Jean van Kasteel
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Monarch: Legacy of Monsters

Incredible so far after 4 episodes! It's everything I liked about Godzilla: King of Monsters, but with even more of a "Jurassic Park" stress-inducing edge-sitting feel. I wish it continues like this.

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Make Some Noise

A really great steam-offer: I've laughed so hard at some of the pieces.

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Only Murders in the Building

Very interesting dynamics, and the view of the writer/director mixing fantasy and reality into this shows makes me want to watch some more. Addictive, kinda fun, with very good actors and a plot that, even if I don't have my breath taken away, makes me want to tag along for the unusual ride.

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Trentenaires

Very refreshing TV show so far, interesting characters even though their relations are somewhat unhealthy. It's really interesting that everything is happening in Charleroi, Belgium, I think it's a first!

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Severance

It's frightening and intriguing. "Corporate chill" takes a whole new meaning, I would recommend but take care of yourself: don't watch if you hate your job as this is personnification of that sentiment.

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You Should Have Left

I love Kevin Bacon, but Hollywood has got to STOP pairing men with women 30 years younger than them. It's sickening, Bacon was almost 30 when Seyfried was born. What's wrong with these people?! Has David Koepp some sort of wierd fetish? Do we need to worry?

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Barbarian

Everything I expected from an horror movie in 2022 and more! The main female protagonist is well written, has strenght and weaknesses, the movie is anchored in our patriarcal society, it has strong views and adapted answers for the rape mentality, the horror is brutal and bloody but not overwhelmingly "gore" and it's wrapped inside two (actually three) well-written stories that are believable and true to life. It's not movie of the year by any mean but it's a solid, well-rounded piece of cinema that mixes "classic horror" with 21st century values, and the actors are all credible. I recommend.

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The Innocents

That was... aweful and yet thrilling. Unbelievable and hard to describe. The unease by excellence.

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The Crowded Room

The plot thinckens with each episode, the main character is viewed either as a "poor boy", a "good lad", "a mad man", "a victim" or a whole lot of things. The story he's telling is compelling, but even what's happening around him is. And the sum is intriguing. The actors are quite good in their roles too, which doesn't spoil anything. I don't see why it's badly rated.

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Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom

Refreshing after a few bad movies, there are some really good puns. I regret that the women are viewed as something to be conquered torough the whole movie, though

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Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

Being a parody of a paper RPG doesnt exonerate from being good at plots. I guessed the ending after a few minutes, which isn't good. It's saved by the incredible actress playing the witch and the constant puns, altough previsible still funny enough

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Based on a True Story

The cliffhangers are predictable and the editing is quite "already seen", but the premise is very good and the mood can be very exciting at times. I don't regret watching it, and it's fun, but it's not great. Could have been! Too bad. It's "okay" trending towards "meh". I don't excluse a 6/10 if this keeps the same.

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Shrinking

The energy is killing, oscillating between joy and sadness. I really enjoy this show so far

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The Menu

A good idea but could be better lead, acting was on point and the atmosphere very acute.

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The Sex Lives of College Girls

It's as woke as you can hope from a massive network and actually engaging. American Pie without the poop jokes and the misoginy.

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Silo

It's somewhat of a great show even if I fear that the story will be quite simplistic (seeing how it progresses with episodes)

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Gaston Lagaffe

Not especially bad but not the best movie ever: I found it quite poorly written and not "true" to the original material. But there are some good ideas, even though that doesn't suffise to make a good movie.

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Free Guy

That's not how this works, that's not how any of this works. Sadly they couldn't bother to hire a programmer to explain how a game or a server work...

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IO

Don't believe the trailer. The trailer is a lie: that's not at all what happens in the movie. And don't watch it.

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Day of the Dead: Bloodline
The Mask You Live In
Kaamelott

Awesome french TV series, starting with humor and ending in tears. From dialogs (Kings Arthur, Karadoc and Perceval are just wonderful) to realization (evolving pretty well, for the magnificent set-up in the last seasons), you can sense that love and hard work has been poured in Kaamelott. I recommend without hezitation !

