The superhero trend in movies continues as theMarvel Cinematic Universepresents the latest installment in their comic book adaptation library,Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. The movie is part of the Phase 4 rollout and is intended as a direct sequel toDr. Strangeof 2016. It’s also designed to fit in with the other MCU films in which Dr. Strange and his companions also appear.
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Many of the actors from the first movie reprise their roles from the first installment, including Rachel McAdams as Christine Palmer, Stephen Strange’s former girlfriend. Although this actor is getting plenty of attention now, she has an impressive resume already that goes back more than a decade.
7Spotlight (2015)
Plenty of big Hollywood names are part of this story, which focuseson a group of journalists that investigatedthe rampant sexual abuse being covered up by Roman Catholic authorities at schools and children’s homes in and around Boston. Rachel McAdams plays a real person who was a member of the team, Sacha Pfeiffer, who won a Pulitzer Prize for her work.
Spotlightwas a controversial movie because of the religious connections, but screenwriters Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer intended the story to be more about the power of journalism than corruption in the church. The script was written in 2013 but was placed on the notoriousBlack Listfor two years.
6Midnight In Paris (2011)
A movie that uses an enchanted setting along with some interesting use of magical realism,Midnight In Pariscould be in its own interdimensional ride. There’s some interesting fan theory fodder, but the real story here is a romantic comedy and the drama comes from within.
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Every night at midnight, distraught screenwriter Gil Pender goes back in time and explores theBelle Epoqueof Paris with all of its famous residents, like Gertrude Stein, Ernest Hemingway, and the Fitzgeralds. The more he travels, the more he sees the cracks in his relationship with Inez, his shallow and materialistic fiancee, played to pedantic perfection by Rachel McAdams.
5Southpaw (2015)
This is more than just a sports story, and it doesn’t really use the much-loved underdog trope either, which are some of the reasons this movie didn’t get the attention it deserved. The marketing department didn’t know how to handle the publicity with the story being as much about violence and addiction as boxing, and the response from critics to the movie overall was mixed.
Rachel McAdams plays Maureen Hope, the main character’s wife,and it’s her untimely deaththat sets the events of the film in motion. Kurt Sutter, the screenwriter, originally intended Eminem to fill the role of the main character because the events of the movie were inspired by certain events in the rapper’s life.
4The Time Traveler’s Wife (2009)
What would it be like to be married to someone with a superpower? Not something cool like advanced healing powers or the ability to fly, but something weird and arbitrary that can’t really be controlled. It sounds like the premise of an anime series, but this is also one way to describe the plot ofThe Time Traveler’s Wife.
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Henry DeTamble is the main character, and when he survives an accident as a child, he discovers that he hastime travel powers. Both a romantic drama and a science fiction story, the plot explores the complexities that time travel could entail, not only for personal relationships but also for the world at large.
3The Little Prince (2015)
Here McAdams takes a voice acting role as The Mother ina modern interpretation of the classic novelThe Little Princeby Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. This time the main character is a child simply called The Little Girl, and her well-meaning but overbearing mother micromanages every detail of her life.
A mysterious neighbor called the Aviator inspires The Little Girl to look beyond the rigid life The Mother has planned for her. The adventures that follow are intended to be a continuation of the narrative in the original novel.
2Disobedience (2017)
Based on a 2006 novel by Naomi Alderman of the same name, this movie had a limited theatrical release and was better-known at film festivals and independent theaters than in mainstream media. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2017 but didn’t make it overseas until 2018.
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The plot seems formulaic at first, focusing on a young woman named Ronit returning to the orthodox religious community that exiled her years ago. Ronit, played by McAdams, returns when her father passes away, taking a break from her life in New York City as a photographer to pay her respects. As the story unfolds, it’s revealed why Ronit left her community and the other people who were touched by her choice.
1Sherlock Holmes (2009)
The character of Irene Adler only actually appeared in one story in the original literature ofSherlock Holmes. She is the one perpetrator that got away, and our famous protagonist was only able topiece together her crimesand subsequent escape until after she was gone. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle tells us about her in flashbacks, but it’s an impressive story nonetheless.
Rachel McAdams takes on the role in the film adaptation of 2009, which imagines what her life in Victorian England could have been like if Sherlock had known her earlier. The character also makes a brief appearance in the sequel,Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows.
