The (Dixie) Chicks – March March
Here are The Chicks (rebranded sans Dixie) with the official video for “March March,” the third single off their eighth album Gaslighter.
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June 2020
That Harley Quinn Birds of Prey Movie
- Title: Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn
- IMDb: link
I had much the same reaction to Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn as to Suicide Squad. There’s low-rent fun to be had here in this crass tale of Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie) striking out on her own after leaving the Joker. Robbie reprises her role from Suicide Squad, but is forced to carry much more of the story this time around. The script makes Harley the film’s narrator, often telling events out of order or forgetting key points. The idea is fun for a few minutes, but this isn’t Rashomon or Memento. It’s a B-movie with delusions of grandeur.
On the bad side of mob boss Black Mask (Ewan McGregor), and no longer under the Joker’s protection, Harley finds herself working off a debt by tracking down a young street thief (Ella Jay Basco) in possession of a diamond far more valuable than anyone realizes. She’s also got to stay one-step ahead of Renee Montoya (Rosie Perez), the film’s cliched one good cop in the city.
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Batman: The Adventures Continue #6
- Title: Batman: The Adventures Continue #5
- Comic Vine: link
- Writers: Alan Burnett, Paul Dini
- Artist: Ty Templeton
On orders from Lex Luthor, Deathstroke finally shows his true colors while luring Batman into his trap by promising the Dark Knight Detective a chance to take down Firefly (who, like Deathstroke, isn’t what “he” appears to be).
While still on the periphery of the larger story, and not willing to see someone take out Batman and ruin his plans, Jason Todd leaves just enough clues for Batgirl and Robin to show up and help lend a hand against the assassin. Although, did Batman really need their help?
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The Invisible Man
- Title: The Invisible Man
- IMDb: link
There have been several versions of The Invisible Man over the years. The latest, from writer/director Leigh Whannell puts the focus on the victim of the title character rather than the Invisible Man himself offering a thriller about an abusive husband using advanced technology to gaslight the wife who has left him. Elisabeth Moss stars here as the terrified woman who even those closest to her believe is going insane.
When the film stays grounded (as grounded as a film about an invisible man driving his wife mad can be) it succeeds, leaving both Moss and the audience to question where the Invisible Man is in every scene (or if he’s even there at all). I think The Invisible Man would have made an excellent short film. As a feature, Whannell struggles to keep the suspense in place as the film gets increasingly goofy when our antagonist ups his game. The film’s unimaginative boilerplate ending also left me cold.
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Young Justice #15
- Title: Young Justice #15
- Comic Vine: link
- Writers: Brian Michael Bendis, David Walker
- Artists: John Timms, Scott Godlewski
Since the beginning of the series characters of been bouncing around the Multiverse, but with Young Justice #15 Superboy and the rest of the expanded Young Justice cast are finally back together on Earth. After quickly wrapping up the lingering plot thread of Dr. Glory (who Conner isn’t above toying with before turning her over to the FBI), the comic moves to the larger issue of Conner’s place in the world by Bart explaining the idea of Crisis while Superboy was on Gemworld and how this Earth was reshaped in his absence.
For teenagers, many of them take quite new to the super-hero game, they take the news of universal reset by some force unknown fairly well. And Superboy appears happy just to be home, with plenty of feels to go around (although he realizes Bart knows more than he’s telling).
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