Kill all Ken

BARBIE

2023

Directed by Greta Gerwig

Written by Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig

Spoilers: high

Once upon a time in Hollywood

BABYLON

2022

Written and directed by Damien Chazelle

Spoilers: high, sorta—I'm not going to actually spoil the plot, such as it is, but there's just no point in writing about this without writing about the last ten minutes, and I guess you probably ought to see it as unsullied as possible, so I'll try to section it off

Seriously, why won't you play Freebird?

THE SUICIDE SQUAD

2021

Written and directed by James Gunn

Spoiler alert: moderate

Tears of a clown

BIRDS OF PREY (AND THE FANTABULOUS EMANCIPATION OF ONE HARLEY QUINN)

2020

Directed by Kathy Yan

Written by Christina Hodson

Spoiler alert: moderate

Neighbors

ONCE UPON A TIME... IN HOLLYWOOD

I never thought I'd be checking my watch during a Tarantino film, but here we are.

2019

Written and directed by Quentin Tarantino

Spoiler alert: high

It's shite being Scottish

MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS

In case Wikipedia goes down, there's still Mary Queen of Scots.

2018

Directed by Josie Rourke

Written by Beau Willimon (based on the book Queen of Scots: The True Life of Mary Stuart by John Guy)

Spoiler alert: a Stuart and their head are often soon parted

Play "Freebird"!

SUICIDE SQUAD

Forget the hype!  Suicide Squad isn't the worst movie of the year.  No, sir: it merely sucks in all the ordinary ways.

Written and directed by David Ayer

With Will Smith (Floyd Lawton/Deadshot), Margot Robbie (Dr. Harleen Quinzel/Harley Quinn), Joel Kinnaman (Col. Rick Flag), Jai Courtney (Digger Harkness/Captain Boomerang), Jay Hernandez (Chato Santana/El Diablo), Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (Waylon Jones/Killer Croc), Karen Fukuhara (Tatsu Yamashiro/Katana), Adam Beach (Christopher Weiss/Slipknot), Viola Davis (Amanda Waller), Jared Leto (The Joker), and Cara Delavingne (Dr. June Moone/Enchantress)

Spoiler alert: moderate

Pros with cons

FOCUS

Focus is a world-traveling caper that is enjoyable throughout its every single moment, from the opening shot till the roll of the credits, and it leaves you wanting more—albeit, somewhat unfortunately, in both the good and bad meanings of that phrase.  But, I should add, mostly the good.

2015
Written and directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa
With Will Smith (Nicky), Margot Robbie (Jess), Adrian Martinez (Farhad), Brennan Brown (Horst), BD Wong (Liyuan), Rodrigo Santoro (Garriga), and Gerald McRaney (Owens)

Spoiler alert: moderate