what Dave thinks about movies, books and everything
{5/5} “I don’t think you realize how different it is for me than for you. You can make your way by your own wits and claws, while I must always be dependent upon some male to protect me. Wits I may have, but claws I am without, and while hands are useful for writing and […]
{4.5/5} “The situation is crazy. I am not.” Calvin wrote a bestselling novel when he was 19, and he’s been struggling to come up with another ever since. After a suggestion from his psychiatrist, a character named Ruby appears to him in his dreams — and he becomes obsessed with writing about her. The day […]
{4.5/5} “I do not entertain hypotheticals. The world itself is vexing enough.” Mattie Ross wants to find her father’s killer and see him hanged. Although only 14 years old, she has the wits and determination to get what she wants. She hires U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn, whom she believes has true grit, to track down killer […]
“May your afterlife be almost as pleasant as mine.” In “The Way We Weren’t” it’s revealed that Aeryn was previously on Moya when she was a Peacekeeper — when the previous pilot was killed and the current Pilot was brought on board. In “Out of Their Minds” the ship is attacked and everyone on board […]
{4.5/5} “Everywhere they found themselves, the galaxy bubbled with life and its basic foods kept on speaking back to it… Still, he suspected if the Culture had really wanted to, it could have found far more spectacularly different and exotic places for him to visit. Their excuse was that he was a limited creature, adapted […]
{4.5/5} “Where I come from, you die with your secrets.” Patrick and Angie are private detectives who have been hired to find a missing girl. The girl has been kidnapped and the police are doing everything they can to find her. But Patrick and Angie know everyone in the neighbourhood, and they might just be […]
{4.5/5} “Not liking movies is like… not liking puppies.” Beca is starting college but isn’t particularly giving it a chance — she’d rather move to LA and produce music. Her dad, who’s a professor at the college, wants her to get an education first. But he makes her a deal — join one club, and […]
{3.5/5} “I didn’t sabotage the power plant. The power plant sabotaged me.” Mr. Fletcher runs a video store, and when he goes away on a trip he leaves Mike in charge. Mike is doing his best to run the store but he’s shocked to find that all of the videos are blank. His not-so-sane friend […]
{3.5/5} “Since I left home I’ve been hunted, beaten, locked up, shanghaied, shot at. I’ve had alien creatures in my face, up my nose, inside my brain, down my pants. This is the first time, the first place, where I’ve felt peace.” John was performing an experiment when his ship went through a wormhole — […]
{4.5/5} “Imagine the most horrible, terrifying, evil thing you can possibly think of… and multiply it by 6!” Metro Man and Megamind have been fighting each other for a long time. On the day that Metro City is opening a new museum devoted to its defender Metro Man, Megamind puts his new plan into action. […]