About Time
{5/5} “We’re all traveling through time together, every day of our lives. All we can do is do our best to relish this remarkable ride.” When Tim turns 21, his father tells him something completely unbelievable: all the men in their family can travel back in time. It’s true, and it’s easy to do: go […]
Her
{5/5} “Sometimes I think I have felt everything I’m ever gonna feel. And from here on out, I’m not gonna feel anything new. Just lesser versions of what I’ve already felt.” Theodore works at a company that creates handwritten letters that their clients get to send to their loved ones. Theodore has been writing the […]
The Lego Movie
{5/5} “I only work in black. And sometimes very, very dark grey.” — Batman Emmet is a regular guy — he works in construction, and always follows instructions. When he stumbles upon someone who isn’t where she should be, he gets caught up in something he couldn’t imagine. After Emmet falls down a hole he […]
An Opening Act of Unspeakable Evil
{4/5} “Most people think that if you have a poster and stuff, everything’s set in stone and organized to the last detail. Most people have never organized an event. Really, all a poster is is a bold declaration: we are going to get together, for this reason, at this time, in this place, and you’re […]
Callahan’s Crosstime Saloon
{4/5} “We abhor violence. The fact that you can be induced to inflict it upon yourselves, is, to us, proof that you are food, less-than-Krundai. If you and other races did not spare us the necessity, we should be forced to kill our own food like beasts. But the Great Brood saw our needs and […]
The Reality Dysfunction
{4.5/5} “When their full size has been reached they slide up out of the water to range through the planetwide jungle. Gills adapt to breathe the harsh musky air, tentacle muscles strengthen to support the drooping limbs away from the water’s cosy buoyancy. And they eat, rummaging through the matted undergrowth with insistent horns to […]
Burn Notice (season 3)
{5/5} “You know, Michael, I’d appreciate it if when you stopped by it wasn’t only to lose your police tail.” Since Michael is no longer being protected by Management, the police are taking an interest in him. Michael is still trying to get his old job back, which Fiona isn’t particularly happy about. Michael, Fiona, […]
Expendable
{4.5/5} “There are no medical centers on unexplored planets. Death may come with savage abruptness or the stealthy creep of alien disease. In a society where people expect to ease comfortably out of this world at a ripe old age, the thought of anyone being killed in the prime of life is deeply disturbing. If […]
The Girl in the Park
{4/5} “I am happy for you… Can I go home now?” Julia’s daughter disappeared in the park one day. Sixteen years later she works a lot, eats by herself, and resists meeting her son’s fiancée. She meets Louise, a young woman who’s crying in a restaurant, and listens to her story. Julia finds herself wanting […]
A Bridge Too Far
{4.5/5} “Actually the plan’s really very simple. We’re going to fly 35 000 men 300 miles and drop them behind enemy lines. It’ll be the largest airborne operation ever mounted. Quite frankly, this kind of thing’s never been attempted before.” It’s 1944. The Allies have cancelled a bunch of their recent plans for one reason […]