Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (season 2)

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{5/5} “In the mystery and vastness of space, we might not just satisfy our curiosity, our need for exploration, but that in it we might each also find salvation.” — Una Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2, aired in 2023 While the Enterprise is in spacedock, Captain Pike leaves to find a laywer for […]

Scared Shrekless

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{4.5/5} “No one has ever made cookies with this much sugar. You are playing with forces far beyond your comprehension!” — the Muffin Man Scared Shrekless, released in 2010 Shrek takes the kids for their first Halloween. Back at their house, Donkey and their friends try to scare them, but Shrek says ogres don’t get […]

Shrek the Halls

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{4.5/5} “‘How many babies does Fiona have?’ ‘Fiona has babies?’” — Two of the Three Little Pigs Shrek the Halls, released in 2007 When Fiona expresses excitement about Christmas, Shrek decides he must find out what the deal is. He goes to the bookstore and the bookseller shows him a book called Christmas for Village […]

Shrek Forever After

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{4.5/5} “This is the part where you run away.” Shrek Forever After, released in 2010 Years ago the king and queen were about to make a deal with Rumpelstiltskin when Fiona was rescued by Shrek. Shrek and Fiona are raising three kids, and Shrek misses the days when he scared people away. He expresses that […]

Shrek the Third

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{4/5} “This is like totally embarrassing, but my friend Tiffany thinkest thou vex her so soothly and she thought perchance thou would want to ask her to the homecoming dance or something.” Shrek the Third, released in 2007 Shrek and Fiona are filling in for the king and queen while the king is sick, but […]

Shrek 2

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{4.5/5} “I’m a real boy!” — Pinocchio, when he gets hit by the Fair Godmother’s wand Shrek 2, released in 2004 When Prince Charming arrives at the castle where Princess Fiona was imprisoned he finds out he’s too late — she’s already been rescued. Shrek and Fiona return home from their honeymoon, and they’re summoned […]

Shrek

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{5/5} “Some of you may die, but it’s a sacrifice I’m willing to make.” — Lord Farquad Shrek, released in 2001 When a talking donkey runs away from people who are rounding up fairy creatures, he runs into an ogre named Shrek. Shrek scares away the men who come with pitchforks to capture them. The […]

Trader

Posted by Dave Switzer under Reviews of books

{4.5/5} “Part of who we are is dependent on our memories, on where we’ve been and what’s we’ve done with our lives, how the past has shaped us. But part of it depends on how others see us, too. If everybody treats you like a loser, it’s hard not to be a loser. Buddy treats […]

Mystery Men

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{4/5} “‘If one person vomits in my pool, I’m going to divorce you.’ ‘That’s fair.’” Mystery Men, released in 1999 The Shoveler, the Blue Raja, and Mr. Furious are superheroes, sort of. They try to be helpful, but they’re really not very good at it. Captain Amazing, on the other hand, is a professional. But […]

Secret Invasion

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{4.5/5} “‘I haven’t even gone on my mid-life crisis shopping spree yet. What did you get for yours?’ ‘The Avengers.’” — Talos & Fury Secret Invasion, aired in 2023 When Nick Fury returns to Earth, he is informed that the Skrulls on Earth — who can look just like humans and survive in abandoned nuclear […]