Wouter Blom

Wouter Blom

Favorite films

  • *batteries not included
  • Back to the Future Part II
  • Beetlejuice
  • Adventures in Babysitting

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  • My Cousin Vinny

    ★★½

  • Uncommon Valor

    ★★½

  • The Monkey

    ★★★½

  • Never Rarely Sometimes Always

    ★★★½

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  • My Cousin Vinny

    My Cousin Vinny

    ★★½

    Flinterdun om twee uur uit te melken, maar met aangename optredens die het geheel makkelijk doen verdragen. 🛞 👨‍⚖️

  • The Monkey

    The Monkey

    ★★★½

    “The Monkey” blends dark comedy and horror, following a cursed toy that causes deaths when wound up. The film’s world operates on a satirical, almost surreal logic—authority figures spew wildly inappropriate remarks with no pushback, and a cheer squad bizarrely celebrates deaths. This exaggeration borders on parody, yet the serious performances ground it, making the humor more unsettling than laugh-out-loud funny. The kills are inventive and Final Destination-esque, but the film’s odd tonal balance keeps it from being either a full-blown riot or genuinely thrilling. Still, it’s a unique and entertaining watch, with an amazing monkey design.

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  • Vox Lux

    Vox Lux

    Vox Lux: A One-Star or Five-Star Film—No In-Between

    About six years ago, I watched Vox Lux, a film starring Natalie Portman that left me completely torn. From the very first scenes, I had a gut feeling: this was either a five-star film or a one-star disaster—there was no middle ground.

    On one hand, Vox Lux felt like a meticulously crafted satire, a film so deliberately self-important and pretentious that it looped back around into something brilliant. If director Brady Corbet…

  • The Eiger Sanction

    The Eiger Sanction

    ★½

    This film is so weird. The plot doesn’t make any sense. It starts as a spy thriller, then comes to a halt for what seems like a 30 minute climbing training session. There’s a whole side plot with an old gay adversary (with a dog named ‘faggot’) of which Clint’s character tells him he has an incurable disease and should kill himself. Clint also make a rape joke at some point. Still there’s a couple of good pickup lines as well, but sometimes this feels like a parody. In the end, it’s not very exciting.