Secret Invasion
{4.5/5} “‘I haven’t even gone on my mid-life crisis shopping spree yet. What did you get for yours?’ ‘The Avengers.’” — Talos & Fury Secret Invasion, aired in 2023 When Nick Fury returns to Earth, he is informed that the Skrulls on Earth — who can look just like humans and survive in abandoned nuclear […]
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
{4/5} “Hold my horse.” Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, released in 2023 Indiana Jones’s friend Basil was obsessed with the antikythera, built by Archimedes. The two of them took half of it from the Nazis in the old days. Now Basil’s daughter, Helena, has taken it from Indy and intends to sell it […]
The Flash
{5/5} “You’ve got to start letting me finish my sentences.” The Flash, released in 2023 Alfred calls the Barry Allen, the Flash, to help with a sinkhole next to a hospital — which turns into a wing of the hospital collapsing. After using his super speed to get to Gotham, the Flash has to recharge […]
Batman Returns
{3.5/5} “What I’d like to do first is put these little glove things on you. Research tells us that voters like fingers.” Batman Returns, released in 1992 Oswald Cobblepot was so ugly as a baby that his parents threw him over a bridge. He survived, and was raised by penguins. Decades later Max Shreck wants […]
Batman
{4.5/5} “Can somebody tell me what kind of a world we live in where a man dressed up like a bat gets all of my press?” Batman, released in 1989 Commissioner Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent have vowed to rid Gotham City of organized crime, and the man at the top is Carl Grissom. […]
Oona Out of Order
{5/5} “A new resolve and optimism suffused Ooona as she boarded the Cairo-bound plane. There was no need to be trapped by her flawed chronology or supposed destiny. She wouldn’t tiptoe around her life, suffer the frustration that resulted from chasing stability. She would not be defeated by her known future.” Oona Out of Order […]
The Once and Future Witches
{5/5} “‘If the witches of Old Salem had the spell to restore the Way, do you really believe they would have advertised it? Left it listed in the index of a grimoire?’ She shakes her head, abandoning the sewing box for the child’s sampler hanging on the wall, yellow and stained. ‘You’re thinking like a […]
Suzume
{3.5/5} “We don’t have any cats.” Suzume, released in 2022 Suzume stumbles across a man, Souta, who asks her if there are any abandoned areas with doors around. She tells him where one is, and then follows him to see what’s going on. It turns out his job is to close magical doors when something […]
The Addams Family 2
{4/5} “I didn’t want to be an Addams. I struggled with feeling different. But now I realize that being different is the most Addams-y thing there is.” The Addams Family 2, released in 2021 The Addams family decides to go on a road trip. A lawyer comes to tell them that Wednesday may have been […]
The Addams Family
{4.5/5} “‘Wednesday can take care of herself.’ ‘It’s not Wednesday I’m worried about, it’s all the others. We may have to provide an alibi.’” The Addams Family, released in 2019 The Addams family left their old country years ago because their neighbours chased them away with pitchforks. Now they live in New Jersey, on a […]