Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
First screened in July 2025
Director: Cathy Yan. Cast: Margot Robbie, Ella Jay Basco, Rosie Perez, Jurnee Smollett, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Ewan McGregor, Chris Messina, ALi Wong, Dana Lee, Robert Catrini, Bojana Novakovic. Screenplay: Christina Hodson (based on characters created by Paul Dini and Bruce Timm).

   
Photo © 2020 Warner Bros. Pictures/DC Entertainment
In Brief: Engaging color, motion, even personality. Fresh genre entry, albeit with plenty of the usual comic-book afflictions.

VOR:   Bless Han and Robbie for making a film, not just a fan-service commodity. But might be we emancipated from choppy plots among crowds of characters?

Grade: C+


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