Bert Vandecasteele

Author: Bert

  • Super 8

    “Excuse me, can I have another order of fries? Because my friend here is fat. ” (Cary)

    I enjoyed this movie way too much, I thought when the movie faded to black. Then I noticed the credits and thought: I’m not enjoying this nearly enough. In a world currently inhabited by the Summer blockbusters, Super 8 delivers something fresh and exciting: it’s not fast. It’s not fancy. It doesn’t star Justin Timberlake. It’s just a cute little movie telling a cute little story that, somewhere along the line, turns into shit. The good kind of shit.

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  • Boardwalk Empire 105 – Nights in Ballygran

    “I’m through playing games, Margaret. I’ve no interest in them.” (Nucky)

    What an episode. I had trouble finding a quote, but that’s not due to lack of things that happened. This episode marked a turning point for the first season – and it owes it all to its final minutes.

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  • Boardwalk Empire 104 – Anastasia

    “This here is my daddy’s tools.” (Chalky)

    Whoa, whoa, whoa. That was an awesome episode. So much stuff on so many levels. I am shocked. Finally, some closure on the Nucky/Margaret relationship. The moment Nucky saw her at the party, it was clear. That man is madly in love. He might just not know it yet.

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  • True Blood 101 – Strange Love

    “No it makes me sick that they’re getting a thousand bucks to lay there and do nothing while I bust my ass for ten bucks an hour plus tips.” (Sookie)

    True Blood… is something else. As I was watching the first episode, I kept asking myself (and everyone around me) who comes up with people like this. They’re all completely crazy, there’s not a single reasonable one in the bunch and the most normal one can read god-damn minds. What the hell?

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  • Boardwalk Empire 103 – Broadway limited

    “I suppose it’s a schvartze term.” (Eddie)

    A lot of transport in this episode – which is unspurprisingly called “Broadway limited”, referring to the train between New York and Chicago. Incidently, it ended with Jimmy on said train – so the questions to where he is going are answered in advance.

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  • Boardwalk Empire 102 – The Ivory Tower

    “I’m making a statement.” (Al Capone)

    Second episodes are always a hard thing to pull off. In this case even more so: you have a pilot directed by Scorcese and the assignment that you have to emulate his style. Good luck. It was immediately clear the cinematography was a lot more modern this time around – the Chicago opening shot a fine example of this. But is that a bad thing? Hell no. No one can imitate Scorcese anyway. (more…)

  • Boardwalk Empire 101 – Boardwalk Empire

    “You can’t be half a gangster Nucky, not anymore.” (Jimmy)

    The moment Boardwalk Empire started with that twenties-style fade-in, I knew I’d be in for something completely different. Of course, I kind of saw it coming, what with Martin Scorsese directing, but still. The characters! The sights! The music! The story! It was just as I’d hoped it would be. In fact, no. It was better. (more…)

  • Game of Thrones – Season 1

    Boy, that took a long time, I said while I was watching the second to last episode of the season. But all those characters, all these plotlines, all those details – they’ve finally come together. The series finally has a sense, a direction. My co-viewers looked at me and rolled their eyes. A correction was in order. “Fine: I took a long time.” (more…)

  • The King’s Speech

    I think I might’ve already mentioned this, but it’s pretty hard to go see an award-winning movie and not be smug about it. It’s simply so easy and reassuring! You can just pout your lips, take a sip of your Merlot and villanously declare: “Meh.”

    But if you can honestly pull it off with the King’s Speech? Damn, man, you a smug bastard. (more…)