Children of Earth and Sky
{5/5} “It could change everything. He needed to paint well, earn respect from the khalif and his court, remember all he saw and heard, come home remembering. Unless the most secret, least likely part of his mission somehow happened. He had already decided he wasn’t going to think about that.” Children of Earth and Sky […]
The Sea Beast
{4.5/5} “And remember, live a great life and die a great death!” The Sea Beast, released in 2022 Captain Crow is the most famous of hunters and the Inevitable is the most famous of hunter ships. They hunt sea beasts. One such beast, the Red Bluster, lost Crow his eye. Crow tells his adopted son […]
Signal to Noise
{4.5/5} “Sebastian shook his head. Even when Meche was trying to apologize in her own Meche-way, she had a way of insulting you once again. And yet, looking down at the girl with her oversized green jacket, the sleeves covering her fingers, the collar of her shirt sticking out at an odd angle, he thought […]
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
{4.5/5} “Adeline looks out the window at the sinking sun, and doesn’t listen to the words, but she can hear the light in her mother’s voice, the vindication in it. Even in her father’s eyes, there is a measure of relief. Their daughter tried to carve her own road, but now things are being set […]
Jade City
{4.5/5} “Shae had never intended to move back. She’d been full of anger and optimism, determined to forge a new life and identity for herself in the great wide, modern world beyond Kekon, away from anachronistic clans and the outsized male egos of her family. Once in Espenia, she found it harder than she’d expected […]
Zack Snyder’s Justice League
{4/5} “Maybe a man who broods in a cave for a living isn’t cut out to be a recruiter, hmm?” Zack Snyder’s Justice League, released in 2021 Superman is dead. Bruce Wayne is trying to put together a group of metahumans to battle the next great foe, but Arthur Currie says no. Meanwhile, Steppenwolf has […]
Sing 2
{4.5/5} “Release the piglets.” Sing 2, released in 2021 Buster Moon thought the scout would love his “Alice in Wonderland” show, which is sold out every night, and invite him to perform in the big city. But she didn’t — she said he wasn’t good enough. Moon then convinces everyone to go the big city […]
Invisible Planets
{4.5/5} “When I am done telling you these stories, when you’re done listening to these stories, I am no longer I, and you are no longer you. In this afternoon we briefly merged into one. After this, you will always carry a bit of me, and I will always carry a bit of you, even […]
Encanto
{5/5} “Maybe your gift is being in denial.” Encanto, released in 2021 Everyone in Mirabel’s family has a magic gift, except for her. Fifty years ago a candle produced a miracle — a town for refugees to live in. And the Madrigal family has been helping the town with their miracles ever since. Now it’s […]
Spider-Man: No Way Home
{5/5} “‘I fell into a vat of electric eels.’ ‘You’re kidding. I fell into a supercollider.’ ‘Yeah. Gotta be careful where you fall.’” Spider-Man: No Way Home, released in 2021 The Daily Bugle reports that Spider-Man killed the hero Mysterio, and Peter Parker is Spider-Man. Some people believe the Daily Bugle and some people don’t, […]