The Assessment

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{4.5/5} “Your supporting material, as previously reported, places you in the top 0.1 percentile of citizens.” The Assessment, released in 2024 Mia and Aaryan live near the ocean. Mia grows their own food in a greenhouse, and Aaryan creates virtual pets because there are no more real ones. They have decided they want to have […]

The Watchers

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{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 […]

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

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{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 […]

Where’d You Go, Bernadette

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{5/5} “You wouldn’t like it. The words are way too cute. You might die of cuteness.” Where’d You Go, Bernadette, released in 2019 Bernadette used to be an architect and now lives in a big old house that’s kind of falling apart with her husband, daughter, and dog. Her husband Elgie works for Microsoft. Her […]

High School Musical 3: Senior Year

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“‘I’ve never even heard of Juilliard.’ ‘Well, that may be the case, Mr. Bolton, but evidently Juilliard has heard of you.’” High School Musical 3: Senior Year, released in 2008 I don’t usually review movies that I didn’t watch all of, but this one was requested — I watched about half of it. I would […]

Thelma

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{5/5} “I think I know her.” Thelma, released in 2024 Thelma is 93 and a call supposedly from her grandson saying he’s in jail leads her to send a lot of money in the mail. But the she finds out it was a scam. The police can’t really help. Thelma decides to do what Tom […]

Molli and Max in the Future

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{5/5} “I’m a level seven Space Witch now.” Molli and Max in the Future, released in 2023 Max’s ship explodes and he flies into Molli’s ship. Max gives Molli a power crystal in exchange for passage to Megalopolis. They become friends, and they even have a secret handshake. She joins a cult and he becomes […]

Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes

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{5/5} “We’re not suspicious people.” Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes, released in 2020 A man who owns a cafe lives in a room upstairs. He discovers that the monitor in his room is connected to the monitor downstairs in his cafe. The one in his room is 2 minutes in the past. This allows him […]

Radio Free Albemuth

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{3.5/5} “You believing it?… All this, my act… So you bought it too. That’s good, that means I must be doing something right.” Radio Free Albemuth, released in 2010 Nick has been having unusual dreams where he believes a consciousness is speaking to him — it wants him to move to LA, so he does. […]

The Last Spark of Hope

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{4.5/5} “You served and led an army of robots during the wars. Your memory has been erased.” The Last Spark of Hope, released in 2023 Eva lives on top of a mountain with her robot Arthur who is programmed to protect her. She still has a truck that works and she uses it to go […]