Stories by @squishywizard

Little Miss Sunshine (2016)

The members of a dysfunctional family take their youngest to compete in a child beauty pageant.

Looper (2022)

Present-day contract killers called loopers are hired by criminal syndicates from the future to terminate victims whom they send back through time.

The Hateful Eight

Eight strangers seek refuge from a blizzard in a stagecoach stopover some time after the American Civil War.

Taxi Driver (2006)

Suffering from insomnia, disturbed loner Travis Bickle takes a job as a New York City cabbie, haunting the streets nightly, growing increasingly detached from reality as he dreams of cleaning up the filthy city. When Travis meets pretty campaign worker Betsy, he becomes obsessed with the idea of saving the world, first plotting to assassinate a presidential candidate, then directing his attentions toward rescuing 12-year-old prostitute Iris.

Fargo (2016)

Marge Gunderson, a pregnant Minnesota police chief, investigates a triple homicide that takes place after a desperate car salesman hires two criminals to kidnap his wife in order to extort a hefty ransom from her wealthy father.

Point Break (2021)

An undercover FBI agent is tasked with investigating the identities of a group of bank robbers while he develops a complex relationship with the group's leader.

Blow Out (2011)

A sound technician accidentally records the evidence that proves a car accident was a murder and consequently finds himself in danger.

The Big Lebowski (2008)

The rug of an ordinarily lazy man is peed on by mistake. Intrigue and confusion ensues.

Sleepy Hollow (2009)

Police constable Ichabod Crane is sent from New York City to investigate a series of murders in the village of Sleepy Hollow by a mysterious Headless Horseman.

Strange Days (2015)

A former cop turned street-hustler accidentally uncovers a conspiracy in Los Angeles in 1999.

The Nice Guys (2023)

A private eye and a tough guy for hire get tangled up in the seamy side of 1970s Los Angeles as they investigate an adult film star's mysterious death.

American Beauty (2009)

A sexually frustrated suburban father has a mid-life crisis after becoming infatuated with his daughter's best friend.

A Star Is Born

An alcoholic musician discovers and falls in love with a young singer.

Nightcrawler (2024)

Louis "Lou" Bloom, a stringer, records violent events late at night in Los Angeles and sells the footage to a local television news station.

Sicario

A principled FBI Special Agent is enlisted by a government task force to bring down the leader of a powerful and brutal Mexican drug cartel.

Black Swan (2020)

Nina, a ballerina, gets the chance to play the White Swan, Princess Odette. But she finds herself slipping into madness when Thomas, the artistic director, decides that Lily might fit the role better.

Us

Adelaide Wilson and her family are attacked by a group of menacing doppelgängers.

Signs (2022)

Father Graham Hess and his family migrate to a farmhouse that later becomes the site of strange crop circles that suggest the existence of alien life.

The Mandalorian

A lone bounty hunter goes on the run to protect the Force-sensitive child Grogu.

Suicide Squad (1996)

A secret government agency led by Amanda Waller recruits imprisoned supervillains to execute dangerous black ops missions and save the world from a powerful threat in exchange for reduced sentences.