The Suicide Squad
{4/5} “Recently I made a promise to myself that the next time I got a boyfriend I’d be on the lookout for red flags. And if I saw any, I would do the healthy thing, and I would murder him.” — Harley Quinn The Suicide Squad, released in 2021 The Suicide Squad is on a […]
Birds of Prey
{4.5/5} “I’m telling you, if you want boys to respect you, you have to show them you’re serious. Blow something up. Shoot someone.” Birds of Prey aka Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn, released in 2020 Harley Quinn and the Joker have broken up. While drunk, she decides to blow […]
Orbiter 9
{3.5/5} “I know this is going to sound crazy to you, but we’re not where you think.” Orbiter 9, released in 2017 Helena is on a colony ship, alone and running out of oxygen — she only has the computer to keep her company. But a ship with an engineer is coming. Her parents left […]
Ana
{4.5/5} “‘I’m a car salesman.’ ‘Without any cars. When are you going to show some hustle?’” Ana, released in 2018 A hurricane hits Puerto Rico and Ana’s mother is arrested. She meets Rafa, a used car salesman. Rafa loses all his cars except the one he’s driving. Rafa tries to get money by betting on […]
The Water Man
{4/5} “You didn’t happen to bring a can opener or anything, did you?” The Water Man, released in 2020 Gunner’s mom has leukemia. He learns about the local myth of the Water Man, who might actually be real. A man tells him the story of how the Water Man drowned but came back to life, […]
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
{4.5/5} “Just because someone stumbles and loses their way doesn’t mean they’re lost forever.” Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, released in 2022 Doctor Strange fights alongside a young girl in his dream and then he meets her the next day. America says the dream wasn’t a dream but something that happened in another […]
A very nice, but fake, Batgirl trailer
Warner Brothers filmed a Batgirl movie for $90 million and then threw it in the garbage for mysterious reasons. Not only were we denied a potentially great movie, but we were denied the astonishing return of Michael Keaton as Bruce Wayne. Now the folks at Collider have created their own Batgirl trailer — they did […]
Rosaline
{4.5/5} “I’m afraid you’re not the first maiden he’s charmed with his high cheekbones and fancy words.” Rosaline, released in 2022 Romeo told Rosaline he was in love with her, and they agreed to meet the next day at the masquerade ball. But Rosaline was out on the water with one of the suitors her […]
Witness
{5/5} “‘Maybe, sergeant, you could do a little telephoning.’ ‘Yeah, maybe I could. But since the Amish don’t have any telephones I wouldn’t know who to call.’” Witness, released in 1985 Samuel, an Amish boy, witnesses a murder in a train station bathroom. While at the police station with the man assigned to the case, […]
Idiocracy
{4.5/5} “Evolution does not necessarily reward intelligence. With no natural predators to thin the herd, it began to simply reward those who reproduced the most.” Idiocracy, released in 2006 Joe is in the army and selected for an experimental project because of his averageness. He’s going to be frozen and awakened in one year. The […]