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{5/5} “You’re my friend, Wen. No matter what happens, I want you to remember that. The others who are coming are more like… people I work with.” Knock at the Cabin, released in 2023 Eric and Andrew are with their daughter Wen at their cabin when four people break in. They aren’t like normal people […]
I went to the DaCapo Chamber Choir’s concert “Restoration.” Here is the program: Leonard Enns – The Hymn of the Cherubim Don Macdonald – Tabula Rasa Caroline Shaw – And the Swallow Leonard Enns – A Great Tide of Love (premiere) When Music Sounds The Farmer is King Foothils Carry Me Over the Deep David […]
{4.5/5} “‘Why are you running?’ ‘Fun. You could use a little fun.’” — Batman & Catwoman Batman: The Long Halloween, released in 2021 (in 2 parts) When Carmine Falcone’s nephew is murdered, Captain Gordon brings Batman and Harvey Dent together to try to find out what’s going on. Falcone doesn’t care who pulled the trigger […]
{4.5/5} “Archer smiled… ‘I’d rather see humanity on a long road to get where we’re going, than take a short-cut.’ He shook his head. ‘No offence, but I don’t want to put myself in debt to a god-like being. I’ve read the classics. I know how those bargains turn out.’” (from “The Offer”) Star Trek: […]
{5/5} “Who would want me to be a part of their life?” The Whale, released in 2022 Charlie is an English teacher — he teaches online, with his camera off. Charlie is very obese. His friend Liz is a nurse — she says he has congestive heart failure and he needs to go to the […]
{5/5} “Whenever the press announces ‘this changes everything’ I’m a little skeptical. That was supposed to happen after Thelma & Louise came out… It didn’t change anything.” — Geena Davis This Changes Everything, released in 2018 Hollywood movies have a huge impact, not just on North America but on the world. Most movies reflect the […]
{3.5/5} “‘So, what is it you do here?’ ‘We do what we can.’” The Portable Door, released in 2023 Paul gets hired for an intern position even though the interview went terribly. He starts working for the mysterious company J.W. Wells and Co. They use magic in order to influence people, for a few seconds, […]
{5/5} “The ground’s too hard. If they wanted a decent burial they should have got themselves killed in summer.” True Grit, released in 2010 Mattie Ross intends on finding her father’s killer and bringing him back to be hanged. She’s only fourteen, so she will need some help. She hires marshal Rooster Cogburn, who she […]
{4.5/5} “They also demanded that I supply your real year of birth, since they did not believe my answer, upon which I supplied the birth certificate of the original Peter Wiggin. Try to remember his birthday. Because the real date of your entry into our universe is even less believable than that date in the […]
{4.5/5} “Holga doesn’t like to be disturbed when she’s eating her potatoes. That’s kind of the highlight of her day.” Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, released in 2023 Edgin and Holga escape from prison, not realizing that they were about to be pardoned. They return to Forge, who has become a lord and has […]