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{5/5} “You start pretending to have fun, you might even have a little by accident.” Batman Begins, released in 2005 Bruce Wayne leaves Gotham to learn how criminals think. Ducard finds him in jail and invites him to join the League of Shadows, headed by Ra’s Al Ghul. But when Ra’s Al Ghul informs him […]
{4/5} “Come on, it’ll be fun. Assuming we don’t get stuck here, and no one ever finds us, and you starve and I give up.” Frozen II, released in 2019 Elsa, Queen of Arendelle, hears a voice that no one else can hear. It seems to be coming from the Enchanted Forest, which is covered […]
{5/5} “Lexicographers spend a lifetime swimming through the English language in a way that no one else does; the very nature of lexicography demands it. English is a beautiful, bewildering language, and the deeper you dive into it, the more effort it takes to come up to the surface for air.” Word by Word: The […]
{4.5/5} “I’m no John Kennedy. If you want to hear the speech he gave on 15th May 1961, go find it. But the mandate I’m giving you now is similar. You have a challenge to fulfill that is immeasurably harder than flying to the moon, yet immeasurably more important. Your starship must be ready to […]
{5/5} “You know, you’re almost the only evidence that I exist.” The Rock, released in 1996 General Hummel wants the US military to tell the truth about soldiers who have died while conducting illegal operations in other countries. Since no one will listen to him, he and a handpicked group of men steal 15 VX […]
{4.5/5} “The fact was, her access to HeadSpace was the product of a complex and interconnected society, the capstone of a pyramid grounded in very old technologies, in farming and mining and manufacture and transport and energy production. It was only as that essential pyramid was crumbling that Maria became fully aware of its existence.” […]
{4.5/5} “Y’all can’t walk no line!” Walk the Line, released in 2005 Johnny Cash forms a band with himself as lead singer and guitarist. When he’s touring he leaves his wife and children at home. He meets June Carter on tour and becomes infatuated with her. Meanwhile, he’s given every opportunity to drink and do […]
{5/5} “What matters isn’t if people are good or bad. What matters is if they’re trying to be better today than they were yesterday.” The Good Place season 4, aired in 2019-20 A new experiment is running, with the Bad Place having sent 4 humans to the neighbourhood. Eleanor, Tahani, Jason, Michael, and Janet are […]
Thom Hartman, author of Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight, reveals on his show that Republican presidents have been committing treason for some time. A couple of these are completely shocking and brand new information to me. Here’s the clip: When Did Tyranny Begin In America? Hartmann is intelligent, knowledgeable, and convincing. Here’s the main page […]
{4.5/5} “Their biggest advantage is that they operate in the shadows — so I’m going to shine a light on them.” Emergence season 1, aired in 2019-20 Jo is a police chief who is called to the site of what appears to be a plane crash. She finds a young girl who’s lost her memory. […]