a trial starts, throughout which it turns out she’s pregnant. And it gets even more bizarre. It’s a story that’s really too insane to be real, but unfortunately it is real.

It’ll make you shake your head at the legal system, at the insanity of people, and mostly it will leave you stunned by the bravery of others (Andrews parents) who deal with the entire situation with unmeasurable strength and dignity.

...should be tacky and over the top, in my humble opinion. This one was too serious. If it had been tacky and over the top it would have been good, now it was adequate.

This is a nice movie. It’s not fantastic, but there’s a revenge scene at the end which is historical. Possibly, guys will like it even better because it’s about soccer and guys for some reason really like seeing other guys kicking a ball around.

I was always a fan of Annie MG Schmidt, but when reading through this biography. which is largely a summery of all her work, you can’t help but be in awe. Plays, children’s books, literature, musicals, poems and even an opera. She kept writing up until the end, even though she was mostly blind. It’s also interestign to see how she took things from her own life and thred them through her work. Her infatuation with a young gay man, which resulted int he gorgeous song ‘Iedereen was zo’ (everybody was like that). And even a play on a suicidal man (largely based on her husband at the end of his life).

The biography left me resolute to go digging through bookstores in search of more of her work for my bookcase. This of course is mostly due to Annie MG Schmidt and not so much to the biography. But the biography itself is also well written. It’s really just a summery of her life and work, but it is done in a way which makes it an easy read. Well done.

Went to this movie on a whim, went for a drink with some colleagues an we figured we might as well catch a movie. This one played at 8.

Very good movie, was thoroughly wrapped up in it at no time. Reminded me a bit of Dutch movies, in the sense that there is a good dose of sex and violence which does have a point (character building, creating tensions) but that in my opinion the story could have done without.

The majority of men in this movie turn out to be basterds and most women are in some way or other abused. No skipping around disney style moments in this movie. Creeped me out a bit. But that means it was done well, so thumbs up for this one.

The animation is gorgeous and I love the story idea of some parallel world with the buttons. Pretty near to perfect. Of course, the reason for the buttons or why the other mother does what she does is unexplained, but it doesn’t need to be, it is as it is. The only thing missing for me was that on some occasions there are smoe tiny stiches missing that would make the story run a bit smoother. The last bit, from where Coraline goes to sleep on the marbles to the end, seems a bit rushed. Like the movie had to be cut down in size and there is this very hasty last blurb of action or something.

Apart from that, lovely movie, I wouldn’t mind seeing it again once or twice :)