Elementary (season 3)
{5/5} “I feel… okay. I feel clear about something. Our work… what we do… it’s not just a job now. It’s who I am. I’m a detective. I’m ready to embrace that. I live in this world. Your world. And I probably will for the rest of my life.” Elementary season 3, aired in 2014-15 […]
Castle (season 7)
{5/5} “When I first got here I couldn’t figure out what Beckett saw in you but you know what she said? ‘He sees the story. I see the evidence, where it leads but he sees the story.’” Castle season 7, aired in 2014-15 Castle disappeared on his wedding day — he was gone for 2 […]
Blue Bloods (season 5)
{4.5/5} “A wise man told me that policing is about positively affecting one person at a time for the better.” Blue Bloods season 5, aired in 2014-15 Frank Reagan is the Police Commissioner in New York City. His father Henry is retired as was also Police Commissioner. His sons Danny and Jamie are cops,and his […]
Big Eyes
{4.5/5} “It’s like a mirage. From the distance, you look like a painter, but up close there is not much there.” Big Eyes, released in 2014 Margaret paints pictures of children with big eyes. Initially when her husband Walter takes credit for the paintings she goes along with it. But she regrets that decision every […]
Wish I Was Here
{4.5/5} “Eventually things get tragic enough and then they circle around to comedy.” Wish I Was Here, released in 2014 Aidan is an actor who hasn’t been getting work lately. His wife Sarah isn’t particularly happy at work but feels she has to bring home the bacon. Gabe, Aidan’s father, reveals that his cancer is […]
Laggies
{4.5/5} “During mediation my client agreed to give back two of her handguns to her husband, and now she’s decided they were anniversary gifts to her.” Laggies, released in 2014 Meg isn’t sure what she wants to do with her life. She’s working for her dad holding a giant sign on the sidewalk. Her long-term […]
Birdman
{4.5/5} “You’re no actor, you’re a celebrity. Let’s be clear on that. I’m gonna kill your play.” Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), released in 2014 Riggan played a superhero named Birdman in the old days. Now he’s trying to direct and star in a Broadway production of a play he wrote. When he […]
Colombiana
{4.5/5} “Never forget where you came from.” Colombiana, released in 2011 Cataleya is only nine years old when her parents are killed. She moves from Colombia to the US to stay with her uncle and she immediately tells him she wants to be a killer. Fifteen years later, she’s got a plan to kill the […]
The Equalizer
{4.5/5} “I’ve done some bad things in my life, Nicolai… Things I’m not proud of. I promised someone I love very much that I would never go back to being that person… But for you, I’ll make an exception.” The Equalizer, released in 2014 Robert works at a big box store but he used to […]
Gone Girl
{5/5} “When I think of my wife, I always think of the back of her head. I picture cracking her lovely skull, unspooling her brain, trying to get answers. The primal questions of a marriage: What are you thinking? How are you feeling? What have we done to each other? What will we do?” Gone […]