Mini Movie Reviews: Agatha Christie

Today's theme is the Queen of Crime featuring films by Sidney Lumet, Guy Hamilton, René Clair, George Pollock, and John Guillermin.

Heated Rivalry: Rookies

"This is such a bad idea."

I never thought that I would love a show based on gay hocket smut, and yet here we are and it is truly glorious. And it's so much more than that flippant description would imply.

Avatar: Fire and Ash

“This world goes deeper than you think.”

Minor Spoilers

The prodigal sci-fi/fantasy franchise returns.

The Truth by Terry Pratchett (Discworld 25)

“Really true? Who knows? This is a newspaper, isn't it? It just has to be true until tomorrow.”

The twenty-fifth Discworld book is focused on the twin cities of Ankh-Morpork and some world-building. Dwarves there have invented the printing press, and this means the floodgates of new ideas are opened, and not everyone approves.

Stranger Things: Season Five Discussion

We're covering the fifth and final season of Stranger Things with a discussion post. Five of the Agents of Doux participated.

And we're off! Please note that this discussion is chock full o' spoilers. If you haven't seen season five yet and you plan to, you might want to come back later.

Nero the Assassin: The Girl

My loved ones are probably dead already. But for a brief moment, the orphan I was would have known the happiness of having a family.

Episode description: “While sheltering in the winding slums, Perla reflects on her prophesied destiny as Néro creates a desperate plan to protect her.”

The Leftovers: Solace for Tired Feet

"It's a girl!"

After the emotional high of "Guest", it was probably inevitable that we'd get more of a workhorse episode. It did include a few noteworthy plot developments…

Discussion: What Are Your Best & Worst of 2025?

The Agents of DOUX have posted their Best of 2025 lists, but that doesn't mean we've got a comprehensive database of the good, the bad, and the weird.

So we're turning it over to you, the Doux Reviews readers: what were your best TV shows and movies this year? What about books? Video games? This is also a great place to talk about the stuff that wasn't necessarily good, but stuck with you in some odd way.

Samantha's Favorites of 2025

I actually didn't consume a lot of entertainment this year, at least when compared to previous years. I have a rather strange list, which is a mishmash of movies, shows, games, actors and their performances that I found to be the best of 2025. I also didn't really want to narrow things down, which sounds lazy except I ended up with list of 25.

I'll keep each entry short (mostly).

Pluribus: Season One Review

"Some of you think the world might be better off this way."

Vince Gilligan’s new show Pluribus introduces us to a world in which an extraterrestrial virus renders all but about a dozen people on earth into, basically, the Borg, if the Borg were Midwestern Nice and obsessed with galactic domination.

This review is spoiler free until the Darian Gap. Cross the Darian Gap at your own risk!

Idiocracy

“So you’re supposed to be really smart? I thought your head would be bigger…”

Imagine, if you will, a world of the future built on the foundation of a civilization in which man’s intelligence was disincentivized while his stupidity was nurtured and rewarded with reckless abandon. This is not The Twilight Zone. This is not the United States in the 2020s. This is the 2006 satirical comedy film known as Idiocracy.

JRS' Best of 2025

The trick, I guess, is to just keep moving.

JRS reviews classic holiday tearjerkers to rewatch before the New Year.