Early Riser
{5/5} “Mother Fallopia gave a speech. It was the same old Fat Thursday stuff we’d heard before, many times: about how we must all embrace the virtues of gluttony and sloth as we headed towards the Winter, and to remember those who had not survived hibernation last year through not being diligent about their weight, […]
Black Adam
{4/5} “Go and protect international stability someplace else.” Black Adam, released in 2022 Kahndaq was a thriving country thousands of years ago, and now it’s been taken over by mercenaries. Adrianna finds the Crown of Sabbac, which has great power, hidden in a mountain. In order to get away from the mercenaries who will kill […]
The Marvel TV universe
Here are all the Marvel TV show I’ve watched. There are a bunch of others — the ones I’ve watched all tie into the MCU. As a kid I watched the animated Spider-Man show that was filmed in the late 60s. Agents of SHIELD 2013-20 -> 5/5 Agent Carter 2015-16 -> 4.5/5 WandaVision 2021 -> […]
Disenchanted
{3.5/5} “I love festivals, we have them all the time where I come from. They were usually interrupted by evil forces of some kind, but when they weren’t they really brought people together.” Disenchanted, released in 2022 Giselle and Robert decide to move to Monroeville, but teenaged Morgan isn’t happy about it. Morgan doesn’t have […]
Wednesday (season 1)
{5/5} “‘Please excuse Wednesday, she’s allergic to colour.’ ‘What happens to you?’ ‘I break out into hives and then the flesh peels off my bones.’” — Morticia, Enid & Wednesday Wednesday season 1, aired in 2022 Gomez and Morticia Addams send their daughter Wednesday to a new boarding school, Nevermore, because she was expelled from […]
Lovecraft Country
{5/5} “Nature holds itself impervious to the wishings of would-be sorcerers. But… There are cracks. Not exceptions to the rules, you understand — there’s no such thing — but special cases, natural anomalies that can be discovered and exploited by men of sufficient vision.” Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff, published in 2016 Atticus returned home […]
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
{5/5} “‘That was such a heartbreaking story.’ ‘I know, I hate stories where everybody lives.’” — Mantis & Drax The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special, released in 2022 When Christmastime arrives on Knowhere, a band creates a song about it for Peter Quill but it’s not exactly accurate. Mantis and Drax get the idea […]
Castle in the Sky
{4/5} “The tree. We protected it, so it protects us.” Castle in the Sky, released in 1986 Pazu catches a girl who falls from the sky, Sheeta. Pirates are after her, for some reason. Sheeta has a crystal that lets her float — that might be the reason. Laputa is a legendary castle that floats […]
Ponyo
{4.5/5} “You’re not busy. You’re five.” Ponyo, released in 2008 Sosuke rescues a goldfish he names Ponyo. Ponyo heals his cut, so he thinks she’s magical. She is — she can grow arms and legs if she wants. A man who walks out of the ocean and has some control over it steals her back. […]
The Suicide Squad
{4/5} “Recently I made a promise to myself that the next time I got a boyfriend I’d be on the lookout for red flags. And if I saw any, I would do the healthy thing, and I would murder him.” — Harley Quinn The Suicide Squad, released in 2021 The Suicide Squad is on a […]