what Dave thinks about movies, books and everything
{4.5/5} “I think the name ‘ping pong’ trivializes the sport.” Craig has been feeling depressed and he gets himself checked into a hospital because he’s worried he might commit suicide. He gets put in the wing for adults because the wing for teens is under construction. Once he looks around he’s not sure he wants […]
{4.5/5} “Elevation of heart rated detected. Would you like a pill?” In the 22nd century the poor live on crowded Earth and the rich live on beautiful Elysium, orbiting the Earth. Max used to steal cars but now he has a job at a factory. One day he accidentally gets a lethal dose of radiation. […]
{4.5/5} “Baseball was proof positive that democracy was real. A baseball box score after all, is a democratic thing. It doesn’t say how big you are, or what religion you follow. It does not know how you voted, or the colour of your skin, it simply states what kind of ballplayer you were on any […]
{3.5/5} “Some things in this world are better left where they lie. But if you know where to look, these ruins are full of riches.” There’s been an apocalypse, and all the humans are dead. 9 is a doll-like creature, somehow given life by a scientist. He finds a small group of creatures like himself, […]
{4.5/5} “It’s important that we have clean walls. I’ll be climbing them soon.” Mary-Alice used to be a soap opera star but she was in an accident and lost the use of her legs. When she’s able to leave the hospital she decides to go back home where she grew up in Louisiana. After several […]
{4.5/5} “You’re spiteful in a way the definition of ‘spiteful’ doesn’t quite prepare you for.” Jaye works at a gift shop in Niagara Falls — her degree in philosophy didn’t really get her anywhere. One day a clay lion starts talking to her. She’s not sure what its goal is but it seems to want […]
{5/5} “What if we choose to exist purely in a reality of our own making?” Lara has been convicted of murdering her boss, whom she fought with just before the murder. Her husband John doesn’t believe she did it and he’s done everything he can to try to get her out — but he’s run out […]
{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 […]