Mirror Mirror
{4.5/5} “The thing about a mirror is this: The one who stares into it is condemned to consider the world from her own perspective. Even a bowed mirror works primarily by engaging the eyes, and she who centers herself in its surface is unlikely to notice anyone in the background who lacks a certain status, […]
The Judge
{5/5} “Imagine a far away place, Hank, where people value your opinion. Now go there.” The Judge, released in 2014 Hank is a big city lawyer who returns to his home town for his mom’s funeral. He hasn’t had much contact with his family in the last couple of decades — his daughter hasn’t even […]
Pan’s Labyrinth
{4.5/5} “Once upon a time when the woods were young, they were home to creatures who were full of magic and wonder.” Pan’s Labyrinth, released in 2006 In Spain in 1944 Ofelia moves with her mother to the home of her mother’s new husband. Ofelia doesn’t particularly like him — he’s super serious and always […]
All Flesh is Grass
{4.5/5} “Even in the face of potential danger, should we bar the way to them? For here was an alien life, the first alien life we’d met. Here was the chance for the human race, if it would take the chance, to gain new knowledge, to find new attitudes, to fill in the gaps of […]
Ant-Man
{4.5/5} “Sorry I’m late — I was saving the world. You know how it is.” Ant-Man, released in 2015 When Scott gets out of jail he tries to go straight but finds it tough. He agrees to a job that sounds perfect — crack the safe of an old rich guy who’s on vacation. Inside […]
Minions
{3.5/5} “King Bob has officially changed the law, clearing the way for Scarlett Overkill to be crowned Queen of England… If I wasn’t so polite, I’d say this spells certain doom for the country, if not the world. But I’m so very polite that I shall keep my mouth shut. But seriously, we’re all in […]
Chuck (season 4)
{4.5/5} “Chuck, are you about to disarm a nuclear bomb using fruit juice?” Chuck season 4, aired in 2010-11 Chuck and Sarah are finally together. Chuck is out of the CIA but is secretly searching for his mom, who he discovered is a spy. Meanwhile, the CIA rebuilt the Buy More with even more secrets […]
Spectre
{4/5} “You are a kite dancing in a hurricane, Mr. Bond.” Spectre, released in 2015 When Bond is in the middle of an international incident in Mexico, M grounds him. Meanwhile, M is in the midst of a shake-up of his own — MI5 and MI6 are merging and the double-oh program may be eliminated. […]
Scrubs (season 4)
{5/5} “All right, Jack, listen to me. Ron’s in the bathroom diapering his kid. When he gets out, it’s playtime. And son, lately your colouring’s been sloppy and your Elmo song — well, unfortunately, it’s lacked heart. Now you and I, we both know that your super-secret go-to toy are your building blocks. Well, it’s […]
Generation A
{4.5/5} “How can we be alive and not wonder about the stories we use to knit together this place we call the world? Without stories, our universe is merely rocks and clouds and lava and blackness. It’s a village scraped raw by warm waters leaving not a trace of what existed before.” Generation A by […]