Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
{5/5} “You have chosen… poorly.” Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, released in 1989 A man named Donovan comes to Indiana Jones telling him he’s on a quest for the Holy Grail and he’s got some artifacts that may lead to it. But his project leader has disappeared, and he wants Indy to find him […]
Thor: Love and Thunder
{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 […]
The Hidden Girl and Other Stories
{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 […]
I Am Not Okay with This (season 1)
{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. […]
The Resort (season 1)
{4.5/5} “Just in case he’s on his way back here to kill us, happy anniversary.” The Resort season 1, aired in 2022 Emma and Noah are at a resort in Mexico celebrating their 10th anniversary. They are not exactly on the same brain wavelength, though. Emma stumbles across an old cell phone and discovers that […]
The Old Guard
{5/5} “I found the new one. She stabbed me, so I think she has potential.” The Old Guard, released in 2020 Andy heads a team of 4 — they rescue good guys, and kill bad guys. Now they’re going to South Sudan, to rescue a group of captured students. The whole team is killed. But […]
The Innkeeper’s Song
{4.5/5} “Most people are wide awake only now and then — on special occasions, as you might say. But a magician is wide awake all the time, on call for everything, which is why post people call him a magician. And he is never more so than at the moment of his own death.” The […]
Shadow of Ashland
{4.5/5} “He was ashamed. He saw what takin’ a man’s job could lead to, saw what he’d done. He’d ended up pitted against other fellows just like himself — guys tryin’ to get by, feed themselves and families. But he was just like them — needed the money.” Shadow of Ashland by Terence M. Green, […]
Jungle Cruise
{4.5/5} “You booked a river cruise and you can’t swim? The price just went up.” Jungle Cruise, released in 2021 In 1916 Lily Houghton and her brother MacGregor travel to South America in search of a flower that cures diseases. Centuries earlier the conquistadors in search of it were captured by the jungle itself and […]
Luck
{4.5/5} “That’s one of the benefits of bad luck. It teaches you to pivot.” Luck, released in 2022 Sam has had bad luck all her life. She lived at an orphanage and was never adopted, and now she has to move out because she’s 18. When she feeds a cat, the cat leaves behind a […]