Kiki’s Delivery Service
{4/5} “You’d think they’d never seen a girl and a cat on a broom before.” Kiki is a young witch in training — that means, at age 13, she leaves home to live somewhere else for a year. She finds a town where the people initially seem unfriendly but she eventually finds some friendlier residents. […]
Chronicle
{4.5/5} “I am the apex predator.” Andrew’s mother is ill, his father is a drunk, and he’s not particularly well liked at school. While at a party he explores a cave with Matt, his cousin, and Steve, another classmate. There’s something otherworldly in the cave, which fills in after they leave so they can’t go […]
A Sorcerer’s Treason
{5/5} “When he was with her, describing the place from which he came and telling her its legends and history, the proposed journey seemed as natural as taking the train to Madison or Chicago. But alone on the streets of Bayfield with the ordinary bustle and clatter of life around her punctuated by the church […]
Superman: Earth One
{4.5/5} “But there are things you can do that nobody else can. Important things. Things that can mean the difference between life and death for a whole lot of people.” Clark Kent has been struggling with what to do with his life — his parents always wanted him to do what makes him happy. He’s […]
ParaNorman
{4/5} “There’s nothing wrong with being scared, Norman, so long as you don’t let it change who you are.” Norman can see and talk to dead people, and there are a bunch of them in his town. Of course, everyone else thinks he’s strange and makes fun of him because of this. He does manage […]
Lost (season 6)
{4.5/5} “You know, you and me, trekking through the jungle, on our way to do something that we don’t quite understand. Good times.” We find out what the whispers in the jungle are, the identity of the black smoke monster, why Jacob brought people to the island, and the origins of Jacob and the Man […]
Lost (season 5)
{5/5} “Dude, you might want to fasten your seat belt.” Some of the castaways have made it off the island, but now there’s a movement afoot to go back. Ben has also made it off the island, and he always has a plan. Meanwhile, back on the island something strange is happening — as usual. […]
Lost (season 4)
{5/5} “Never say never, dude.” Locke believes that the island is a place of miracles and the castaways should stay. Jack believes that it’s just an island where strange things happen and they should go home. A boat has arrived near the island but there’s some disagreement about whether the people on it are there to […]
Bard’s Oath
{4/5} “That oath cut them off from family, clan, and country. They forswore all thought of vengeance for wrongs done to themselves or their kin. They could not take up arms in war. Instead, their task — impossible as it all too often seemed — was to remain impartial and seek a peaceful solution to […]
Lost (season 3)
{5/5} “I’m your father.” We find out more about the Others — who have captured Jack, Kate, and Sawyer. Just as there’s some trouble among members of the group of castaways we’ve been following, all of the members of the Others don’t get along all the time. They’ve been on the island for a few […]