The Batman: Every Fan's Fantasy But Not A Masterpiece
The Batman (2022): Every Fan's Fantasy But Not A Masterpiece, As a superhero nerd and a childhood fan of Batman, the film is like a dream come true. Check out movie review, summary & movieplot

The Batman (2022): Every Fan's Fantasy But Not A Masterpiece, As a superhero nerd and a childhood fan of Batman, the film is like a dream come true. Check out movie review, summary & movieplot
I write for a diversity-focused film review blog, so I’ll be honest: I really wanted to like Pretty Lethal. Starring Maddie Ziegler, Lana Condor, Iris Apatow, Avantika, and Millicent Simmonds, Amazon Prime’s new thriller seemed like it would be a girl power movie about dancers with a horror action twist. Sort of a Suspiria for teens. But with shallow and unlikeable characters, a confusing plot, an overreliance on violence, and cringey dialogue, any fun the movie started out with was quickly lost. What was left was a faint echo of greater horror movies about dancers made before.
In Tall Girl, Jodi learns to stand tall and find confidence within.
“I’m always interested in exploring female fantasy, and the sexy witch is a loaded archetype that is simultaneously about men’s fears and fantasies about women, and women’s feelings of empowerment and agency. So whereas we are used to seeing the sexy witch or the femme fatale from the outside, I wanted to explore her from the inside.” - Anna Biller, on why she made The Love Witch
Treated like a granter of wishes for those earning out of retelling the same tragedy, Marilyn looks like she's caged in different stages of trauma for us to stare at, instead of someone we’ve finally allowed to rest in peace.
"There is something going on between us that I cannot unravel."