Actress Aubrey Plaza (1984)

The American crime thriller film, Emily the Criminal (2022), marks the feature directorial debut of John Patton Ford. The story follows Emily Benetto, a resident of Los Angeles burdened with significant debt. Due to a past felony conviction, she faces difficulties in securing a high-paying job and instead works as a food delivery independent contractor. In an effort to earn some extra cash, she is introduced by a colleague to a “dummy shopper” service that claims to pay $200 for just one hour of work. Emily comes across a credit card fraud scheme and meets Youcef, one of ...

Legion (2017–2019) is a superhero TV series on FX, created by Noah Hawley and based on the Marvel character David Haller. It was produced by FX Productions in association with Marvel Television and takes place in an alternate timeline of the X-Men films. From a young age, Haller has been diagnosed with schizophrenia and has been in various psychiatric hospitals since then. His adoptive sister, Amy Haller, committed him to the latest facility. However, during his stay, he meets fellow patient Syd Barrett, which leads him to question whether his mental illness is all there is to him. Unfortunately, an event ...

Based on the graphic novel series by Bryan Lee O’Malley, the romantic action comedy film Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) was co-written, produced, and directed by Edgar Wright. In Toronto, 22-year-old Scott Pilgrim is a bass player for indie garage band Sex Bob-Omb, while also dating high school student Knives Chau. However, his friends in the band, roommate Wallace Wells, and younger sister Stacey Pilgrim disapprove of their relationship. During a chance encounter with Ramona Flowers, an American delivery girl he saw in a dream, Scott becomes infatuated and ends ...