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Star Trek Into Darkness
{4.5/5} “The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.” Kirk has disobeyed the rules one too many times — this time to save Spock’s life — and is busted down to commander. Then a man named John Harrison blows up a Starfleet facility. The facility is not what it seemed, and the […]
Hitch
{4.5/5} “Any man has a chance to sweep any woman off her feet — just needs the right broom.” Hitch is known as the Date Doctor — he helps men get dates with the women they’ve fallen for. At the moment he’s helping accountant Albert get a date with famous actress Allegra. Sara is a gossip […]
Star Trek
{5/5} “The notion of transwarp beaming is like trying to hit a bullet with a smaller bullet whilst wearing a blindfold riding a horse.” James T. Kirk is attending Starfleet Academy when the fleet is called to investigate something unusual happening on Vulcan. When the Enterprise arrives they discover that it’s being attacked by Nero, a […]
A Late Quartet
{4.5/5} “The greatest composers when they wanted to express their most sincere thoughts, feelings, dig deep into their souls. Always this form. Always. Always the quartet. If they were courageous enough.” Daniel, Robert, Juliette, and Peter have played in a string quartet for 25 years. Peter finds out that he’s in the early stages of Parkinson’s […]
FAQ About Time Travel
{4.5/5} “Time travel. It’ll turn your brain into spaghetti if you let it. Best not to think about it. Best just to get on with the job in hand. Which is destroying the enemy before they’re even born and have a chance to threaten us. We’re expecting any resistance to be light, because the ancestors […]
Frankenweenie
{4/5} “Ladies and gentlemen. I think the confusion here is that you are all very ignorant. Is that right word, ignorant? I mean stupid, primitive, unenlightened. You do not understand science, so you are afraid of it. Like a dog is afraid of thunder or balloons. To you, science is magic and witchcraft because you […]
The Magic of Belle Isle
{4.5/5} “Most times real life doesn’t measure up to what’s in our heads, but every now and then it comes pretty close.” Monte used to write western novels, and now he drinks. He’s staying at his brother’s house in Belle Isle for the summer. Charlotte and her three daughters live next door. The first thing […]
Oblivion
{4.5/5} “Another day in paradise.” Humans won the war against the Scavs but the Earth was laid waste in the process — the remnants of humanity are heading to Titan. Jack and Victoria are a team who will be on their way to Titan in just two weeks. For now, they must protect the giant […]
The Illusionist
{4/5} An aging illusionist travels from town to town by train to put on shows, but sometimes there are very few people in the audience. People are more interested in seeing rock bands. He meets a young woman who’s working at a hotel he’s staying at and they form a bond. She sneaks away to […]
Persepolis
{4.5/5} “It’s fear that makes us lose our self-awareness.” Marjane is a young girl in Iran when the Shah is overthrown. Everyone is hopeful that the new government will be much better — unfortunately it turns out to be much worse. With the heavy restrictions on what you can say and do, and the war […]