DC Universes
DCU The 1st movie of this new universe, Superman, bodes well for the new direction. Superman 2025 -> 5/5 Supergirl 2026 Clayface 2026 DCEU This universe has concluded and the new DCU universe has taken over starting in 2025. Justice League movies Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice 2016 -> 4/5 Justice League 2017 -> […]
Superman
{5/5} “‘You trust everyone and think everyone you’ve ever met is, like… beautiful.’ ‘Maybe that’s the real punk rock.’” — Lois & Clark Superman, released in 2025 Unlike other villains he has faced in the past, Superman is having trouble defeating the Hammer of Boravia. Unbeknownst to him, the Hammer is receiving instructions from Lex […]
The Life of Chuck
{4.5/5} “‘I used to love skating.’ ‘Then you should go skating.’” The Life of Chuck, released in 2024 Most of California has fallen into the ocean, there are fires in various places, and a sinkhole has opened up downtown. Felicia, a nurse, connects with her ex-husband Marty, a teacher. Marty’s friend Gus thinks this is […]
Thunderbolts*
{4.5/5} “We are the evidence and this is the shredder.” Thunderbolts*, released in 2025 Yelena is doing jobs for Valentina, but she’s bored. Bucky is in Congress, but is not very good at talking to the press. Valentina is under investigation and could be impeached — of course, she did all the things that they […]
Poker Face (season 2)
{5/5} “Don’t worry ’cause I actually have conducted, like, a shocking number of these ad-hoc interrogations.” Poker Face season 2, aired in 2025 A woman whose terrible-but-dying mother leaves everything in her will to her previously unknown twin takes drastic action. A funeral director whose building is being used as a film set finds an […]
The Watchers
{4.5/5} “Try not to die.” The Watchers, released in 2024 Mina’s mother died 15 years ago and she ran away to Ireland. She works in a pet store. The boss asks her to take a bird to a zoo, so she heads out on the road. When her car breaks down in the middle of […]
A Brightness Long Ago
{5/5} “Since Mylasia, Adria thought, she was also someone who had killed a man. Uberto had been vicious, she kept telling herself. Had deserved his death. She was aware, however, that Folco might have wanted the count of Mylasia killed even had he been pious and benign.” A Brightness Long Ago by Guy Gavriel Kay, […]
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
{4.5/5} “I can’t hear you over the nuclear accelerator!” Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, released in 2024 Gary, Callie, Trevor, and Phoebe are working as Ghostbusters, keeping New York clean of ghosts. Still, the mayor isn’t happy about the damage they cause. Also, the mayor demands that Phoebe stop being a Ghostbuster since she’s a minor. Ray […]
Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water
{4.5/5} “She could not in fact cook, which was no surprise in a votary of the Order of the Pure Moon. They were not one of the useful orders that reared goats and taught children mathematics. Every tokong of the Pure Moon that Tet Sang had ever known had been supported by a numerous establishment […]
The Little Country
{4.5/5} “That was what music was like, she’d always thought. You’d see some old lad like Charlie Fisher, about as commonsensical a man as you’d care to meet, all plain talk and plain facts, but when he brought out his box and woke a tune from the buttons and bellows, well then it was just […]