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{4.5/5} “The organism… it has a unique replication cycle.” To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Alien, 6 short films were released. Here they are: Alien: Containment — directed by Chris Reading Alien: Specimen — directed by Kelsey Taylor Alien: Ore — directed by Kailey Spear & Sam Spear Alien: Alone — directed by Noah Miller […]
{5/5} “A common error in etiquette, among people who had only recently arrived at Izzy, was to talk about Earth as a place that it was possible to go back to. As if this were a temporary mission like all of the previous ones. Dinah said nothing. Markus would realize his mistake, if he hadn’t […]
{5/5} “Hello, Oswald. We have a great deal to talk about, but first… did you name your dog after me?” Gotham season 5, aired in 2019 Gotham has been cut off from the outside world — no one gets in or out. Jim Gordon stayed to take care of the people who weren’t able to […]
{4.5/5} “I just do lights, bro.” The OA season 2, aired in 2019 Michelle’s grandmother hires a detective to look for her — he discovers she’s been playing a mysterious game in which she may have won $50 000. Meanwhile, the OA wakes up — in another reality where she kept her birth name, didn’t […]
I attended the KW Symphony’s concert “Live by Request: Music from the Stage & Screen.” Like the last time they did this, they allowed the audience to vote on songs on their cell phones. Here’s the program: Hooray for Hollywood — Williams Semper Fidelis March — Sousa from The Shape of Water, among other things […]
Here’s a list of things kids did in the 80s that kids today just can’t do. From playing dodgeball to riding your bike anywhere to watching Saturday morning cartoons, here are some things you may have done in the good old days, from List25… 25 Things ’80s Kids Could Do That Today’s Kids Can’t
{5/5} “Try to imagine what it’s like to have been a prisoner all those years. You’re not free just because you can see the ocean. Captivity is a mentality, it’s a thing you carry with you.” The OA season 1, aired in 2016 Seven years ago Prairie Johnson went missing. Now she’s back — she […]
{4.5/5} “The Starfleet manual offers no regulatory guidelines for interactions between humans with Klingons grafted to their bones and a ship’s doctor returned from the dead.” Star Trek: Discovery season 2, aired in 2019 The Enterprise is out of commission. Captain Pike comes aboard the Discovery to take over as captain in order to investigate […]
{4/5} “People rarely notice things right in front of their eyes, don’t you find?” The Da Vinci Code, released in 2006 Robert Langdon is a symbologist giving a lecture in Paris. He’s called to the Louvre where a murder has taken place. The man who was murdered left a cryptic message in his own blood […]
{4.5/5} “There’s a rumble in Clark’s voice that he usually reserves just for Bruce. At first, I thought it was anger, or just annoyance. It’s not. It’s fear. The killer is systematically targeting our wives. And bulletproof skin is useless against grief.” Identity Crisis by Brad Meltzer & Rags Morales, published in 2016 The Justice […]