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A science teacher wakes up alone on a spaceship. As his memory returns, he uncovers a mission to stop a mysterious substance killing Earth’s sun, and realizes that an unexpected friendship may be the key. So we have Ryan Goosebumps looking like Jared Leto in a funny futuristic comedy-space adventure. The humour is pretty absurd and it gives the movie a nice fun vibe, although it treats a global-extinction event. The science is more fantastic, and also requires a lot of suspension of disbelief,…

The story of Easy Company of the U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division and their mission in World War II Europe, from Operation Overlord to V-J Day. This could have easily been one of the best War movies ever made. It’s got Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg as creators and executive producers, a great backstory, a myriad of great actors. However, the shake-cam at the start so excessive, I almost quit the series before the end of the third episode, because it would make me go dizzy. I understand its…

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From the award-winning creators behind Journey (2013 Game of The Year) and the highly-acclaimed Flower, comes a ground-breaking social adventure that is set to warm your hearts. Welcome to the enchanting world of Sky, a beautifully-animated kingdom waiting to be explored by you and your loved ones. In Sky, we arrive as the Children of the Light, spreading hope through the desolate kingdom to return fallen Stars to their constellations. Got this for free and it’s really nice looking, with a…

Juha-Matti Santala is hosting this month’s IndieWeb carnival, and the theme is “A love letter”. Thanks, Juhis, for hosting! As a small intro, this is a love letter to sixteen-year old me, with words I wish I could go back in time to tell to myself. Not because it would change anything, but because it would make me go easier through it all. Hey kid, Be kind to others and be kind to yourself as well. Keep your eyes open, keep your mind open. Never stop learning, never stop smiling, never stop…

Transform into a bird and fly to explore and experience a vibrant world of floating islands in the sky. The gods of old are forgotten, lost in the events that shattered the world, leaving only fragments of islands in the sky. This mystic world of endless skies, colorful islands and ancient ruins is in danger of falling into darkness. As one of the last few shapeshifters, you are sent on a pilgrimage to the Land of Gods. Uncover the secrets that will help save reality itself. I got this on sale,…

If you didn’t read the Need For Speed-related articles I’ve been posting for the last month, you can do so in one mega-post, containing all the others in a single place. Enjoy! Series Intro Because I have a lot of time on my hands (I do not), I’ve decided it’s a good thing to start playing all the Need For Speed titles in 2026 and see how they hold up in this millennium. This was supposed to be a bigger post at some time, but I decided to publish it as a series, with a full round-up post at the…

For the moment I will finish the Need for Speed series with this release, as it’s the last NFS game I played extensively. This was actually the only Need For Speed title I ever finished. I remember it fondly, but however, it’s definitely through many pairs of rose-tinted glasses. Coming after the slam-dunk Underground pair of games, this feels a bit less spectacular. I did play it between two university years, so I had a lot of time to spend with it, and I enjoyed it back then a lot. Heck, I…

Despite the accidents and injuries, Alex Zanardi was an example of resilience and endurance in front of adversity. Not only a role-model, but one of the greatest humans of all time. Rest in peace 🖤 This article was originally published at: https://andrei.xyz/quickies/alex-zanardi-a-legend/

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A Polish-Jewish family comes to the U.S. at the beginning of the twentieth century. There, the family and their children try to make themselves a better future in the so-called promised land. I postponed this for a while, up to the point where I forgot why I even wanted to watch this. Opening the IMDb page, I instantly remembered: it’t’s directed by Barry Levinson, the director of The Natural, Rain Man, Good Morning Vietnam, and Sleepers. With a great cast together, including Aidan Quinn,…

Two centuries after her death, a powerful human/alien hybrid clone of Ellen Ripley aids a crew of space pirates in stopping the aliens from reaching Earth. A good “reboot” of the Alien franchise, moving the story 200 years forwards, with clone-Ripley being more badass and indestructible. With a great ensemble, with Ron Perlman, Winona Ryder, Gary Dourdan, Dominique Pinon, Raymond Cruz, among others, under the direction of the Jean-Pierre Jeunet (The City of Lost Children, Amelie, Big Bug), this…

This movie is about the Estonian War of Independence (1918-1920), specifically the students fighting on the nationalist side, but also shown the conflict between two ideologies (Estonian nationalism and communism). It does what it says on the box. A solid movie about a troop of high-school students who fight the Red Army during the Estonian War of Independence. Five popcorns for a strong recommendation from Ron.

