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

I abhor the Nestlé Pure Life commercial – here’s why October 19, 2018
I just hate this commercial. Every time I see it I get absolutely furious. It is patently, obviously, in-your-face WRONG on just about every level. This is the latest Nestlé bottled water commercial, showing on Canadian TV. It shows a well-dressed, well-fed little white girl, complete with safety goggles, drinking bottled water and asking “what can […] […]

The Walking Dead (Season 9) (2018) October 18, 2018
“We're not just fighting to survive anymore. We're making a new beginning.” — Rick Grimes A ruined, decomposing world picked clean by those who remain, harshly rendered frame by frame. Out of that decay comes something new, driving he carrion-eaters away, holding them at bay... for now. For its ninth and latest season, AMC's much beloved horro […]
Counterpart (2017) October 9, 2018
“There was one reality. And then it duplicated.” — Howard Silk What if you could live your life differently? How many different ways could you live? These are the questions at the heart of Counterpart, Starz’s new show, as well as the prompts used by Creative Director Karin Fong to produce its Emmy Award-winning title sequence.In the Cold War-espionage serie […]