Atmosphaera Incognita
{4.5/5} “I’d followed his career: the cover stories in the business magazines, the photos of him opening the New York Stock Exchange. I hadn’t realized that he was Carl, the kid from the playground, until he’d become a billionaire, lost most of it, and become a billionaire a second time: exhibiting a tolerance for risk […]
Glass
{4/5} “I urge you to look past capes and monologuing villains.” Glass, released in 2019 David Dunn now owns a security store that he runs with his son Joseph. He also continues his work as the Overseer, taking down bad guys. He’s on the lookout for someone who kidnapped several girls, and then finds him. […]
Wonder Woman by Greg Rucka Volume 2
{4.5/5} “‘Answer me this, Kal… If our positions were reversed, would he have tested you, as well?’ ‘If our positions were reversed, Diana, I’d have already resigned from the League.’” Wonder Woman by Greg Rucka Volume 2 by Greg Rucka, Drew Johnson & Rags Morales, published in 2017 (original comic books published in 2004-05) When […]
Unbreakable
{5/5} “This is an art gallery, my friend, and this is a piece of art.” Unbreakable, released in 2000 David Dunn is in a terrible train crash — he’s the only survivor and doesn’t have a scratch on him. As he starts thinking about it, he realizes that he can’t remember ever being sick. Elijah […]
Star Trek: Excelsior — Forged in Fire
{4.5/5} “‘When nothing goes as planned, the world is in balance.’ It was an old Trill saying, and Curzon Dax found it circling through his mind every thirty seconds or so, like an annoying insect that couldn’t be chased away. Though the mantra didn’t accurately reflect his high hopes for the Korvat peace conference, by […]
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
{3/5} “If she can see how crazed I can be without a cause, think how crazed she will imagine I can be with one.” The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, released in 2018 Toby is directing a movie about Don Quixote in Spain. When he returns to the village where he made a student film […]
Shazam!
{4.5/5} “Oh hey there, son. Oh hey there, other son that I also have that’s related to that son I just passed in the hallway.” Shazam! released in 2019 Billy Batson has been running away from foster homes in order to look for his mom. Now a group home has taken him in, and the […]
Wonder Woman by Greg Rucka Volume 1
{4.5/5} “Do you also understand that the ambassador regularly deals with things most people consider extraordinary? Alien invasions. Giant killer robots. Mythical beasts from Hades trying to rip her into pieces. The imminent destruction of the Earth.” Wonder Woman by Greg Rucka Volume 1 by Greg Rucka, J. G. Jones & Drew Johnson, published in […]
Provenance
{4.5/5} “I do not want to be out of the world, it is terrible to be out of the world. But I look, I see, I hear, I listen. You are very strange, Ingray Human, but you do not seem to live in endless pain and sorrow. No, you swim here as though this were […]
Every Day
{4.5/5} “I’ve seen so much. I know what makes each person different, and what makes everyone the same.” Every Day, released in 2018 Rhiannon has a particularly fun day with her boyfriend Nathan. The next day he barely looks at her and meanwhile, there’s a new girl at school shadowing her. The next day she […]