Media tips: Hollywoodsatire with Seth Rogen, a game about a beer brewery and the return of a radio station

Between pleasant intoxication and alcoholism

Four teachers in the same secondary school each suffer from a midlife crisis in their own way. They are a bit extinguished and mental absent, both in their private lives and in their work. Grinding, descendant and boredom are lurking. To do something about that, they decide to test the theory of the Norwegian psychologist Finn Skårderud. Skårderud states that people naturally have an alcohol deficiency in his blood of 0.05 Promille. So if you hire a few glasses during working hours, you simply function better: with fewer inhibitions and fewer social fears. But how thin is the boundary between a pleasant intoxication and alcoholism? The catchy tragicomedy is about that dividing line Busywinner of many prizes, including the Oscar for best foreign film. Director Thomas Vinterberg (van The recent series Families like Ours) knows how to keep the balance between severity and humor.

Successful Hollywoodsatire

The new series The Studio is A successful Hollywood satural With a sharp eye for slapstick. Actor-writer-producer Seth Rogen plays Matt Remick, the boss of a film studio. He wants to make high -quality films, but he wasn’t awarded that. Remick is a ‘pleaser’ that sincerely greetings over the mess he makes, is worthless in bad news conversations and dampens his panic with self -deception. He feels like a ‘people person’ and always forgets that they don’t want him, but something for him. In terms of guest appearances of stars, this series can compete with Ricky Gervais’ series Extras. And by demonstrating so witty and convincingly that the current Hollywood is unable to produce something of lasting value, proves The Studio At the same time the opposite.

Brew your own Trappist beer

Do you ever dream of your own brewery? Or of the peace of an abbey? Then the game is Ale Abbey Maybe something for you. In this management game, which has recently been playable in an early version, you have to lead an abbey full of beer -brewing monks and nuns. It starts with the construction of sleeping quarters and a dining room, but within a short time you will be putting together your own beer recipes. Should there be more or less hop in? Once conceived, there must be brewed, what the monks prefer to do alone if they can live in a clean abbey – and occasionally throw a full pint back. The game guides you skillfully through the base of brewery life. There is not a lot of variety yet, but good: the makers still tinker with this soothing game every day.

Return of the North Sea

On April 1, Talpa launched a new station for fans of Dutch -language music: Radio Noordzee. A mix is ​​broadcast of the new and old hits. It ranges from fast and Suzan & Freek to Guus Meeuwis and André Hazes. But you can also come across André van Duin, The Amazing Stroopwafels, Rob de Nijs, De Dijk or Miss Montreal. The name Noordzee grabs back on the legendary sea channel who broadcasted in the 1970s from a transmission ship off the coast of Scheveningen. John de Mol Sr. was director there at the time. His son started there as a technician. Now the Talpa boss has its own North Sea. During the weekend, non-stop music is broadcast on the channel. During the week, programs were presented by Silvan Stoet, Marlayne Sahupala and Jan-Paul Grootentraast.

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