The Martian
Aug24

The Martian

I’m gonna have to science the shit out of this Director: Ridley Scott Writers: Drew Goddard (screenplay), Andy Weir (book) Stars: Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiig, Jeff Daniels, Michael Peña, Sean Bean, Kate Mara, Sebastian Stan, Aksel Hennie, Chiwetel Ejiofor & more… Ridley Scott has delivered yet another great space adventure – and what a masterpiece it is!!! The story begins with the crew of six...

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The Jungle Book (2016)
Aug18

The Jungle Book (2016)

After a threat from the tiger Shere Khan forces him to flee the jungle, a man-cub named Mowgli embarks on a journey of self discovery with the help of panther, Bagheera, and free spirited bear, Baloo. Before I start my review of the revamped The Jungle Book I must stress the fact that I solemny HATE how Disney has ruined generations by lying to its audience how animals interact and function in the wild. No, I’m not just talking...

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Hardcore Henry
Aug16

Hardcore Henry

Henry is resurrected from death with no memory, and he must save his wife from a telekinetic warlord with a plan to bio-engineer soldiers. Hardcore Henry is a rather unique FPS game meets Hollywood – apart from the fact that it’s made in Russia, but with English speaking actors. (Sharlto Copley, Danila Kozlovsky, Tim Roth, Haley Bennett to mention a few. Directed and script by Ilya Naishuller) The movie starts with our...

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Warcraft
Aug07

Warcraft

Yet another computer game – World of Warcraft – has been adapted for the silver screen… Before I begin dissecting Warcraft I have to add that I’ve never ever played World of Warcraft, nor will I ever do – but I’m enough enlightened to know a slither about the background and factions. In Warcraft we get to follow the Horde (orcs) as they open a portal to the planet Azeroth (humans, dwarfs etc) with...

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Why Learn?
Aug02

Why Learn?

About a year ago Dave Jones at EEVBlog posted a video about “Why Learn Basic Electronics?” and I stumbled across it again today and it is more actual today than ever before. Why learn anything today since virtually everything is already there to buy, copy, download, steal or borrow? With “learn” I’m talking about the know-how to produce whatever you need from scratch, and without going first to Google...

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