The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
{5/5} “Is that supposed to be me? It’s grotesque… I’ll give you $20 000 for it.” The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, released in 2022 Nick Cage is approached by a director about a movie, and he very much wants to do it — he thinks it’s the role of a lifetime. Meanwhile, his daughter […]
Jurassic World Dominion
{4.5/5} “You put two apex predators in one valley, pretty soon there’s only one.” Jurassic World Dominion, released in 2022 Dinosaurs have spread across the Earth. Biosyn Genetics wants to bring them to the mountains in Italy, and hopes to gain pharmaceutical knowledge from studying them. Claire and Owen are both rescuing dinosaurs. They’re also […]
The Resort (season 1)
{4.5/5} “Just in case he’s on his way back here to kill us, happy anniversary.” The Resort season 1, aired in 2022 Emma and Noah are at a resort in Mexico celebrating their 10th anniversary. They are not exactly on the same brain wavelength, though. Emma stumbles across an old cell phone and discovers that […]
Space Sweepers
{4.5/5} “Earth used to be the symbol of life. Space, death. Now through the miracle of technology, we can go fishing in a stream above the sky.” Space Sweepers, released in 2021 A group of people who look for garbage to trade in for cash stumble across what looks like a little girl. But it’s […]
Lightyear
{4/5} “Mission failure imminent. Please record your last words.” Lightyear, released in 2022 Buzz Lightyear’s ship gets stranded on a planet with giant vines that try to strangle you. He and his team take a year to gather the resources on the planet that they need in order to fix their ship. His first test […]
The Employees
{4.5/5} “After the objects came on board, everyone’s mood has lifted noticeably, but to them it’s something special. To us, the objects are like an artificial postcard from Earth. To them, they’re a postcard from the future.” The Employees: a workplace novel of the twenty-second century by Olga Ravn, published in 2020 Some objects from […]
The Old Guard
{5/5} “I found the new one. She stabbed me, so I think she has potential.” The Old Guard, released in 2020 Andy heads a team of 4 — they rescue good guys, and kill bad guys. Now they’re going to South Sudan, to rescue a group of captured students. The whole team is killed. But […]
Star Trek: Year Five — Odyssey’s End
{4.5/5} “But as long as I’m breathing, I swear I’ll never lose the hope that lies just beyond the horizon, the unknown that calls us to empathy, not hate.” Star Trek: Year Five — Odyssey’s End by Jackson Landing & Collin Kelly, Brandon Easton, and Jody Holiser, published in 2020 Captain James T. Kirk and […]
Star Trek: A Contest of Principles
{4.5/5} “Some of us still remember what Vok did to our world in the Before Time, how they all but destroyed our civilization, forcing us to waste millenia clawing our way back from the wreckage. If not for Vok, we’d be more advanced than your Federation by now, or the Klingons or the Romulans. We […]
Everything Everywhere All at Once
{4/5} “You’re only using the other worlds to apply special skills, do you understand? If you fall for the temptation you can invite contradiction, chaos… You could die, or far worse.” Everything Everywhere All at Once, released in 2022 Evelyn runs a laundromat, she looks after her father, and she’s planning a Chinese New Year’s […]