The New Moon’s Arms
{4.5/5} “Anybody who work in the sea around Cayaba will buck up one eventually. Fishermen, Coast Guard, Emergency Services. Not the doctors, for the most part. They scarcely do outcalls. Even the police know about this. We all know it. We just don’t talk it. But they real. The sea people? They real.” The New […]
Russian Doll (season 2)
{4.5/5} “It used to be a school for Jews, now it’s open plan living. I use the terms ‘now’ and ‘used to be’ loosely.” Russian Doll season 2, aired in 2022 Nadia steps into a subway and suddenly it’s 1982. She goes with a guy named Chez she meets in a bar to his place, […]
Eternals
{4/5} “You know what’s never saved the planet? Your sarcasm.” Eternals, released in 2021 People who live forever from a planet called Olympia came to Earth 7000 years ago to defeat the Deviants. Now the Deviants are back. Sersei notices that, unlike before, the Deviants can heal themselves — and they’re coming after the Eternals. […]
Last Night in Soho
{4.5/5} “London can be a lot.” Last Night in Soho, released in 2021 Eloise gets accepted to college to study fashion design and moves to the big city of London. She’s not a big fan of her roommate and her friends who party all the time. She gets so fed up with them that she […]
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
{4.5/5} “If you aim at nothing, you hit nothing.” Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, released in 2021 Shaun does valet parking and sings karaoke with his friend Katy. When some guys come out of nowhere to attack Shaun on a bus, Katy discovers he is an incredible martial artist as he defeats […]
Turning Red
{4.5/5} “You’re so fluffy!” Turning Red, released in 2022 Meilin is 13 — she sometimes feels like doing her own thing, and sometimes feels like doing what her mom wants her to do. She does well in school, and has some good friends she hangs out with. She also helps her mom give tours of […]
Old
{4/5} “My mom might let me Facetime you. Then we can be friends. You can come over to my house and make up stories. Then we can go to the same college together, and become neighbours with mortgages.” Old, released in 2021 Guy and Prisca are on a tropical vacation with their kids, Maddox and […]
Wolfwalkers
{4.5/5} “You’re a wolf when you sleep and a girl when you’re awake.” Wolfwalkers, released in 2020 Robin’s dad is a hunter — the Lord Protector has tasked him with getting rid of the wolves from the forest. She’s been practising with her crossbow and thinks of herself as a hunter too. But children are […]
The Map of Tiny Perfect Things
{5/5} “This is going to sound strange, really bizarre, but are you experiencing any kind of temporal anomaly in your life?” The Map of Tiny Perfect Things, released in 2021 Mark wakes up every day and it’s the same day. He goes around helping people. He discusses the philosophy of time loops with his best […]
Elantris
{5/5} “It had come with a tempest — that much even Raoden remembered. The earth itself had shattered, an enormous chasm appearing in the south, all of Arelon quaking. With the destruction, Elantris had lost its glory. The Elantrians had changed from brilliant white-haired beings to creatures with splotchy skin and bald scalps — like […]