Inside Out
{5/5} “All these facts and opinions look the same. I can’t tell them apart.” Inside Out, released in 2015 Riley is an 11-year-old girl. Inside her head, her emotions try to keep things under control. Joy, Sadness, Fear, Disgust, and Anger all have their role to play. When Riley moves to a new city she […]
The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet
{4.5/5} “How could humans create so many right angles, when their behaviour was so convoluted and illogical?” The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet, released in 2013 T.S. Spivet is only a young boy but his design for a perpetual motion machine has won a contest at the Smithsonian. His father is a cowboy, his mother […]
Babe
{5/5} “When embarking on a audacious crime, a duck needs a willing accomplice. A creature who is reliable, beyond suspicion, and above all extremely gullible.” Babe, released in 1995 Farmer Hoggett doesn’t usually keep pigs, but he guessed the weight of a pig at a fair and brought him home. When Farmer Hoggett gets the […]
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
{5/5} “‘Have a great day!’ ‘That’s too much pressure.’ ‘Have the day you have!’” The Odd Life of Timothy Green, released in 2012 The Greens have been told that they can’t have children. That night they decide on all the characteristics that their child would have had. They write them on pieces of paper, then […]
Agents of SHIELD (season 2)
{4.5/5} “‘Well, you wouldn’t be the first person to have parents with misguided intentions.’ ‘Nope, just the first whose crazy dad lured her to an alien city to get earthquake powers.’” Agents of SHIELD season 2, aired in 2014-15 Coulson and his team try to rebuild SHIELD after the devastating attack from within by Hydra. […]
The Prestige
{4.5/5} “The magician takes the ordinary something and makes it do something extraordinary. Now you’re looking for the secret… but you won’t find it, because of course you’re not really looking. You don’t really want to know. You want to be fooled. But you wouldn’t clap yet. Because making something disappear isn’t enough; you have […]
Avengers: Age of Ultron
{4/5} “The city is flying and we’re fighting an army of robots. And I have a bow and arrow. Nothing makes sense.” Avengers: Age of Ultron, released in 2015 Tony Stark and Bruce Banner create an artificial intelligence named Ultron to protect the planet. But things go wrong and Ultron decides he wants to destroy […]
Once Upon a Time (season 4)
{4.5/5} “There’s one thing my sister taught me, you don’t give up on people. If someone’s important to you, don’t give up on them even if they say hurtful things or send a giant snow monster to chase you away.” Once Upon a Time season 4, aired in 2014-15 Queen Elsa of Arendelle stumbles into […]
Dead Like Me: Life After Death
{4.5/5} Dead Like Me: Life After Death, aired in 2009 Rube has passed on, and the grim reapers have a new boss. Instead of post-it notes they now have cell phones. George has gotten better at both of her jobs. Meanwhile Joy has written a book and helps grieving families, and Reggie is learning to […]
Dead Like Me (season 2)
{4.5/5} Dead Like Me season 2, aired in 2004 George and her friends all struggle with their existence after death as reapers. George tries being a bad girl at work for a day, Roxy becomes a police officer, Mason drinks all the time, and Daisy is trying out religion. Even Rube takes a couple of […]