【Movies to Watch】This week’s new releases！Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey—female empowerment unites to take down evil forces

By MOOK Scenic Spots Home compiled and reported
 
This week’s new releases include “Birds of Prey: Harley Quinn,” where the titular anti-heroine teams up with Black Canary, Huntress, and Renee Montoya in an unlikely alliance to take down Gotham’s most notorious crime lord: Black Mask, in order to save a young girl named Cassandra Cain. Also out is the film adaptation of Akasaka Aka’s bestselling manga “Kaguya-sama: Love is War,” where two overachieving geniuses battle over who will confess their love first. Time to catch these flicks after work or on the weekend！

Birds of Prey: Harley Quinn



“Birds of Prey: Harley Quinn” is based on the DC comic series of the same name, following an unconventional team-up between Harley Quinn, Black Canary, Huntress, and Renee Montoya as they attempt to rescue a young girl named Cassandra Cain from Gotham’s feared crime boss, Black Mask.

Release date: 2020-02-06
Runtime: 1 hour 49 minutes
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Director: Cathy Yan
Cast: Margot Robbie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Ewan McGregor, Chris Messina

Movie adaptation: Kaguya-sama: Love is War～The Geniuses' War of Love and Brains～



At the prestigious Shuchiin Academy, the future elite of Japan are gathered. Student Council President Miyuki Shirogane (played by Sho Hirano), known for topping national mock exams with his genius intellect, and Vice President Kaguya Shinomiya (played by Kanna Hashimoto), a beautiful and talented heiress, are mutually attracted. However, neither wants to be the first to confess, believing that doing so would mean losing. As two geniuses who are clueless about romance, they engage in an elaborate battle of wits over who will confess first.
Release date: 2020-02-07
Runtime: 1 hour 52 minutes
Distributor: Garage Play
Director: Yuuta Hirota
Cast: Sho Hirano, Kanna Hashimoto

Our Time of Love



In 1980s London, an ambitious film school student becomes emotionally entangled with a mysterious man while working on her graduation project. As she falls deeper, she begins to lose sight of her own worth and faces the harsh realities of love. This dangerous game of emotions gradually becomes the destroyer of her dreams...
Release date: 2020-02-07
Runtime: 1 hour 40 minutes
Distributor: Brightlight Pictures
Director: Joanna Hogg
Cast: Tilda Swinton, Tom Burke

The Spirit Child



Based on real-life horror stories surrounding the folk belief in “spirit children” (Gumanthong), this film tells the story of Soi, a deaf-mute girl living in a village in the Mekong Delta, who meets a stranger named Huynh who claims to be a shaman and healer. After Huynh miraculously cures a local villager, he quickly gains the trust and admiration of the community. Soi is drawn to him, and the two soon fall in love and marry. But when Soi discovers Huynh’s dark past and his terrifying plan to achieve immortality, her dream life turns into a nightmare...

Release date: 2020-02-07
Runtime: 1 hour 42 minutes
Distributor: Garage Play
Directors: Ham Tran, Le Binh Giang
Cast: Hoang Yen Chibi, Quang Tuan, Dinh Y Nhung, Kieu Trinh, Thanh Tu