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{5/5} “‘Look, I know you said I’m supposed to let her come to me, but I’m starting to lose hope.’ ‘Well, it’s understandable. You’ve been trying this approach for almost ten minutes.’” Shrinking season 1, aired in 2023 Jimmy is a therapist, but he’s been having a tough time himself lately — his wife died […]
{4.5/5} “Everyone deserves a piece of the pie.” Going in Style, released in 2017 Joe, Albert, and Willie worked for the same company for 30 years but have lost their pensions. Joe has been at the same bank for 40 years, but now they’re threatening to foreclose on his house, which he shares with his […]
{5/5} “”I think we both knew where this was headed anyway.’ ‘What do you mean by that?’ ‘Well, I mean, we only exist in Amsterdam.’” Amsterdam, released in 2022 Burt, a doctor who specializes in helping veterans, performs an autopsy as a favour to his friend Harold. The dead man, a senator who commanded their […]
{4.5/5} “He turned back, satisfied that his team was on top of things, and grinned, almost laughed out loud; the eager, frightened, delighted look on Jake’s face was priceless. It was the face that every fortune hunter had but kept hidden, and it did his heart good to see Jake wearing it.” Star Trek: Deep […]
There are lots of videos of orchestras playing soundtrack music, some of higher audio quality than others. There’s one orchestra that specializes in film music — it’s the Czech orchestra Film Symphony Orchestra. The director is Constantino Martinez-Orts. Unsurprisingly, they play lots of John Williams music. They do sometimes go overboard with lighting effects. Here […]
{5/5} “Look what I have created! I have made fire!” Cast Away, released in 2000 Chuck works for FedEx, and goes to various offices to help them be more efficient — like in Russia. When he’s over the Pacific Ocean on Christmas, his plane goes down in a storm. He finds himself the only person […]
Vox shows that better typography could have improved the chances that the Oscar announcement mistake of 2017 wouldn’t happen. They then show that better typography could have changed the outcome of the US election between George W. Bush and Al Gore. At this point in the 21st century, design your documents so that they can […]
{4.5/5} “At the moment, she felt that she couldn’t possibly be surprised… and she knew from experience that feeling that way was usually when the universe decided to shake things up a little more, to try and find out what a person was created from, clay or sand, adapt or crumble.” Star Trek: Deep Space […]
A big test of a 4-day work week has been completed, and 92% of the companies who participated are keeping it. Not only did employees love it but employers did as well. How does the reduction in hours affect employees? 71% were less burned out 39% were less stressed 48% were more satisfied Here’s Ana […]
{5/5} “The first important thing to remember about marriage is that it requires commitment. The second important thing to remember about marriage is that so does insanity.” The Five-Year Engagement, released in 2012 Tom and Violet have been together for a year when Tom proposes and Violet says yes. While they’re trying to pick a […]