Star Trek: Lower Decks (season 4)

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{5/5} “This ship is outdated and smells like Borg.” — T’Lyn, on the USS Voyager Star Trek: Lower Decks season 4, aired in 2023 When the USS Voyager is being prepared to be a museum the crew of the Cerritos visits and they find it’s still a dangerous place. Mariner, Boimler, and Tendi all get […]

Elemental

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{5/5} “I’ve just never been punched in the face with beauty before.” Elemental, released in 2023 Bernie and Cinder, fire elementals, leave their home because of a big storm. Eventually their daughter Ember works in the fire shop with her dad. She even beats his record for making deliveries. But she has a temper, and […]

Babylon 5: The Road Home

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{5/5} “Zathras warn, but no one listen to Zathras.” Babylon 5: The Road Home, released in 2023 When John Sheridan leaves Babylon 5 to become the President of the Interstellar Alliance he goes to his new home on Minbar. He opens a new energy facility only to discover too late that it uses tachyons. He […]

Futurama (season 6)

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{4.5/5} “Lrrr, you lazy ruler of the planet Omicron Persei 8. You said you would conquer a planet today but you have not even shed your skin yet.” — Ndnd Futurama season 6, aired in 2010-11 The wormhole that the Planet Express ship went through led them back to Earth. Leela and Fry have become […]

Star Trek: Very Short Treks

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{1.5/5} Star Trek: Very Short Treks, aired in 2023 This is a series of 5 short animated videos that were made to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Star Trek: The Animated Series. Three of them will make you frown and two will make you smile. The 1st 3 videos are all distasteful in different ways. […]

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

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{4.5/5} “I’ll get you, my kitties, and your little dog too.” Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, released in 2022 Puss in Boots is a hero to some, a villain to others. While saving a town from a giant, he gets crushed by a bell. When he wakes up, the doctor warns him that he’s […]

Puss in Boots

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{4.5/5} “‘Is it true a cat always lands on its feet?’ ‘No, that is just a rumour spread by dogs.’” Puss in Boots, released in 2011 Puss in Boots is a fugitive, wanted by the law. But he doesn’t steal from churches or orphans. When men in a saloon reveal that Jack and Jill have […]

Scared Shrekless

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{4.5/5} “No one has ever made cookies with this much sugar. You are playing with forces far beyond your comprehension!” — the Muffin Man Scared Shrekless, released in 2010 Shrek takes the kids for their first Halloween. Back at their house, Donkey and their friends try to scare them, but Shrek says ogres don’t get […]

Shrek the Halls

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{4.5/5} “‘How many babies does Fiona have?’ ‘Fiona has babies?’” — Two of the Three Little Pigs Shrek the Halls, released in 2007 When Fiona expresses excitement about Christmas, Shrek decides he must find out what the deal is. He goes to the bookstore and the bookseller shows him a book called Christmas for Village […]

Shrek Forever After

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{4.5/5} “This is the part where you run away.” Shrek Forever After, released in 2010 Years ago the king and queen were about to make a deal with Rumpelstiltskin when Fiona was rescued by Shrek. Shrek and Fiona are raising three kids, and Shrek misses the days when he scared people away. He expresses that […]