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Behind The Scenes: Joaquin Phoenix & Director Todd Phillips On The Set Of JOKER

A film which stands alone from Batman in a general way, 2019’s Joker still finds itself wrapped in the Dark Knight’s milieu. It’s subtle in its nods to Bob Kane and Bill Finger’s creation but it firmly sits as a film. Todd Phillips’ [...]

June 11, 2022

The Dark Knight: A Look Back At Christopher Nolan’s Batman Trilogy

Little did we know how much mainstream moviemaking would change when Christopher Nolan was charged with rebooting the Batman franchise. Released in 2005, Nolan’s Batman Begins took The Dark Knight and transported Bob Kane and Bill Finger’s [...]

December 12, 2021

Behind The Scenes: Director Stephen Norrington & Sean Connery On The Set Of THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN

Stephen Norrington’s The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen isn’t as bad as its reputation would have you believe. Yes, the pacing is off, the action is too frenetic and Jame Dale Robinson’s script gives many characters the short shrift, but [...]

June 27, 2021

Surreal Trailer For Alan Moore’s THE SHOW

The legendary Alan Moore, the take no crap writer of Watchmen, V For Vendetta and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (amongst others) has a new film on the horizon. The Show looks like it could only have come from the mind of Moore – [...]

October 6, 2020

Blu-ray Review: Joaquin Phoenix Leads The Pack In Todd Phillips’ Multi Award-Winning JOKER

Joaquin Phoenix won a slew of acting awards (including a BAFTA and Oscar) for his turn as the Clown Prince Of Crime in Todd Phillips’ take on Batman‘s iconic and anarchic arch-nemesis. After talking some serious talk, it was up for [...]

February 11, 2020

Review: Todd Phillips’ JOKER Is Essential Cinema

After talking some serious talk, it was up for debate if The Hangover director Todd Phillips could pull-off the challenge of making Joker a film which sidestepped its comic book origins and deliver something with more gravitas than your usual [...]

October 10, 2019

Teaser Trailer For Damon Lindelof’s WATCHMEN

Tick Tock, Tick Tock, Tock Tock. I’m not 100% sure how Damon Lindelof’s HBO series fully connects to Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ seminal comic book Watchmen, but I’m there for the presence of Don Johnson and Jeremy Irons [...]

May 8, 2019

Blu-ray Review: Sean Connery Leads THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN

The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen is a frustratingly flawed 2003 comic book adventure from director Stephen Norrington (Blade). This screen adaptation of Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill’s comic book series is notorious for being the film which [...]

October 29, 2018

Blu-ray Review: BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE IS Good But Not Great

Batman: The Killing Joke is one of the definitive stories from Batman’s lengthy reign across pop culture. Written by Alan Moore and with art by Brian Bolland, the original 1988 graphic novel looks at the relationship between The Dark Knight and [...]

August 7, 2016

BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE Gets A Blu-ray And Cinema Release

1988’s The Killing Joke is a seminal Batman story which still resonates through the Dark Knight’s canon today. Brian Bolland’s art and Alan Moore’s words formed the perfect marriage to make this gritty tale one of the definitive stories [...]

June 19, 2016

Book Review: THE ART AND MAKING OF PENNY DREADFUL

Not only have Frankenstein and Dracula been hugely influential pieces of literature but they’ve become iconic in the realm of film and television. Penny Dreadful (named after a type of 19th Century pulp fiction) sees them rub shoulders with Oscar [...]

March 30, 2015