Pee-wee’s Big Adventure
{5/5} “There are a lot of things about me you don’t know anything about, Dottie. Things you wouldn’t understand. Things you couldn’t understand. Things you shouldn’t understand.” Pee-wee’s Big Adventure, released in 1985 Pee-wee’s most prized possession is his bike. When it’s stolen, he’s heartbroken but determined to get it back. A fortune teller tells […]
The Daily Show (seasons 19 & 20)
{5/5} “I am more machine than man, twisted and evil. I am responsible for the deaths of billions of sentient beings. But it has come to my attention that you’ve been comparing me to Dick Cheney. That seems a bit harsh.” — Darth Vader The Daily Show seasons 19 & 20, aired in 2013-15 Jon […]
Among Others
{4.5/5} “It’s like if you snapped your fingers and produced a rose but it was because someone on an aeroplane had dropped a rose at just the right time for it to land in your hand. There was a real person and a real aeroplane and a real rose, but that doesn’t mean the reason […]
Begin Again
{4.5/5} “What I love about music. The most banal scenes are suddenly invested with so much meaning, you know. All these banalities suddenly turn into these… these beautiful effervescent pearls.” Begin Again, released in 2013 Gretta is a songwriter who’s just found out her boyfriend cheated on her. Dan is a music producer who’s just […]
The Rewrite
{5/5} “I’m very, very, very, very cold, and I have to read a huge box of scripts, and I just got into a fight with Professor McGonagall about Jane Austen.” The Rewrite, released in 2014 Keith wrote an Oscar-winning movie years ago but has been having trouble getting work lately. His agent finds him a […]
Far From the Madding Crowd
{4.5/5} “It is difficult for a woman to define her feelings in a language chiefly made by men to express theirs.” Far From the Madding Crowd, released in 2015 Bathsheba Everdene has inherited a farm from her uncle. She initially decides to run the farm herself, that she doesn’t need a husband. When three different […]
Clouds of Sils Maria
{4/5} “It’s theatre — it’s an interpretation of life. It can be truer than life itself.” Clouds of Sils Maria, released in 2014 Maria is an actor who’s going through a divorce. She’s about to accept an award on behalf of a director she admires when she finds out that he has died. Luckily she […]
Vortex
{4.5/5} “The famous ‘fourth stage of life,’ the adulthood after adulthood, had entailed changes to the brain that modified aggressiveness and promoted sympathy for others… Nowadays — assuming you had serious money and the right contacts — you could buy yourself an extra twenty or thirty years of life while avoiding that awkward surge of […]
Scrubs (season 1)
{5/5} “That’s a great anecdote. You should write it down in your journal. Then your kids can read about it when you’re dead!” Scrubs season 1, aired in 2001-02 JD, Turk, and Elliot are new doctors at Sacred Heart Hospital. JD and Elliot are medical and Turk is surgical. JD and Turk have been friends […]
Ex Machina
{5/5} “You’re wrong… Nathan… He isn’t your friend. You shouldn’t trust him. You shouldn’t trust anything he says.” Ex Machina, released in 2015 Caleb wins a contest and gets to spend a week with his boss. He’s flown by helicopter to a remote location. His boss Nathan offers him an opportunity, if he agrees to […]