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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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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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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…

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What to Expect at Oscars 2020: A Look at the Nominations

The Oscars are only a few days away and like most of the rest of the world, I am plenty keen about the revelation of the winners this year. Some of the nominees this year however are surprising whilst a…

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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,…