what Dave thinks about movies, books and everything
{5/5} “Usually when everything’s normal, people don’t respond in perfectly rehearsed unison.” Modern Family season 6, aired in 2014-15 Phil and Claire have trouble dealing with their new annoying neighbours, Alex is making plans to go to college, and Haley and Andy have been hanging out a lot. Cam coaches football, and Manny joins the […]
{4.5/5} “‘Well, you wouldn’t be the first person to have parents with misguided intentions.’ ‘Nope, just the first whose crazy dad lured her to an alien city to get earthquake powers.’” Agents of SHIELD season 2, aired in 2014-15 Coulson and his team try to rebuild SHIELD after the devastating attack from within by Hydra. […]
{4.5/5} “He don’t like people. People don’t like him. Except cat, and you. Why you like him?” St. Vincent, released in 2014 Maggie and her son Oliver move in next door to Vincent. Despite Vincent’s grouchy nature he suggests that he babysit Oliver after school — he needs the money. Maggie’s ex-husband is trying to […]
{4.5/5} The Story of Luke, released in 2012 Luke is somewhere on the autistic spectrum. His grandmother homeschooled him but now that she’s dead he’s living with his aunt and uncle. He decides he needs to get a job so that he can be independent — and find himself a girlfriend. It’s a nice movie […]
{5/5} “An idea is like a virus. Resilient. Highly contagious. And even the smallest seed of an idea can grow. It can grow to define or destroy you.” Inception, released in 2010 There are people who go into other people’s dreams and steal things from them. They can even create dreams within dreams. But what […]
{4.5/5} “I think if human beings had genuine courage, they’d wear their costumes every day of the year, not just on Halloween. Wouldn’t life be more interesting that way? And now that I think about it, why the heck don’t they? Who made the rule that everybody has to dress like sheep 364 days of […]
{5/5} “I feel… okay. I feel clear about something. Our work… what we do… it’s not just a job now. It’s who I am. I’m a detective. I’m ready to embrace that. I live in this world. Your world. And I probably will for the rest of my life.” Elementary season 3, aired in 2014-15 […]
{5/5} “When I first got here I couldn’t figure out what Beckett saw in you but you know what she said? ‘He sees the story. I see the evidence, where it leads but he sees the story.’” Castle season 7, aired in 2014-15 Castle disappeared on his wedding day — he was gone for 2 […]
{5/5} “Would you like to play a physics car game I invented called ‘I Can’t Spy’? It’s all the nail biting tension of ‘I Spy,’ but the added fun of sub-atomic particles and waves outside the visible spectrum.” The Big Bang Theory season 8, aired in 2014-15 Sheldon goes on a trip by train, but […]
{4.5/5} “The magician takes the ordinary something and makes it do something extraordinary. Now you’re looking for the secret… but you won’t find it, because of course you’re not really looking. You don’t really want to know. You want to be fooled. But you wouldn’t clap yet. Because making something disappear isn’t enough; you have […]