Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
{4/5} “‘You weren’t kidding. You are in the CIA.’ ‘Somebody has to be.’” Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, released in 2014 Jack Ryan is a financial analyst who secretly works for the CIA. When he discovers a Russian plot to devastate the US economy he flies to Moscow to do whatever he can to stop it. […]
Hotel Transylvania
{4/5} “He’s not talking to you. First you tell us humans are bad, now they’re good, what else? Up is down, cold is hot, gremlins don’t smell.” Hotel Transylvania, released in 2012 Dracula runs a hotel for monsters, a place where they can be safe from bloodthirsty humans. Dracula wants to keep his daughter Mavis […]
Star Trek: No Time Like the Past
{4.5/5} Star Trek: No Time Like the Past by Greg Cox, published in 2014 Seven of Nine is investigating a mysterious signal when she’s whisked into the past and comes face to face with Captain James T. Kirk. They must work together to return Seven to her own time. Meanwhile the Orions have found out […]
Beautiful Lies
{4/5} Beautiful Lies, released in 2010 Emilie runs a hair salon. She receives an anonymous love letter — unbeknownst to her it’s from Jean, who works for her. Emilie is not interested in the letter for herself but decides to send it to her mom to cheer her up. It’s about mistaken identities. Anyone that […]
Liberal Arts
{4.5/5} “I sometimes feel like I’m looking down on myself. Like there’s this older, wiser me watching over this 19-year-old rough draft, who’s full of all this potential, but has to live more to catch up with that other self somehow. And, uh, I know I’ll get there. It’s just sometimes I think I want […]
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff
{4.5/5} “It’s wildly irritating to have invented something as revolutionary as sarcasm, only to have it abused by amateurs.” Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore, published in 2002 It’s been decided that it’s time for Biff to tell his story — he was a friend of Jesus when they […]
Freaks and Geeks (season 1)
{4.5/5} “You know, there was a girl in our school… and she had premarital sex. Know what she did on her graduation day? Died! Of a heroin overdose!” — Lindsay and Sam’s dad Freaks and Geeks season 1, aired in 1999-2000 This show only lasted 1 season. It takes place in the 1980s. Lindsay is […]
Fringe (season 5)
{4.5/5} “This is very important. Do not, under any circumstances… is that raspberry filling?” Fringe season 5, aired in 2012-13 The last season, and it’s a shorter one. It takes place 21 years in the future, when the observers have taken over the planet. There’s a resistance, and Olivia and Peter’s daughter is part of […]
Fringe (season 4)
{4.5/5} “Despite my efforts to set things right, these actions only culminated to further corruption of the timeline. The war between the two universes, drastically altered destinies, brought about a child that was not meant to be.” Fringe season 4, aired in 2011-12 Peter has been erased from existence. Both Olivia and Walter are seeing […]
Adult World
{4/5} “That’s good. Continue to fail. If you want to make art, you have to fail. And so, the hardest job is to fail better.” Adult World, released in 2013 Amy has graduated from college — she majored in poetry. She’s an adult now, so she has to find a job. She’s trying to sell […]