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Valentine’s Day

By Frank ⋅ July 31, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Hollywood's stab at a Love Actually remake. Even the star cast can't make this crappy script work.

Shrink

By Frank ⋅ July 28, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

The scenes with Spacey are fascinating, he's a remarkable actor. The rest of the movie is not worth the bother. The Hollywood setting is uninteresting, the Crash mood that they try to recreate with the (beautiful, by …

Weekly Tweets for 2010-07-25

By Frank ⋅ July 25, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Impressive investigative journalism project by Washington Post: Top Secret America http://projects.washingtonpost.com/top-secret-america/ # Very interesting project, best of luck to Ms Reichert! RT @WFSJ: [wfsj news] WFSJ’s new intern plans evaluation toolkit http://bit.ly/9kktmh # Shame! But a wise decision. RT @deborahblum: My farewell post on Science Blogs: http://bit.ly/brdzwU # Van harte gefeliciteerd!!! RT @AmsterDees Onze zoon [...]

Public Enemies

By Frank ⋅ July 24, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Two hours of tangible desperation for both gangsters and FBI. Gripping story, with compelling performances by Depp, Bale and Cotillard. Half an hour too long though.

My One and Only

By Frank ⋅ July 23, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Youth memories of actor George Hamilton, a story that didn't need to be told. Boring.

Love Happens

By Frank ⋅ July 22, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Unconventional romantic drama that is intelligent, empathic and modest. Good performances from Eckhart, Aniston and Lynch.

Leap Year

By Frank ⋅ July 18, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Soulless and sloppy romcom with flat performances by Adams and Goode (with a terrible Irish accent), that preys on all the cliches the writers could think of about Ireland. No wonder some Americans think Europe is one big …

Weekly Tweets for 2010-07-04

By Frank ⋅ July 4, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Happy to have you in our session! RT @alicebell: Just a little bit excited to be speaking at WCSJ in Cairo next year http://www.wcsj2011.org # Enjoy! RT @deborahblum: Flying to Turin for World Federation of Science Journalists board meeting and work like crazy on the Cairo program. # Ik ga me snel omkleden… RT @RoyMeijer: [...]

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