Pitch Perfect
{5/5} “Even though some of you are pretty thin, you all have fat hearts, and that’s what matters.” — Fat Amy Pitch Perfect, released in 2012 Beca’s father is making her attend college — it is free, though, since he teaches there. But she wants to go to LA to become a music producer. Her […]
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die
{5/5} “You are the least useful person I’ve ever met.” Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die, released in 2025 A man walks into a diner and says he’s from the future. Of course, no one believes him. When they don’t pay attention, he says he has a bomb. He knows things about them. He says […]
The Time Keeper
{4/5} “He laid out his collection of stones that charted the stages of the moon. Nim did not understand most of what Dor said. He shook his head and insisted the sun god and the moon god were in constant battle; that accounted for their rise and fall. Power was what mattered.” The Time Keeper […]
Jurassic World: Rebirth
{5/5} “‘I’m going to need a number.’ ‘Ten. Six zeroes.’ ‘Including the one that’s in the ten?’” Jurassic World: Rebirth, released in 2025 Years ago at an InGen lab, there was a containment breach and a T-Rex got out. Now virtually all dinosaurs live around the equator and humans aren’t supposed to go there. A […]
Inside Out 2
{5/5} “Yeah, it’s just that it’s new and I know how important it is and I don’t want to mess it up or break it or burn it to the ground or anything.” — Sadness Inside Out 2, released in 2024 Riley is now a teenager and she has a couple of close friends that […]
Twice
{4.5/5} “Later that day, when our class (again) went to the zoo, I stood next to Esther. When that lion roared, I didn’t flinch. I didn’t say a thing. I wanted to brag, ‘Hey, I just ran into his cage! He was this close to eating me!’ But it’s not like I had any proof. […]
Project Hail Mary
{5/5} “The entire room is filled with argon. Just try not to rip your suit.” Project Hail Mary, released in 2026 Ryland Grace wrote a paper in which he said that water wasn’t necessarily required for life. Now he’s teaching, because of the people he ticked off. But now the government wants him on their […]
Alien: Romulus
{5/5} “The safety and well being of our colony is Weyland-Yutani‘s highest priority.” Alien: Romulus, released in 2024 A ship grabs a big rock in space because there’s something Weyland-Yutani wants inside it. But that rock was near the wreck of the Nostromo, and it has something else on it that they haven’t noticed yet. […]
Ready or Not 2: Here I Come
{5/5} “The ball is in play.” Ready or Not 2: Here I Come, released in 2026 Grace was taken to the hospital, where she is recuperating from her injuries. She’s handcuffed to the bed, and a police officer explains that there were dead bodies in the house and blood that wasn’t hers on her dress […]
DaCapo Chamber Choir’s “Preserve”
I attended the DaCapo Chamber Choir’s concert “Preserve.” Here’s the program: Pan from Six Metamorphoses after Ovid – Benjamin Britten oboe Another Spring – Tom Nazziola Everything – Rodney Sharman This Fragile Web – Christine Donkin with violin & piano Taiga – Leonard Enns with oboe & strings The Rose – Ola Gjeilo with piano […]