“I won’t let anything stand in my way of my dream.” The Scoop: 2002 R, directed by Morgan J. Freeman and starring Mila Kunis, William Shatner, Robin Dunne and Lindy Booth Tagline: Angrier. Deadlier. Sexier. Summary Capsule: Angsty teen murders people while trying to get into the FBI. What’s wrong with this picture, I wonder?

“Sydney, the man is the leader of the free world. He’s brilliant, funny, handsome. He’s an above-average dancer. Isn’t it possible our standards are just a tad high?” The Scoop: 1995 PG-13, directed by Rob Reiner and starring Michael Douglas, Annette Bening, and Martin Sheen Tagline: Why can’t the most powerful man in the world have [...]

Michael Dougherty is the director of the successful fan film Browncoats: Redemption, set in the Firefly/Serenity universe three months after Miranda. The film got the blessing of Mr. Whedon himself, as well as cameos and assistance by a number of Firefly cast members and others involved with the show. Most importantly, Redemption raised over $113,000 [...]

“Sure as I know anything, I know this. I aim to misbehave.” The Scoop: 2005 PG-13, directed by Joss Whedon and starring Nathan Fillion, Summer Glau and Alan Tudyk Tagline: Can’t stop the signal. Summary: A group of space rebels out only for themselves find out perhaps everyone has a destiny after all

“What is this? Enter the Midget?” The Scoop: 2006 R, directed by Joe Nussbaum and starring John White, Jessy Schram and Steve Talley Tagline: No tagline. Summary Capsule: Teens go to college for sex and nudist frolicking.

“I like to dissect women. Did you know I’m utterly insane?” The Scoop: 2000 R, directed by Mary Harron and starring Christian Bale, Chloe Sevigny, Reese Witherspoon and Wllem Dafaoe Tagline: Killer looks. Summary Capsule: Yuppie goes berserk, boring film at 11.

“Has anything you’ve done made your life better?” The Scoop: 1998 R, directed by Tony Kaye and starring Edward Norton, Edward Furlong and Avery Brooks Tagline: Some Legacies Must End. Summary Capsule: A neo-Nazi leader rips his family apart with hate and then gets into a lot of trouble.

“It turns out North Korea and Iran are not like Doctor Octopus and Magneto at all…” The Scoop: 2006 PG-13, directed by Paul Weitz and starring Hugh Grant, Dennis Quaid and Mandy Moore Tagline: Imagine a country where the President never reads the newspaper, where the government goes to war for all the wrong reasons, [...]

“What if I took his beanie and put it on my…weenie?” The Scoop: 2005 R, directed by Steve Rash and starring Tad Hilgenbrink, Jason Earles and Arielle Kebbel Tagline: This One Time at Band Camp… Summary Capsule: Stifler’s younger bro takes center stage at a very unfunny summer camp

Welcome, everyone, to a three-part series wherein Mutant Sue and I stop pretending that we have wildly successful lives that don’t involve us having lengthy discussions of YA novels on Facebook. We’ll take on each book in the trilogy at a time, for our sanity as much as yours, as we hash out what we [...]