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Joker: Folie à Deux is a Daring Experiment That Falls Short of Its Potential

Five years after the release of Joker, Todd Phillips returns with Joker: Folie à Deux, a musical sequel that attempts to elevate the original’s dark psychological drama into something more abstract and theatrical. The film reunites audiences with Arthur Fleck,…

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Batman: Caped Crusader Season One is a Stripped-Down, More Mature Take on the Dark Knight

Batman: Caped Crusader season one arrives with a legacy to live up to. Bruce Timm, the creative force behind Batman: The Animated Series, returns to helm this new project, and brings with him a wave of expectations. Set in the…

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The Batman is a Gritty, Grounded Take on the Dark Knight (that is also One of the Best Superhero Movies in Years)

The Batman is third reboot featuring the caped crusader since his first cinematic outing in 1989. On paper, that might make you think this might be unnecessary and a retread of previous films. Thankfully, the Batman is, perhaps, the best…

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The Two Part Adaptation of Batman: the Long Halloween is One of the Best Comic Book Stories of the Last Five Years

There have been no shortage of animated adaptations of Batman’s seminal stories, from The Dark Knight Returns, Batman: Year One and The Killing Joke to Batman: Under the Red Hood and Batman: Hush. While some of these adaptations have done…

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Harley Quinn is Still a Fun Ride in Season Two, Fleshing Out Characters in Longer Storylines

In season two, Harley Quinn gets to set up and explore season long plot threads, taking full advantage of the new status quo set up at the end of the first season. Gotham is in a state of anarchy, with…

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Harley Quinn Starts off Strong with its First Season, Balancing Comedy and Character Development

A Harley Quinn show could have gone wrong in a lot of ways. Although she’s a very popular character, she often runs the risk of overexposure like Deadpool does. And there’s the problematic aspect of Harley being in a toxic…

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Titans Season 2 is a Mess that Suffers from a Lack of Direction

There’s no two ways about it. Titans season two is a gigantic mess of a TV show. It feels like someone just threw a bunch of characters and story arcs into the mix and didn’t put any effort to make…

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How the Joker Became the Face of Protests around the World

When Joker first arrived in theaters, there was significant outcry about the character possibly inspiring disturbed individuals to carry out violence. There was precedent for this, too:in Aurora, a lone gunman shot several people during a 2012 screening of the…

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You Can’t Look Away as Joaquin Phoenix Descends into Madness (and Violence) in Joker

At the beginning, Joker starts with Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix) sitting in front of a dressing mirror, pulling at the corners of his mouth, forcing a grin and a grimace. This is reminiscent of the two masks, tragic and comic,…

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Batman: Duel- Ch 2, An Uneasy Truce

2007 Bruce looked evenly at the man in front of him. Was he studying him as well as Bruce was studying him? Perhaps. It was in Scott King's best interest to observe- and understand- his patient intimately. Here, inside this…