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The Agency: Hawk from a Handsaw  Season 1, Ep 3

Henry questions Martian's thinking. Bosko is briefed on a top-secret operation. Poppy makes a startling discovery. Martian confronts Sami about why she's in London and finds a needle in a haystack before a heated session with Dr. Blake.
posted by extramundane on Dec 7, 2024 - 1 comment

The Agency: Wooden Duck  Season 1, Ep 2

Dr. Blake arrives from Langley and is put to a test by Martian and Henry. A spooked source threatens to put an operation at risk. Danny's cover is put in play. Martian, overtaken by events, begins to question Sami's motives.
posted by extramundane on Nov 30, 2024 - 2 comments

The Agency: The Bends  Season 1, Ep 1

Season premiere. Adaptation of Le Bureau des Légendes. [more inside]
posted by extramundane on Nov 30, 2024 - 5 comments

What If...?: What If... Hela Found the Ten Rings?  Season 2, Ep 7

In which Odin sends Hela to Midgard instead of her room own personal dimension. [more inside]
posted by Karmakaze on Dec 28, 2023 - 6 comments

What If...?: What if… Captain Carter Fought the Hydra Stomper?  Season 2, Ep 5

The Watcher does not normally do sequels but... [more inside]
posted by Karmakaze on Dec 26, 2023 - 7 comments

What If...?: What if… Iron Man Crashed Into the Grandmaster?  Season 2, Ep 4

Here we have the 'missing' episode from season 1 that was the source of the Gamora we met in What If…The Watcher Broke His Oath? [more inside]
posted by Karmakaze on Dec 25, 2023 - 9 comments

Movie: American Fiction

Thelonious "Monk" Ellison (Jeffrey Wright)'s writing career has stalled because his work isn't deemed "Black enough." Monk, a writer and English professor, writes a satirical novel under a pseudonym, aiming to expose the publishing world's hypocrisies. The book's immediate success forces him to get deeper enmeshed in his assumed identity and challenges his closely-held worldviews. (Based on Percival Everett's Erasure.) [more inside]
posted by praemunire on Dec 10, 2023 - 30 comments

Movie: The Batman

When the Riddler, a sadistic serial killer, begins murdering key political figures in Gotham, Batman is forced to investigate the city's hidden corruption and question his family's involvement.
posted by guiseroom on Mar 4, 2022 - 42 comments

Movie: The French Dispatch

A love letter to journalists set in an outpost of an American newspaper in a fictional twentieth century French city that brings to life a collection of stories published in "The French Dispatch Magazine". [more inside]
posted by vacapinta on Oct 21, 2021 - 31 comments

What If...?: …The Watcher Broke His Oath?  Season 1, Ep 9

The Uatcher gathers heroes all across the multiverse for one final battle against "Ultra-Vison" [more inside]
posted by Karmakaze on Oct 6, 2021 - 41 comments

What If...?: … Killmonger Rescued Tony Stark?  Season 1, Ep 6

An American soldier called Killmonger rescues Tony Stark when his Humvee is attacked in Afghanistan. [more inside]
posted by Karmakaze on Sep 15, 2021 - 26 comments

What If...?: …the World Lost Its Mightiest Heroes?  Season 1, Ep 3

Nick Fury struggles to launch The Avengers when candidates are targeted by a serial killer. [more inside]
posted by Karmakaze on Aug 25, 2021 - 50 comments

What If...?: … Captain Carter Were the First Avenger?  Season 1, Ep 1

When Steve Rogers is seriously injured, Peggy Carter becomes the world's first super soldier. [more inside]
posted by Karmakaze on Aug 11, 2021 - 64 comments

Westworld: Riddle of the Sphinx  Season 2, Ep 4

Is this now? If you're looking forward, you're looking in the wrong direction [more inside]
posted by litera scripta manet on May 13, 2018 - 89 comments

Movie: Syriana

A politically charged epic about the state of the oil industry in the hands of those personally involved and affected by it. [more inside]
posted by MoonOrb on Mar 19, 2018 - 3 comments

Westworld: Chestnut  Rewatch   Season 1, Ep 2

A pair of guests arrive at Westworld with different expectations; Bernard and Theresa Cullen debate about the recent host anomaly; a behavior engineer tweaks the emotions of a madam in Sweetwater's brothel; a cocky programmer pitches a new narrative. [more inside]
posted by elsietheeel on Mar 9, 2018 - 2 comments

Westworld: The Original  Rewatch   Season 1, Ep 1

As another day of fantasy plays out in Westworld - a vast, remote park where guests pay top dollar to share wild-west adventures with android "hosts" - top programmer Bernard Lowe alerts park founder Dr. Robert Ford about incidents of aberrant behavior cropping up in some recently re-coded hosts. Meanwhile, in the Westworld town of Sweetwater, a rancher's daughter named Dolores encounters a gunslinger named Teddy in the street - but their predictable narrative is upended by the appearance of a ruthless Man in Black and, later, by a supporting host's unscripted encounter with an artifact of the outside world. [more inside]
posted by elsietheeel on Mar 9, 2018 - 7 comments

Westworld: The Original  Season 1, Ep 1

As another day of fantasy plays out in Westworld - a vast, remote park where guests pay top dollar to share wild-west adventures with android "hosts" - top programmer Bernard Lowe alerts park founder Dr. Robert Ford about incidents of aberrant behavior cropping up in some recently re-coded hosts. Meanwhile, in the Westworld town of Sweetwater, a rancher's daughter named Dolores encounters a gunslinger named Teddy in the street - but their predictable narrative is upended by the appearance of a ruthless Man in Black and, later, by a supporting host's unscripted encounter with an artifact of the outside world. [more inside]
posted by gladly on Oct 3, 2016 - 75 comments

Movie: Quantum of Solace

James Bond descends into mystery as he tries to stop a mysterious organization from eliminating a country's most valuable resource. All the while, he still tries to seek revenge over the death of his love. [more inside]
posted by doctornecessiter on Oct 22, 2015 - 27 comments

Movie: Casino Royale

Armed with a licence to kill, Secret Agent James Bond sets out on his first mission as 007 and must defeat a weapons dealer in a high stakes game of poker at Casino Royale, but things are not what they seem. [more inside]
posted by doctornecessiter on Oct 15, 2015 - 37 comments

Movie: Source Code

CRFC3: In Source Code, Jake Gyllenhaal plays soldier Colter Stevens who finds himself in an experimental computer simulation, taking on the life of another in a desperate attempt to find the person who bombed a commuter train in Chicago. [more inside]
posted by codacorolla on Nov 10, 2014 - 16 comments

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