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,…
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…
Birds of Prey is Better Than You Think, Featuring a Robust Cast Anchored by Margot Robbie
Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn has always had a lot of potential. First introduced in 2016’s Suicide Squad, she’s stood out as a chirpy, somewhat psychotic girlfriend of the clown prince of crime, Joker. In Birds of Prey: The Fantabulous Emancipation…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
Superman: Man of Tomorrow- 7:03 AM
Wally West did not see this coming. And that's more of a big deal than you think. Because Wally West is one of the fastest people alive. And because he can think faster than most people, he's also one of…
Doom Patrol is a Wonderfully Weird Story about Broken Individuals Finding Each Other
Doom Patrol is one of those weird properties that not even comic book fans have really heard about. There have been a couple of seminal runs- by Grant Morrison in the 80s and by Gerard Way in 2016- but it…
Superman: Man of Tomorrow- 6:01 AM
Wednesday August 22, 2018 6:01 AM Luthor picked up his coffee mug. His eyes were fixed on the image on his wall television. It was a clip of him doing a town hall discussion in Jackson, Mississippi. He wondered what…
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