Not quite as awesome as it’s big brother, but the brown 8° Maredsous is really nice too, when you’re in the mood for something dark and sweet.

Yes, this is my absolutely favorite beer and I´ve had my share, so i´m hoping that does mean something. Maredsous is sweet, but not too sweet, great flavour. And the gorgous glass adds to the experience. First time I drank it was here in a cafe in Haarlem (which is now my favorite pub, coincidentally).

Palm is a wunderful bit of brewing. Great lager, much better than those tasteless glasses of Heineken or Amstel.

... whether international films were worth the bother of reading all those subtitles, go see this movie. It’s hilarious. There’s no better hero than a lying, cheating, horny old guy with the occasional twitch that is completely unsuitable for retirement. Dark humor, the way humor was intended. The scene with the balloon is fantastic

This is one of the most awesome movies I have ever seen. It’s gorgeous to look at, the surroundings, the creatures, the athmosphere is perfect. The storyline is excellent. It’s a fairytale, wrapped up in a fairytale. OK, a rather nasty, creepy, terrifying fairytale at times, but remember, that’s how fairytales were intended. Those evil sisters of cinderella cut off their toes and the little mermaid died (sorry to blow your bubble kids, disney lied).

Pan’s Labyrinth beautifully shows a young girl in a harsh world she wants to escape from. She escapes into a fantasy world… or is it? Either way, the difference between the real world and the world she escapes to is very harsh at first, but as the story progresses they intertwine. Fantastically done. It had me leaving the cinema wide eyed and speechless (which is extremely rare for me, i can tell you ;)).

Very interesting movie. Amazing how a single man can jiggle the system in such a way to influence… well world politics, basically. What I found most fascinating was the end. It’ll make you shake your head, but sadly won’t leave you all that shocked. Politics is dirty business…

Sometimes in April is… impressive… Though Hotel Rwanda covers the same subject, you can’t really compare the two. Different angles. Hotel Rwanda covers people locked in, Sometimes in April covers what happened on the outside (though one of the main characters ends up in the hotel as well).

I was 13 at the time of the Rwanda genocide. I remember seeing some images on tv, vaguely, but it was something so distant… But it’s really shocking to think about what happened there, how many people were murdered in so short a time, simply because of one word in their passport. Every year we remember what happened in WWII, the holocaust. And we all say ‘never again!’. But since, we’ve had Rwanda, Srebrenica… For some bizar reason we keep making the same mistakes…

Just watched this movie because the Dark Knight is coming out soon and the previews are awesome. But Batman Begins really disappointed me. The plot is just lame. It tries to be dark and broody, but there isn’t any depth to it. It’s all about the special effects, which aren’t bad admittedly, but… Just not my kinda movie, I guess…

According to the summery Mr. Dickens considered this his best book. And though the characters were nice (as always) and I was smiling my way through some funny passages, I thought the story itself was quite boring. A solid Dickens story, but not a real page turner. Great Expectations is still my favorite.