Article Archives

Here you'll find the various articles I've written in the past for academic purposes. They've been written in Dutch, and though I've considered translating them in English, it's not something I'm likely to do any time soon because of the workload involved. If you don't understand Dutch, but one of these articles interests you and you want to know more about it, feel free to contact me.


It Came from Cold War America: Science and American Science Fiction Movies in the Fifties:

Part 1: Introduction and Chapter 1: Historical Overview

Part 2: Chapter 2: Matters of Genre and Chapter 3: Representation

Part 3: Chapter 4: Science and the spirit of the Fifties

Part 4: Chapter 5: Alien Invasion Movies

Part 5: Chapter 6: Terrestrial Creature Movies

Part 6: Chapter 7: Altered Human Movies and Conclusion


The Movie Stars which were Visual Effects: Stop Motion and Realism in Early Cinema:

Part 1: Introduction and Chapter 1: Realism, Trick Films and Mélies

Part 2: Chapter 2: From a Prehistoric Tragedy to the Lost World

Part 3: Chapter 3: Kong is King and Conclusion


The Dark Cave: Femininity and Abjection in The Descent:

Part 1: Introduction and Chapter 1: Abjection and the Monstrous Feminine in The Descent 

Part 2: Chapter 2: Representation of the Archaic Mother and Mother Figures in The Descent

Part 3: Chapter 3: the Final Girl in The Descent and Conclusion


Mr. Skeffington: 'Moral Perfectionism' in a 'Melodrama of Remarriage'

Part 1: Introduction and Chapter 1: Comedy, Melodrama or Both?

Part 2: Chapter 2: Moral Pefectionism in Mr. Skeffington & Conclusion


Destination God: Religion and American Science Fiction Films in the Fifties:

Part 1: Introduction and Chapter 1: Religion and/in America in the Fifties

Part 2: Chapter 2: Man Into Space

Part 3: Chapter 3: Religion in the Terrestrial Creature and Altered Human subgenres

Part 4: Chapter 4: Religion in the Alien Invasion Subgenre: Christ Figures and demons

Part 5: Chapter 5: Apocalypse: A-Bombs and the End of Days

Part 6: Chapter 6: Casestudy Red Planet Mars and Conclusion


'It's a mad house!': de dystopische sciencefictionfilm 1968-1977:

Part 1: Introduction

Part 2: Chapter 1: The Second Wave according to other authors

Part 3: Chapter 2: Technophobia in historical context and Computer Films

Part 4: Chapter 2: Robot Films

Part 5: Chapter 2: Casestudy Colossus: The Forbin Project

Part 6: Chapter 3: The end of nature, the end of man? Historical context

Part 7: Chapter 3: Environmentalism in the science fiction genre

Part 8: Chapter 3: Casestudy Soylent Green

Part 9: Conclusion, Bibliography and Filmography


Columns:

Jurassic Park: Van 'Al' naar '12' in 20 jaar

Het Dredd-Incident

De Cinefiel op Vakantie

Hollywood, Hypocrisie en het Grote Herkauwen

Leven en Dood van Filmreclame

Heropleving van het Hoe-doen-ze-dat Gevoel

Het Einde van Provadja in Alkmaar

Kerst, de Bioscoop en Menselijk Leed

De Rustgevende Razzies

Hoe Programmeer Ik een Filmhuis

Zijn we al moe van de Avengers-aanpak?

Spoiler is Coming

Te blijven of niet te blijven, dat is de vraag

Ode aan de grabbelbak

Skoop en de teloorgang van de filmkritiek

De Ware Dood van True Blood

De cinefiel in herfstslaap

Wat rijmt er op 'Netflix'?

De hype ontwaakt

KDaMn!

Wordt Spider-Man de nieuwe Iron Man?

Het Uur van de Wolf

Disney, koop DC alsjeblieft!

Dag des Oordeels voor de Jurassic Park Fanaat

We Know Nothing, Jon Snow

Franchises in gevecht met hun eigen verleden

Het boek of de telefoon?

Crossovers en kinderdromen


Top-10 Lists:

Top-10 Audio Commentaries

Chronological Top-10 Dinosaur Movies

Top-10 Movie Dinosaurs


Other:

A Game of Time, but a Feast for Fanboys

First Impression: Atlantis (BBC)

Revolution Season 1 DVD Review

Boardwalk Empire Season 4 DVD Review