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No Laughing Matter: JOKER: FOLIE A DEUX Starring Joaquin Phoenix & Lady Gaga Confirmed With Teaser

Originally pitched as a standalone movie, Todd Phillips‘ Joker banked over $1 billion globally and scored star Joaquin Phoenix an Oscar. It was only a matter of time before Warner Bros. came looking for a sequel. Now it has been confirmed [...]

August 6, 2022

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

Uncovering Curiosities: Adam Egypt Mortimer’s DANIEL ISN’T REAL

The independent film arena is still the best place to discover stellar genre fare. These films don’t need the huge (and complex) marketing models which have all but destroyed the concept of variety and choice within mainstream cinema. Director [...]

May 29, 2021

SUPERMAN Reboot On The Way With Ta-Nehisi Coates Writing & J.J. Abrams Producing

It looks like Henry Cavill might be hanging-up the red cape. Word is out that Ta-Nehisi Coates has been hired to write the script for a new reboot of Superman, which will be produced by J.J. Abrams. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the film [...]

February 27, 2021

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

Movies In Focus At The 2020 EE BAFTA Film Awards And The Full Winners List

Sunday 2 February 2020 was the day when the film industry donned its finest (recycled) clothing before descending on London’s Royal Albert Hall for the 2020 EE British Academy Film Awards. Movies In Focus once again attended the event, [...]

February 3, 2020

Movies In Focus’ Photography From The 2020 EE BAFTA Awards

February once again rolled around and that meant that Movies In Focus was again in attendance at the 2020 EE British Academy Film Awards. You can read all about my exploits and see the full winners list – or check-out below for [...]

February 3, 2020

Academy Awards 2020: Joker Leads The Oscar Pack

It’s not really a surprise that the multi-award winning, billion dollar grossing Joker is leading the pack with 11 nominations at the 2020 Academy Awards. If I were a betting man, I’d say that Joaquin Phoenix is a lock to win the Best [...]

January 14, 2020

BAFTA 2020: Nominations For The EE British Academy Film Awards

It looks like Joker is no laughing matter. Todd Phillips’ Blockbusting DC Comics film leads the pack at the 2020 EE British Academy Film Awards with 11 nominations. Martin Scorsese’s Netflix produced drama The Irishman and Quentin [...]

January 7, 2020

Review: DANIEL ISN’T REAL Is A Mind-Bending Horror/Fantasy With A Star-Making Turn From Patrick Schwarzenegger

December 8, 2019

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

Put On A Happy Face: Final Trailer & Poster For JOKER

Read the 4-star Movies In Focus review of Joker here We’re just a little over a month away from Todd Phillips’ Joker and the film is still one of the great unknowns of 2019. A DC Comics origin story which is apparently serious awards [...]

August 28, 2019

The JOKER Trailer Is Incredibly Well Cut; It Might Deliver The Goods

We don’t know if we really need Todd Phillips‘ Joker, nor do we know what it’s really about. However, this teaser trailer makes it look good. Really good in fact. I know it’s very hard to judge a movie or a performance from a [...]

April 6, 2019

Put On A Happy Face: First Poster Showing Joaquin Phoenix As The JOKER

Movies In Focus is curious about Todd Phillips’ Joker. I think Joaquin Phoenix is a perfect fit for the role of the Clown Prince of Crime but I don’t know if the Joker works as a stand-alone character away from Batman. I want somebody to [...]

April 2, 2019

Let’s Have A Look At Joaquin Phoenix’s JOKER

I think we can all agree that we probably don’t need a Joker movie from Todd Phillips. We’re getting one – so we have to live with that. What makes this bitter pill easier to swallow is that Joaquin Phoenix will be playing the [...]

September 22, 2018

UPDATED Who’s The Daddy? Alec Baldwin Trumps All With Wayne Role In JOKER Film

It’s no joke – Baldwin has dropped out of the film due to scheduling conflicts. I don’t think we need a standalone Joker film from Todd Philips. Having said that, I’m interested to see what Joaquin Phoenix can do with a [...]

August 28, 2018

Joaquin Phoenix Is Wild For THE JOKER; Actor Talks About The New Movie & Character

Movies In Focus hasn’t been covering the ongoing saga of DC Comics movies recently. That’s simply because there hasn’t really been a lot to report. I’m past the point of jumping on every little thing, because life’s too short and [...]

July 14, 2018

JOKER Origin Tale, Matt Reeves Speaks Standalone BATMAN & JOKER & HARLEY QUINN Movie

What a week for Batman related movie news! The big one is that Warner Bros has hired Hangover director Todd Phillips to direct a 1980s-set Joker origin tale. Phillips will also write alongside 8 Mile writer, Scott Silver – but the real kicker [...]

August 24, 2017

Blu-ray Review: Jonah Hill And Miles Teller Bend The American Dream To Breaking Point In WAR DOGS

Two American idiots get involved in the arms business and soon find themselves out of their depth. That’s the crux of War Dogs, director Todd Philips’ latest search into the psyche of the dumb US male. Jonah Hill and Miles Teller star in this [...]

December 30, 2016