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Game of Thrones

This is the first show ever to make me go from a 9/10 for the first 5 seasons to a 10/10 for the sixth one!
There will be a before and an after Game of Thrones in television history. Must watch! And several times!

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That '70s Show

Great show for 7 seasons, then the 2 "main" actors leave and it's somewhat dull for the last season. But I've had an awesome time with the first 7 seasons, so I'll recommend to anyone wanting to get catched in the 70s. The journey will last several weeks (or a week if you're a severe binge watcher), and you'll be smiling, occasionnal laugh, for the entire time :)

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The Cyanide & Happiness Show

It's a crazy world, where humans are bugs flapping their butts and childs are sexual predator for adults. Love it or hate it, it's an awesome dark-bullshit-poop&pee-stupid-ridiculous-clevery type of humor.

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The Shannara Chronicles

"We're going to tell everything we do or did for the viewer, but in the most unnatural way"
"We're going to put a startled-looking girl as star but she's a fearless hero"
"That guy is poor but he has a horse because... plot?"
"We're MTV, let's put loud music everywhere, all the time"
"They have pointy ears, but we're gonna tell the word Elves 200000x per minute just to make sure even the dumbest person gets it"
"Let's put weird made-up words for everything, like they did in Hunger Games and Maze Runner"
"We're going to put haze here, because it's dangerous"
"I scream, because I'm a vilain"

God those were the most annoying 45 minutes of my life. Imagine Pretty Little Liars, but with even more unexplainable shit and elves.
The anorexic girl, the bad acting skills of mostly everyone, the cheap special effects, stereotypic dialogs... it's all there.

I feel I'm being taken for an idiot by that show. Jeez. I'll try to last at least 2 episodes before deciding, but... urh

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Marguerite

What a glorious performance of Catherine Frot. Unbelievable story and touching realization. I had a great time!

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The Stanford Prison Experiment

I haven't seen any "other" Stanford experiment, I barely heard of it in a Sociology lecture a few years back, so my view pretty much is only about this movie, these actors and this very movie.

And I really liked it. It's tense, it's tough, and I genuinly felt bad for everyone in this experiment: the prisonners, the guards, and the scientists behind it.

I would have liked a follow up on Ezra, though, to know if it was a fake or if he really did mean what he was saying.

I recommend it!

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Much Loved

I lasted 8 minutes. Couldn't go further. It's dubbed in french, with (bad) voiceovers and no lip sync. I think I've heard at least 150 insults & swearwords in those 8 minutes. The scenes take forever, everything is slow, and it doesn't even look good.

My my... After I heard on french TV that it was a "fantastic movie", that got badly recieved in Marocco, with the lead actress being bullied and attacked in the streets because of she's playing a prostitute (something apparently not ok in Marocco), I thought "well 4/10 is maybe just some pissed of north-african leaving bad reviews"... but no.

It is bad. It doesn't even deserves 4/10 in my opinion.

Fly, you fools.

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The Expanse

Good characters: a plausible background, evolving yet sticking to their personnality.
Good actors: they're all convincing and incarnate their respective characters without any obvious or annoying flaw. Tip of the hat to the cop.
Good picture: the metal colors and the blackness of space, the touches of hard colors (yellow, orange, violet) here and there. Looks amazing.
Good universe: convincing, with an economic & politic landscape totally making sense.
Good science: every tech gear, items, goods and ships are carefully thought.
Good scenario: we seem to move slowly but everything eventually connects to the big picture.
Good suspens: action, hard decisions, and that mysterious/terrifying thing (blueish stuff, i'll stick to that to avoid spoilers)

Every ingredient is there, and the dish takes: the first season announces a huge sci-fi series. May Syfy and the makers stick to that, and continue to entertain. The future of the show looks great after 10 episodes. 8/10, I almost put a 9/10 but decided to wait a little longer, see if it keeps up.

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