Artemis
{4.5/5} “You can’t gestate a baby in lunar gravity — it leads to birth defects. And you can’t raise a baby here, anyway. It’s terrible for bone and muscle development. When I moved here I was six years old — that was the minimum age for residency back then. Since then they’ve bumped it up […]
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
{4/5} “Hold my horse.” Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, released in 2023 Indiana Jones’s friend Basil was obsessed with the antikythera, built by Archimedes. The two of them took half of it from the Nazis in the old days. Now Basil’s daughter, Helena, has taken it from Indy and intends to sell it […]
Whose Line is it Anyway? (season 20)
{4.5/5} “You three are going to sing like a doo-wop group from the 50s but you’re going to sing about Mandy, who died tragically in a garden store-related accident.” Whose Line is it Anyway? season 20, aired in 2023 Several episodes contain outtakes from other shows — they are funny ones. They even play a […]
Star Trek: SNW — The High Country
{4.5/5} “Pike did his best to respond to Cyrus like an out-of-towner and not an offworlder, but he couldn’t help but be fascinated by this long-lost twin culture, separated at birth and by four hundred very different years. The town’s infrastructure was the work of volunteers using donated goods. Want, when it existed, lasted only […]
The Prestige
{5/5} “He’s a natural magician. Course you can’t trust him.” The Prestige, released in 2006 Borden and Angier are rival magicians. Angier’s wife Julia was killed when she couldn’t escape from a water tank fast enough. Angier blames Borden because he’s the one who tied the knot around Julia’s hands. When Borden does a bullet […]
Homecoming
{5/5} “Small pleasant moments of recognition were everywhere. The smooth oak banister of the staircase was familiar beneath her hand, its satin luster hinting at recent waxing. On the hallstand at the top, an antique washstand jug held another of Nora’s Christmas bush and flowering gum arrangements. The jug was Nora’s favourite, despite the chip […]
The Illusionist
{5/5} “There’s no trick they haven’t seen.” The Illusionist, released in 2006 Eduard and Sophie are childhood friends but are separated because of their social stature. Eduard moves away for 15 years, studying magic. When he returns he goes by the name Eisenheim the Illusionist. Everyone is impressed with his magic, including the prince. Prince […]
The Flash
{5/5} “You’ve got to start letting me finish my sentences.” The Flash, released in 2023 Alfred calls the Barry Allen, the Flash, to help with a sinkhole next to a hospital — which turns into a wing of the hospital collapsing. After using his super speed to get to Gotham, the Flash has to recharge […]
Batman Returns
{3.5/5} “What I’d like to do first is put these little glove things on you. Research tells us that voters like fingers.” Batman Returns, released in 1992 Oswald Cobblepot was so ugly as a baby that his parents threw him over a bridge. He survived, and was raised by penguins. Decades later Max Shreck wants […]
Batman
{4.5/5} “Can somebody tell me what kind of a world we live in where a man dressed up like a bat gets all of my press?” Batman, released in 1989 Commissioner Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent have vowed to rid Gotham City of organized crime, and the man at the top is Carl Grissom. […]