Seven unique character-driven stories. Each character will set off on a thrilling adventure in an uncertain future and they’ll come to reckon that even during our most isolated moments, we are all connected through the human experience. An anthology mini-series, containing ten stories, with each episode based on one of the Ten Commandments and explores characters facing one or several moral or ethical dilemmas as they reside in an austere housing project in 1980s Poland. The episodes themselves…

A bullied boy forms a unique friendship with his new neighbor, a peculiar girl with a dark secret. A fragile, anxious boy, 12-year-old Oskar is regularly bullied by his stronger classmates but never strikes back. The lonely boys wish for a friend seems to comes true when he meets Eli, also 12, who moves in next door to him. But Elis arrival coincides with a series of gruesome deaths and attacks. Though Oskar realizes that she’s a vampire, his friendship with her is stronger than his fear……

Rrrrum-dum-dum du-ru-ru-rum-dum-dum The song that put Lil’ Jon & the Eastside Boyz on the map is the unmistakable hint that you’ve opened Need for Speed: Underground, which was the 7th instalment in the series and also made the “Need for Speed Seven” phrase sound dumb as hell. First thing to mention is that the soundrack is divided between strong hip-hop (although censored) for the menu, and excellent alternative rock with great artists from the turn of the millenium, like Asian Dub Foundation,…

When a small-town police station is threatened with shutting down because of too little crime, the police realize that something must be done. Absolute funny comedy, feels like a Swedis Super Troopers. It’s raunchy at places, predictable, but it’s very very funny, and the references (like the last scene) show that it’s getting its inspiration from the best movies of all time. Six popcorns and it goes into the Movie Vault, another great recommendation from Bellz.

Moving on to the next NFS game, but also to the next computer, I will be using for the following games my 15.4" Sony Vaio that I used in the OCC 2024 I mentioned before, as this is practically my go-to retro computing laptop. It’s got a pretty fast CPU at 1.7GHz, a dedicated graphics card (an Nvidia GeForce 2), and I’ve upgraded the RAM to 2GB, which can load pretty much any game of the late 90s and early 2000s. Unfortunately, the sound issue that I was mentioning during the OCC is done, so I…

When Eric Cartman and his friends go see an R-rated movie, they start cursing and their parents think that Canada is to blame. I think I’ve seen this movie billions of times on all formats and I think I still know it by heart. It’s probably South Park at its peak, I kinda wish they’d make a new feature movie. Love it. Seven popcorns and it goes into the Movie Vault.

Returning from LV-426, Ellen Ripley crash-lands on the maximum-security prison Fiorina 161, where she discovers that she has unwittingly brought along an unwelcome visitor. Another movie, another director, another interpretation of the universe. Packed with action, while also being slowly paced at times, it finds a strong balance between the story and the killings for this to be a nice watch. Five popcorns and it goes into the Movie Vault. To see all 9 photos,

Decades after surviving the Nostromo incident, Ellen Ripley is sent out to re-establish contact with a terraforming colony but finds herself battling the Alien Queen and her offspring. Excellent sequel to the first masterpiece, expanding a lot on the Alien lore, and packaging it all on an action sci-fi movie, which is faster paced and more tense than its predecessor, keeping you glued to the screen for 2 hours and a half (or 2:17 if you watch the theatrical version) wondering what will happen…

After investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin, the crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform. Yeah, it’s that moment that I go through every 5 years or so when I revisit the entire Alien franchise. And what better point to start it than a movie that defined a genre and created a franchise that still fills cinemas today. In this movie every sound is perfectly put in place, every view is a wallpaper-able moment. The cast is absolutely fantastic, Sigourney…

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… yeah. So, this happened. When we were starting to git gud at NFS4, the follow up dropped. AND IT’S FILLED TO THE BRIM WITH PORSCHES! And I don’t mean a third, or half. ALL of them are Porsches. And while I remember that some people were annoyed by this fact at some point, I think it made this release the most iconic game of the series so far, if not of all time. And it probably had the most names of all time, Porsche, Porsche Unleashed, Porsche 2000, we just called it Need For Speed Five.…

I had to work these days on a Woocommerce store that had change its hosting provider and I noticed that some downloadable products kept failing after being moved to the new infrastructure. I did check the admin, and the problem was that the files were pointing to an older domain, one that doesn’t exist anymore for a long time. Additionally, there were some files that were served over HTTP instead of HTTPS and those threw bonus errors. Therefore, I tried to make a simple script that updates the…

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Jake and Neytiri’s family grapples with grief, encountering a new, aggressive Na’vi tribe, the Ash People, who are led by the fiery Varang, as the conflict on Pandora escalates and a new moral focus emerges. The movie looks fantastic, the movie is great, the story is crap. It’s beautiful, but empty. The bad guys are reminding me of the Blood Trolls in wow and it’s basically the same kind of racist-fueled fight between tribes, like on Earth. There is a lingering sense that Cameron is operating…

Lisbeth is recovering in a hospital and awaiting trial for three murders when she is released. Mikael must prove her innocence, but Lisbeth must be willing to share the details of her sordid experiences with the court. The follow-up of the The Girl Who Played with Fire, it closes the story properly and gives us closure. A strong movie that will also keep you on the edge of your seat with your eyes glued to the screen, proof is the fact that I’ve seen all three of these in less than 24 hours. It…

As computer hacker Lisbeth and journalist Mikael investigate a sex-trafficking ring, Lisbeth is accused of three murders, causing her to go on the run while Mikael works to clear her name. The second part of the Millennium trilogy continues the story of Lisbeth and Mikael, presenting them with a new mystery to solve. The events presented here happen one year after the previous movie and are loosely connected. However, while “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” stands well on its own, this movie…