Category: Review of Thriller

by M. Bijman June 2, 2018

Give me Stockholm or give me death – Midnight Sun, by Jo Nesbo

Jo Nesbo’s famous “Harry Hole” detective novels, and his other works for adults, bear the marks of contemporary Scandinavian NoirContinue Reading

by M. Bijman September 13, 2017

Update In June 2017 it was announced that the Italian production company Cattleya had picked up the rights for theContinue Reading

Observations on AME Roundup 2019 – Tech solutions looking for problems February 15, 2019
AME Roundup 2019 in Vancouver, BC, finished on 31 January 2019, and here is my final post about some of the events. (Previous post: 4. Innovation Hub, Additions to the Geoscience Toolbox, Jan 30, 2019) 5. Innovation Hub, The latest technologies, Jan 31, 2019 Seven tech companies presented their solutions to improving the appearance and accessibility […]

Babylon Berlin (2018) April 24, 2019
“Zu asche, zu staub. Zu asche. Doch noch nicht jetzt.” “Let’s not be shy to say it,” says Christian Buss, Der Spiegel’s cultural critic, about TV show Babylon Berlin. “[Germans] are big again — as the world champions of angst.”If the spending behind Babylon Berlin is any indication, German angst is indeed big again. Created by Tom Tykwer (Run Lola Run), Henk […]
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) April 15, 2019
“Look, I'm a comic book, I'm a cereal, did a Christmas album. I have an excellent theme song.” — Peter Parker When Kristine Belson, president of Sony Pictures Animation, confirmed the title for Spider-Man: Homecoming at CinemaCon in 2016, she briefly talked about the as-yet-unnamed animated Spider-Man film. She declared that it would “break new gro […]