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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

Blu-ray Review: The Dark Knight Takes On Jack The Ripper In BATMAN – GOTHAM BY GASLIGHT

Gotham By Gaslight has long been a favourite graphic novel with Batman fans since it was first published in 1989. Created by Brian Augustyn and Mike Mignola, the book pitted The Dark Knight against Jack The Ripper in an 1880s Gotham City. The tale [...]

January 28, 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

The Killing Joke: Jared Leto And David Ayer Offer A Peek At The Joker In SUICIDE SQUAD

When director David Ayer released the first photograph of his Suicide Squad, Jared Leto’s incarnation of The Joker was notable by his absence. Ayer wasn’t willing to disappoint and he soon followed the shot up with one of Leto. It’s an [...]

April 11, 2015