Women on the Verge: Sizing up Summer's Badass Broads

Photo Credit: Left: Sony Classics (Equity). Right bottom: Columbia Pictures (Ghostbusters). Right top: STX Entertainment (Bad Moms).

GHOSTBUSTERS, July 15

The Hook: Kristen Wiig and Melissa McCarthy join SNL faves Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones in a reboot of the 1980s classic.

Badass-iest Line: Jones: "I don't know if it was a race thing or a lady thing, but I'm mad as hell."

Possible Stink Factor: New remake, new CGI-ravaged city, same action formula.

EQUITY, July 29

The Hook:Breaking Bad's Anna Gunn leads a mostly female cast in a movie about stock-market sisters doing it for themselves.

Badass-iest Line: Gunn: "I like money. That's why I get up in the morning."

Possible Stink Factor: A feminist-workforce manifesto? Or just some very loud scenery-chewing?

BADMOMS, July 29

The Hook: Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, and Kathryn Hahn throw caution--and baby wipes--to the wind, revolting against suburban motherhood.

Badass-iestLine: Bell: "Is that your mom bra? ... You've got a very Boys Don't Cry thing happening right now."

PossibleStinkFactor:Bad Santa? Gritty gem. Bad Teacher? Nasty dud. Bad Moms? We're on the (picket) fence.

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