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Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (2020)

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Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) By Emily Hubbard Cathy Yan paves the way for the future of the DCEU 4/5 Cameras 🎥🎥🎥🎥 Directed by: Cathy Yan Starring: Margot Robbie, Jurnee Smollett, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, and Rosie Perez Where to find it: Sky Cinema/ Now TV No Copyright Infringement Intended  The DCEU (DC Extended Universe) is a mess. It’s a fact that there’s no point in questioning, with the quality of its films fluctuating more than the bumps on a rollercoaster at your favourite theme park. There’s the good; with films such as Shazam and Wonder Woman, there’s the bad; Justice League and Batman vs Superman spring to mind, and there’s the mediocre sprinkled in between. This universe may be many things, but consistent it is not. More recently, however, the DCEU seems to have found its path to glory with James Gunn’s R-Rated take on The Suicide Squad (check out my 5-star review, also on this blog) leaning more into the whacky side of the com...

The Suicide Squad (2021)

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The Suicide Squad Review By Emily Hubbard Is this the best superhero movie ever made? James Gunn finds the perfect balance between humour, heart, and gore 5/5 cameras 🎥🎥🎥🎥🎥 - Directed by: James Gunn - Starring: Margot Robbie, Idris Elba, Viola Davis (and SO many more) - Where to find it: In Cinema Now No Copyright Infringement Intended   You could be forgiven for thinking that the movie market has been oversaturated with superhero content in 2021, what with the amount of Marvel Disney+ shows, films, and even Amazon Prime’s more adult-targeted superhero content. With even more yet to be released before the year is out. But every so often a film comes along that remoulds a genre and gives it a new lease of life. The Blair Witch Project (1999) did it with the ‘found footage’ genre of horror films, and Jaws (1975) did it for monster blockbusters. With the superhero, or rather super-villain, genre in this case, that film is THE Suicide Squad   James Gunn’s take o...