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I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore
{5/5} “It’s not your lawn tiger.” I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore, released in 2017 Ruth is a normal person who’s always running into people who are doing absurdly terrible things. Her house gets robbed — it seems like she forgot to lock her door. She does have one close friend, and […]
Vivo
{4.5/5} “I mean, I still think you really should be quarantined for ten days. But you did save us from an apex predator, so I’m going to let this one slide.” Vivo, released in 2021 Vivo is a kinkajou who fell off the back of a truck and was rescued by Andrés. The two of […]
Ghosted
{4.5/5} “‘You know what you’re doing? You’ve done this before?’ ‘I’m going to let you think yes.’” Ghosted, released in 2023 Cole, a farmer, and Sadie, who says she’s an art curator, have a first date that goes very well. Cole texts her a bunch of times the next day but he doesn’t hear back. […]
Jason Bourne
{4.5/5} “I volunteered because I thought our enemies killed him. I volunteered because of a lie.” Jason Bourne, released in 2016 Nicky Parsons has hacked into the CIA in order to reveal the black ops projects like Treadstone to the world. But the CIA caught her, and they’re tracking her every move. She also found […]
The Bourne Legacy
{5/5} “You were given a Ferrari and your people treated it like a lawnmower.” The Bourne Legacy, released in 2012 Aaron Cross is part of a top-secret CIA program that requires him to swallow pills every day. He’s lost his pills so he’s heading back to civilization — the first person he meets is a […]
Wolf
{4.5/5} “‘Not all who are bitten change. There must be something wild within. An analogue of the wolf.’ ‘Well, that lets me out. Among my people, I’m known as the guy least likely to have an analogue of the wolf.’” Wolf, released in 1994 Will was bitten by a wolf, and now he’s feeling different. […]
Meet Cute
{4.5/5} “It’s OK for things to be messy sometimes.” Meet Cute, released in 2022 Sheila and Gary meet and a bar and they start chatting. Sheila tells Gary right away that she’s a time traveller from 24 hours in the future — of course, he doesn’t believe her. After a nice dinner and talking about […]
Galaxy Quest
{5/5} “There’s a red thingy moving toward the green thingy. I think we’re the green thingy.” Galaxy Quest, released in 1999 Jason Nesmith is disappointed to find that his fellow actors on the show Galaxy Quest don’t actually like him. Then some Thermians from the Klaatu Nebula ask for his help. He thinks they’re just […]
Twelve Monkeys
{5/5} “‘I’m not crazy.’ ‘Of course not, of course not. You want to escape, right? That’s very sane, that’s very sane.’” Twelve Monkeys, released in 1995 Cole is a prisoner underground. He does a good job collecting samples from the surface when he is volunteered. The people in charge then trust him with a more […]
Moon
{5/5} “I’m here to keep you safe, Sam. I want to help you.” Moon, released in 2009 Sam works on the Moon on a mining operation by himself, with just his robot Gerty for company. He’s been there for 3 years and he’s ready to go back to Earth. He’s got 2 weeks left on […]