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{4.5/5} “On the fourth day the members of the 8th asked for tried to tell each other jokes they found on the Phoenix data net, and mostly failed to make them work; by the time their BrainPals unpacked the context of the joke, it was no longer funny. Only Sarah Pauling seemed to be laughing […]
{3.5/5} “I’ve had a particularly fascinating life. Would you like to hear about it?” From Russia with Love, released in 1963 SPECTRE is after an encryption device and to get it they’re setting a trap for the Russians and the British. They know that the British will send their best agent, James Bond — who […]
{3/5} “That’s a Smith and Wesson, and you’ve had your six.” Dr. No, released in 1962 British secret agent James Bond is sent to Jamaica to investigate the disappearance of an intelligence operative. While there he meets Felix Leiter of the CIA. The Americans are worried about some radio interference in their rocket launches. Leiter […]
{4.5/5} “‘Do all your friends try to kill you?’ ‘Eventually.’” The November Man, released in 2014 Peter used to be a spy. He’s recruited for one last mission — bring home Natalia, the woman he loves, who’s undercover in Russia. When the Russians discover she’s playing for the other team, they go after her — […]
{5/5} “So, we met at a party, and… it was magic. Within a half-hour we were driving up into this really nice neighbourhood, and we were running down the stairs of some stranger’s back yard, and then we were swimming, and we were in love.” The One I Love, released in 2014 Ethan and Sophie […]
{4.5/5} “Whoever wiped our memories probably did it to make it harder for us to work together. Guess what? It worked.” Dark Matter season 1, aired in 2015 Six passengers awake out of stasis on a ship that’s dead in space — four men, one woman, and a girl. They have no memories, so they […]
{5/5} “I like to think that your life comes down to the choices you’ve made along the way… like standing up to a superior… or the choice to focus on what you have in common, instead of what you don’t… or the choice to let someone help you, for once. In the end, you just […]
{4.5/5} “If you do not have it, it is a treasure.” Wonderful World, released in 2009 Ben has a proofreading job but used to be a children’s singer. He only sees his daughter Sandra on the weekends. His roommate Ibu beats him at chess every time, and snores every night. Ben has been feeling pessimistic […]
{4.5/5} “A Vesbian must not be away from the local ecology for more than a few weeks. If one of us is, he or she will develop a rapid autoimmune collapse that will bring on death within days… We need the biosphere of this world. We are genetically engineered to need it, and this process […]
{3.5/5} “Your sacrifice honours me.” Star Trek: Renegades, released in 2015 Two primary worlds where the Federation gets its dilithium have been destroyed. Admiral Chekov knows who’s behind it but the Federation Council refuses to listen. He asks his old friend Tuvok to put together a special team to take care of this problem — […]