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{5/5} “What happens on the Mile stays on the Mile.” The Green Mile, released in 1999 In 1935 Paul was a prison guard working on death row where prisoners were electrocuted. The chair is nicknamed “Old Sparky” and they have killed some men who did very bad things. When John Coffey, an enormous black man […]
{4.5/5} “Be advised, lots of smiling faces in this room and all over the world, over.” Apollo 11, released in 2019 The Apollo 11 mission landed on the Moon and returned to Earth in 1969. Thousands of people camped out to witness the spacecraft’s launch live. Hundreds of people were involved on the day, getting […]
{5/5} “You have chosen… poorly.” Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, released in 1989 A man named Donovan comes to Indiana Jones telling him he’s on a quest for the Holy Grail and he’s got some artifacts that may lead to it. But his project leader has disappeared, and he wants Indy to find him […]
{5/5} “When we cleaned the ground, we found four shafts filled with sand… If we can find the whole family buried in the shafts after 4500 years, that would be better than finding gold.” Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb, released in 2020 Saqqara is the oldest stone pyramid in the world. In 2018 Egyptian archaeologists […]
{4/5} “Mutation!” Waterworld, released in 1995 The mariner survives on a world covered in water with no land by finding things at the bottom of the ocean and trading them. When he brings a jar of dirt to an atoll, he briefly becomes the richest man around. There’s not much to buy at the only […]
{4.5/5} “You know, I pride myself on this uncanny ability to spot and nurture talent. Well, maybe not directly nurture but, you know, I can see it and then I delegate the nurturing.” Do Revenge, released in 2022 Drea’s private video was leaked by her boyfriend — she punched him and got put on probation […]
{5/5} “I don’t want to live the wrong life and die.” Station Eleven, aired in 2021-22 Jeevan meets 8-year-old Kirsten at a production of “King Lear” in which she’s acting. He helps her out. In the middle of helping her out, he finds out from his doctor sister that there’s a deadly flu and he […]
{4.5/5} “I had decided to go for a bunch of reasons, mostly relating to my dislike of Earth. I chose the most remote planet I could figuring that it’d be the least like the self-proclaimed centre of the universe. But over the past few months, people had responded to the news with shock and wonder: […]
{4/5} “Another classic Thor adventure.” Thor: Love and Thunder, released in 2022 Thor discovers that someone is killing all gods and they are coming for Asgardians next. He goes to face this new threat with his friend Korg, and is surprised to find his ex-girlfriend Jane. Jane has had cancer. When she went to New […]
{5/5} “‘Beets are a very misunderstood vegetable.’ ‘Well, I look forward to understanding it better.’” — Sisko & Bashir Star Trek: Deep Space Nine season 3, aired in 1994-95 Commander Sisko brings a new ship to DS9, the Defiant, in order to find the leaders of the Dominion, the Founders. When Odo is drawn to […]