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 […]
Zootopia 2
{4/5} “Zootopia wasn’t created by a mammal… it was created by a snake!” Zootopia 2, released in 2025 Judy and Nick are now partners at the police department. As rookies, the other cops think they shouldn’t be doing anything difficult. Judy finds a piece of snake skin, which is odd because snakes haven’t been seen […]
DaCapo Chamber Choir’s “Enchant”
I attended the DaCapo Chamber Choir’s concert “Enchant.” Here’s the program: The Passing of the Year – Jonathan Dove* Noche de Lluvia – Sid Robinovitch* Moonset – Jeff Enns O Bide in that Country (premiere) – Kento Stratford Sonata no. 14 “Moonlight Sonata” first movement – Ludwig van Beethoven* Grandmother Moon – Eleanor Daley Constellation […]
Stranger Things (season 5)
{5/5} “I was looking for answers in somebody else. But I had all the answers. I just needed to stop being so… scared. Scared of who I really was. Once I did that, I felt so free. It’s like I could fly.” — Robin Stranger Things season 5, aired in 2025 Many residents of Hawkins […]