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Jurassic World: Rebirth
{5/5} “‘I’m going to need a number.’ ‘Ten. Six zeroes.’ ‘Including the one that’s in the ten?’” Jurassic World: Rebirth, released in 2025 Years ago at an InGen lab, there was a containment breach and a T-Rex got out. Now virtually all dinosaurs live around the equator and humans aren’t supposed to go there. A […]
Inside Out 2
{5/5} “Yeah, it’s just that it’s new and I know how important it is and I don’t want to mess it up or break it or burn it to the ground or anything.” — Sadness Inside Out 2, released in 2024 Riley is now a teenager and she has a couple of close friends that […]
Project Hail Mary
{5/5} “The entire room is filled with argon. Just try not to rip your suit.” Project Hail Mary, released in 2026 Ryland Grace wrote a paper in which he said that water wasn’t necessarily required for life. Now he’s teaching, because of the people he ticked off. But now the government wants him on their […]
Alien: Romulus
{5/5} “The safety and well being of our colony is Weyland-Yutani‘s highest priority.” Alien: Romulus, released in 2024 A ship grabs a big rock in space because there’s something Weyland-Yutani wants inside it. But that rock was near the wreck of the Nostromo, and it has something else on it that they haven’t noticed yet. […]
Ready or Not 2: Here I Come
{5/5} “The ball is in play.” Ready or Not 2: Here I Come, released in 2026 Grace was taken to the hospital, where she is recuperating from her injuries. She’s handcuffed to the bed, and a police officer explains that there were dead bodies in the house and blood that wasn’t hers on her dress […]
Zootopia 2
{4/5} “Zootopia wasn’t created by a mammal… it was created by a snake!” Zootopia 2, released in 2025 Judy and Nick are now partners at the police department. As rookies, the other cops think they shouldn’t be doing anything difficult. Judy finds a piece of snake skin, which is odd because snakes haven’t been seen […]
Eden
{4.5/5} “I am the embodiment of perfection.” Eden, released in 2024 After World War I, Ritter and Dore move from Germany to an island in the Galapagos, to work on a new philosophy. Ritter writes letters which are published in Germany, and other people come to the island — although Ritter doesn’t particularly want them […]
The Elephant Queen
{5/5} “Most of the family’s neighbours live at elephant toenail height. In one way or another, they all depend on their giant friends.” The Elephant Queen, released in 2018 Athena is the 50-year-old matriarch of an African Elephant herd, made up of female relatives and their calves. Her son Wewe will stay with the herd […]
Girl Most Likely
{4.5/5} “I love that sculpture of Abe Lincoln. That is phenomenal… He’s got a little smirk. What’s he thinking?” Girl Most Likely, released in 2012 Imogene was supposed to become a star playwright but somehow that didn’t happen. She is stunned when her boyfriend breaks up with her, and when she loses her job. When […]
The Dish
{5/5} “And so Australia becomes a vital cog in this grand endeavor.” The Dish, released in 2000 The Parkes telescope has a role to play in the Apollo 11 Moon landing — chosen because it’s the biggest one in the southern hemisphere, it’s in Australia. When the ship is facing the southern hemisphere, it will […]