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Here are some movies made by the Illumination studio. Despicable Me movies Despicable Me 2010 -> 5/5 Despicable Me 2 2013 -> 4/5 Minions 2015 -> 3.5/5 Despicable Me 3 2017 -> watched the 1st part Sing movies Sing 2016 -> 4.5/5 Sing 2 2021 -> 4.5/5 Standalone movies The Lorax 2012 -> 4.5/5 The […]

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Here are a bunch of movies produced by Aardman Animations. Some make use of stop-motion animation — this is what they’re known for.  Chicken Run movies Chicken Run 2000 -> 5/5 Chicken Run: Dawn of The Nugget 2023 -> 4.5/5 Wallace & Gromit movies Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit 2005 -> 4.5/5 […]

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Here’s an update to this list. Here are my mini-reviews of the first 6 movies. There are some new movies in the works but none of them have an official date yet. The original trilogy Episode IV: A New Hope 1977 -> 3.5/5 (+) Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back 1980 -> 4.5/5 (+) Episode […]

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Here’s an update to this list. The Original Series I don’t read all of these but I do pick up the ones that are written by authors I know or look particularly interesting. I’ve also reread a few of the best older ones. The Entropy Effect by Vonda N. McIntyre 1981 -> 4.5/5 Yesterday’s Son […]

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Here’s an update to this list. Collections Best of the best I, Robot – Isaac Asimov Nightfall – Isaac Asimov Virtual Unrealities – Alfred Bester The Golden Apples of the Sun – Ray Bradbury Keeper of Dreams – Orson Scott Card Maps in a Mirror – Orson Scott Card Stories of Your Life and Others […]

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Here’s an update to this list.   Winner Runner Ups Year Author Title Author Title 2018 Dayton Ward DISCO: Drastic Measures James Swallow DISCO: Fear Itself 2017 David A. Goodman The Autobiography of Jean-Luc Picard Christopher L. Bennett TOS: The Face of the Unknown       Christopher L. Bennett ENT: Rise of the Federation […]

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Here’s an update to this list.   Winner Runner Ups Year Author Title Author Title 2019 Adrian Tchaikovsky Children of Ruin     2018 Marina J. Lostetter Noumenon Infinity Becky Chambers Record of a Spaceborn Few       John Scalzi Head On 2017 Kim Stanley Robinson New York 2140 Stephen Baxter The Massacre of […]

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Here’s an update to this list.   Winner   Runner Ups   Year Author Title Author Title 2018 Matt Haig How to Stop Time Robert Jackson Bennett Foundryside       Kate Morton The Clockmaker’s Daughter 2017 James Alan Gardner All Those Explosions Were Someone Else’s Fault Barbara Gowdy Little Sister       Claire […]

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Here’s an update to this list. 5/5 Agents of SHIELD 4.5 4.5 5 5 5 5           4.83 Angel 5 5 5 5 5             5 Babylon 5 4.5 5 5 5 4.5             4.8 Battlestar Galactica 5 5 5 5 […]

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Here is an update to this list. Best of the best The Battle Over Citizen Kane Bowling for Columbine Capitalism: A Love Story The Corporation Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner Fahrenheit 9/11 Fahrenheit 11/9 The Fog of War Guns, Germs and Steel An Inconvenient Truth Jane Lost in La Mancha Planet Earth Roger & Me […]

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