From Olivia Wilde’s third directorial film to a Korean action thriller, the choices are varied!

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Synopsis: "When an unexpected and ruthless adversary strikes too close to home, Kara Zor-El, aka Supergirl, reluctantly joins forces with an unlikely companion on an epic, interstellar journey of vengeance and justice."

"Momoa as LOBO is also another phenomenal casting in the movie, I am just dying to see more of him, he nails everything iconic about the character, he's funny AND badass. Rob Hardy's cinematography in this as expected is just so good, that camera was MOVING and the action sequences shine everytime."

The display of Kara's powers in this was to me, even better than Superman's. Neil Lamont's set design brought his sci-fi adventure to life, and it's just so damn refreshing as a DC fan to finally have a film set in the cosmos, concerning how vital it is to DC's world building. And this movie explores and expands those boundaries, with awesome alien designs, cultures, visually cool planets, different languages, and gadgets. 

The score was also so electric and the needle drops were very appropriate and fitting. But it's not perfect, just like Superman I wanted this story to be dissected a bit more and give us a more introspective look. And there was a couple of changes from the original novel I disliked and thought serviced this story less. The moments and payoff still hit, but I was left wanting more. Nevertheless this story perfectly kick starts Kara's heroine identity for future appearances, and the DCU is confidently two for two on the big screen with Craig Gillespie delivering a film worthy of being the second installment. 7.5/10"

Synopsis: "Coley, 17, from rural Oregon, navigates intimacy after her mother’s passing. Meeting Sonya sparks new feelings, but self-doubt hinders their connection. Sonya, unfamiliar with dating girls, is uncertain. They learn to embrace emotions."

Synopsis: "Joe and Angela’s marriage is on thin ice. When they invite their enigmatic upstairs neighbors for a dinner party, the night spirals into unexpected places."

Synopsis: "When Bonnie receives a Lilypad tablet as a gift and becomes obsessed, Buzz, Woody, Jessie and the rest of the gang’s jobs become exponentially harder when they have to go head to head with the all-new threat to playtime."

"finally a fresh perspective for the series other than woody, and one with a rich history that parallels this sequel’s narrative and its themes of growing up too quick or no longer being “of use” to your kid perfectly. the less said about how jessie’s backstory feeds into the emotional undercurrent of the movie - and the lessons she learns - the better, but man they really struck gold bringing her to the forefront. 

also, have to applaud how layered and complex the commentary on tech actually ends up being. not a parent (yet, though i hope to be someday), but i have taught young kids who are already hooked to these devices like their lives depend on it, and it’s broken my heart just as much watching how fast tech ages them up and how mean these machines can make them. but at the same time… tech can connect us with people we’d never meet otherwise and help us learn more about the world than we’ve ever known. 

it can’t ever fully replace human interaction, but it can certainly aid it, and it’s not always the black-and-white enemy it’s made out to be. that’s always been a tricky wrinkle to this debate that’s hard to address, but i think this movie walks that line unbelievably well and so much sharper than i expected it would. i mean, look at me now, typing out my thoughts on an app that sure, some would say has 'ruined' film discourse with its one-liners (sorry) and 'gamification' of movie watching, but one others would say brought them closer to like-minded cinephiles they would have never known elsewhere and exposed them to art they might not have given a chance to without learning of it here. hell, i met some people i’d call my best friends - including my boyfriend lol! - on here and twitter. my life wouldn’t be the same without this stuff, for better or for worse. 

so yeah, tech can be addictive and insidious and sometimes make me want to gauge and/or bawl my eyes out depending on the day, but it’s opened up my world a whole lot too. and though this film focuses on its impact on a much younger generation, i think what it has to say about its use - both the good and the bad - applies to all of us, and i’m just really impressed by how successfully they navigate the gray space, all while crafting such a hysterical and heartfelt animated adventure simultaneously. 

like i said at the start, i’m not sure any new toy story sequel could ever surpass the artistic and emotional heights of the original trilogy, but at the very least, as long as kids live in an ever-changing world, this one shows there will always be something new they have to say."

Synopsis: "After the daughter of Wang Wei is kidnapped by a criminal network and he receives no help from the corrupt police, Wei sets out on a rampage to find her himself. His only ally is Navin – a relentless journalist whose wife has mysteriously disappeared. Fueled by a furious vengeance, the unlikely duo ruthlessly fights against the kidnappers in this explosive martial arts showdown."

"There were moments where the fighters stopped feeling like separate people and started moving like a knot tightening and unraveling in real time. It’s hard to even describe properly because the action is so fluid and interconnected that your eyes are constantly trying to catch up with it. Every collision has this strange rhythm to it, as if the choreography is less about individual fighters and more about collective motion. 

Watching people become tangled together in combat was honestly mesmerizing. I found myself laughing in disbelief at certain moments because I couldn’t process how they even staged some of it. Even as someone who doesn’t watch a lot of movies of this kind, I could immediately tell The Furious was operating on a completely different level technically. It reminded me that action scenes can still evolve, that there are still filmmakers out there discovering entirely new ways for bodies to move through space on screen. 

I walked away feeling like I had just seen action cinema pushed into a completely different form. It gave me the same feeling I imagine people had watching a horror movie like Obsession for the first time. The sense that the genre had suddenly found a new language."

Synopsis: "A ‘Man from the Future’ arrives at an LA diner where he must recruit the precise combination of disgruntled patrons to join him on a one-night quest to save the world from the terminal threat of a rogue artificial intelligence."

Synopsis: "The tender, heartbreaking story of a young man’s struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain, and beauty of falling in love, while grappling with his own sexuality."