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Books

Book Recommendations: 3 Great Reads

Looking for the next book to get lost in? Below are a few of the books I’ve enjoyed the most reading so far in 2017, old and new.   The Force by Don Winslow Don Winslow’s latest novel, The Force, proves yet again the amazing talent of Don Winslow. This book is close to his […]

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Books

Three Book Series To Check Out

Finishing a great book can be both a wonderful and frustrating experience. Although there’s an endless selection of other books out there for you to read next, there will always be certain characters and universes that make you extra hungry for more. Immediately. When that happens, nothing is better than discovering that the book you just finished is part […]

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TV

Atlanta on my mind

If you haven’t checked out Donald Glover’s show ‘Atlanta’ already, you are missing out. Many of you might recognize Glover from the hit show ‘Community’, and some of you might have bopped your heads to his tunes – Glover’s rap name is Childish Gambino. In ‘Atlanta’, Glover brings us to – surprise, surprise – Atlanta, where Earn Marks […]

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TV

Most hated characters?

For me to get hooked on a TV series, it’s important that I care about at least one of the characters of the show. This does not at all mean I have to agree with the character, or even like the character too much… I just have to… undestand. One way or another, I have to understand […]

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Film

Has it really been 20 years?

1995 was a great film year, a really great one. A couple of the movies on this list makes me feel fairly old, to be honest. Then again, I know my age, so there’s really no reason why a movie should make me feel old. That should be a privilege given only to my birth […]

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Film TV

“How ya’ll doing?” – favourite hillbillies

There are certain characters that we’re all used to seeing by now. You know, the burned out cop who drinks too much and neglects his (very often second) wife… the silent hero with tough appearence who “also has a softer and more sensitive side”, the funny sidekick… and, well, the cop wife who’s growing tired […]

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Mark Wahlberg – The dude from Boston

Most everybody’s got an opinion about Mark Wahlberg, who started out a pop idol as the lead man in the group Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch. His older brother Donnie was an original member of New Kids on the Block, which Mark himself was a part of at the very start. It was however on the movie […]

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Film TV

Underrated characters

We’re all familiar with the Don Draper and Tony Soprano from ‘Mad Men’ and ‘The Sopranos’, and everybody knows Michael Corleone from ‘The Godfather’ and The Joker from ‘The Dark Knight’, but neither a TV show or a movie would work very well without a strong cast altogether. Here are some actors and actresses that […]

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TV

Les Revenants – atmospheric and riveting

A couple of years back, Canal+ released a French TV drama called ‘Les Revenants’, english title being ‘The Returned’. Although it was a huge hit in France, it took a while before it was recognised elsewhere, but when it did, it didn’t take long until there was an American remake on the way… no surprise. […]

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TV

“We’re not bad people…” – Bloodline

With TV shows such as ‘House of Cards’ and ‘Orange is the New Black’, Netflix have managed to create their own successes in addition to providing its subscribers with other shows and movies. Although I still have some catching up to do on ‘House of Cards’, it only took me a week to finish off […]