Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog
{5/5} “The world is a mess and I just… need to rule it.” Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, released in 2008 Dr. Horrible is trying to get into the Evil League of Evil — he has a letter of condemnation from the deputy mayor, so he thinks he’ll get in this year. In the meantime he […]
David and Goliath
{5/5} “Giants are not what we think they are. The same qualities that appear to give them strength are often the sources of great weakness.” David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants by Malcolm Gladwell, published in 2013 The story of David and Goliath is always told in a way that […]
Accelerando
{4.5/5} “His ideas are informed by a painfully honest humanism, and everyone — even his enemies — agrees that he is one of the greatest theoreticians of the post-EU era. But his intellectual integrity prevents him from rising to the very top, and his fellow travelers are much ruder about him than his ideological enemies, […]
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
{4.5/5} “Apes not kill apes.” Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, released in 2014 Somehow I forgot to review this movie when I saw it, so I’m reviewing it now. The apes and the humans have left each other alone for years. But one town of humans is fast running out of electricity and […]
Modern Family (season 6)
{5/5} “Usually when everything’s normal, people don’t respond in perfectly rehearsed unison.” Modern Family season 6, aired in 2014-15 Phil and Claire have trouble dealing with their new annoying neighbours, Alex is making plans to go to college, and Haley and Andy have been hanging out a lot. Cam coaches football, and Manny joins the […]
Agents of SHIELD (season 2)
{4.5/5} “‘Well, you wouldn’t be the first person to have parents with misguided intentions.’ ‘Nope, just the first whose crazy dad lured her to an alien city to get earthquake powers.’” Agents of SHIELD season 2, aired in 2014-15 Coulson and his team try to rebuild SHIELD after the devastating attack from within by Hydra. […]
St. Vincent
{4.5/5} “He don’t like people. People don’t like him. Except cat, and you. Why you like him?” St. Vincent, released in 2014 Maggie and her son Oliver move in next door to Vincent. Despite Vincent’s grouchy nature he suggests that he babysit Oliver after school — he needs the money. Maggie’s ex-husband is trying to […]
The Story of Luke
{4.5/5} The Story of Luke, released in 2012 Luke is somewhere on the autistic spectrum. His grandmother homeschooled him but now that she’s dead he’s living with his aunt and uncle. He decides he needs to get a job so that he can be independent — and find himself a girlfriend. It’s a nice movie […]
Inception
{5/5} “An idea is like a virus. Resilient. Highly contagious. And even the smallest seed of an idea can grow. It can grow to define or destroy you.” Inception, released in 2010 There are people who go into other people’s dreams and steal things from them. They can even create dreams within dreams. But what […]
The Gum Thief
{4.5/5} “I think if human beings had genuine courage, they’d wear their costumes every day of the year, not just on Halloween. Wouldn’t life be more interesting that way? And now that I think about it, why the heck don’t they? Who made the rule that everybody has to dress like sheep 364 days of […]