I’m Thinking of Ending Things
{2.5/5} “Everything is tinged, OK? That’s the thing you have to realize… Coloured by mood, by emotion, by past experience. There is no objective reality.” I’m Thinking of Ending Things, released in 2020 A young woman is on a road trip with her boyfriend Jake. She likes him, but she’s having second thoughts about their […]
Star Trek: Voyager — Mosaic
{4.5/5} “But to consider oneself part of an even greater group — of the family of the galaxies and all their myriad species — was to feel a fortunate child, with millions of aunts, uncles, and cousins, to be alone nowhere in the universe. To Kathryn that was one of the wondrous privileges of life […]
Enola Holmes
{4.5/5} “There are two paths you can take, Enola: yours, or the path others choose for you.” Enola Holmes, released in 2020 Enola’s mother has disappeared, and her brothers Sherlock and Mycroft — neither of whom she’s seen in years — return home. Mycroft’s plan for Enola is to send her to a boarding school, […]
Ocean’s Twelve
{4.5/5} “It’s not in my nature to be mysterious, but I can’t talk about it and I can’t talk about why.” Ocean’s Twelve, released in 2004 Terry Benedict, a dangerous man, has figured out who robbed his casinos and he wants his money back — in 2 weeks. In order to get it to him, […]
Ocean’s Eleven
{5/5} “Well, if I’m reading this right — I’d like to think that I am — this is probably the least accessible vault ever designed.” Ocean’s Eleven, released in 2001 Danny Ocean, having just gotten out of prison, is planning his next heist. It’s a complicated one, will require a bunch of people — eleven […]
Interference
{4.5/5} “I still do not know why fires keep appearing at the edge of the plains. I have too many mysteries, and they have all come at the same time, like fruit that ripens at once. They might be the same kind of fruit, then, perhaps from the same tree. Which tree?” Interference by Sue […]
Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog
{4.5/5} “I also need to be a little bit more careful about what I say on this blog. Apparently the LAPD and Captain Hammer are among our viewers.” Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, released in 2008 Dr. Horrible wants to rule the world. He has a video blog in which he talks to his fans, and […]
Contact
{4.5/5} “My hope is that we can find a common ground, break through any obstacles that may have kept us apart.” Contact, released in 1997 Ellie Arroway is a SETI researcher — she listens for signals from space using a series of giant telescopes. One day she hears a pattern — and it’s determined that […]
Big Fish
{5/5} “Now there comes a point when a reasonable man will swallow his pride and admit that he’s made a terrible mistake. The truth is, I was never a reasonable man.” Big Fish, released in 2003 Edward Bloom has led a life filled with one fantastic thing after another — that is, if you believe […]
Noumenon Ultra
{4.5/5} “I think about the lives of my ancestors and what they have meant to the future. Life itself may have a greater purpose. I know the creation of more means something, though I can’t say what. Maybe each civilization is a piece of the purpose, and when one affects another we are all closer […]