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{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 […]
{5/5} “Big Semi did not work with scripts and storyboards. It did not give any thought to themes, symbols, homages, or any other words you might find in a film-studies syllabus… It simply evaluated each test screening to see where the response curves still deviated from the target, made big changes and small tweaks and […]
{4.5/5} “‘Why are you still talking to me?’ ‘Cause everyone else in this town’s boring.’” I Am Not Okay with This season 1, aired in 2020 Sydney thinks of herself as a pretty regular high school girl until she starts developing a strange power. She can do things with her mind, particularly when she’s upset. […]
{4.5/5} “I’ll see you soon.” In the Shadow of the Moon, released in 2019 Locke, a police officer, links three deaths together by finding puncture wounds on the backs of their necks — a pianist, a cook, and a bus driver. Then they find a victim who’s still alive, who tells them their serial killer […]
{4/5} “That sweater’s really angry.” Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, released in 2020 Lars and Sigrit have been singing together since they were kids. This year they won the Iceland song contest, because all the other entrants were mysteriously killed in a boat explosion. They travel to Scotland for the Eurovision Song […]
{4/5} “‘You didn’t just think there were two settlements in all of New World, did you?’ ‘No, of course not. Thought it was one.’” Chaos Walking, released in 2021 Todd lives on New World, where all the men think their thoughts out loud — the call it “the noise.” Some of them can control it […]
{4.5/5} “Joined Trill protected the memories of all the hosts of their symbiont. As the sum of these lives, these individuals discovered amazing things, traveled boldly, and advanced Trill civilization… One who carried a symbiont inside them also carried the hopes and dreams of every Trill for a better future.” Star Trek: Deep Space Nine […]
{5/5} “Is that supposed to be me? It’s grotesque… I’ll give you $20 000 for it.” The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, released in 2022 Nick Cage is approached by a director about a movie, and he very much wants to do it — he thinks it’s the role of a lifetime. Meanwhile, his daughter […]
{4.5/5} “You put two apex predators in one valley, pretty soon there’s only one.” Jurassic World Dominion, released in 2022 Dinosaurs have spread across the Earth. Biosyn Genetics wants to bring them to the mountains in Italy, and hopes to gain pharmaceutical knowledge from studying them. Claire and Owen are both rescuing dinosaurs. They’re also […]