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Is it wrong to root for The Joker?

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Anghus Houvouras on The Joker… It’s almost impossible to escape the zeitgeist currently surrounding Todd Phillips’ highly-praised, highly-controversial take on The Joker. After near unanimous praise from the Venice Film Festival, the movie has become a target for the polarizing extremes of social media. Questions have been raised about the social responsibility of the time […]

Joker tracking record October opening at the domestic box office

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Warner Bros. and DC Films’ Joker has proven to be a huge success at the Venice Film Festival, the Joaquin Phoenix-headlined comic book adaptation having received an eight-minute standing ovation at its premiere before being named the recipient of the festival’s top prize, the Golden Lion, by the jury yesterday. Last month it was reported […]

Comic Book Preview – The Sandman Universe Presents: Hellblazer #1

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The Sandman Universe Presents: Hellblazer #1 arrives in comic book shops this coming Wednesday as part of DC’s Black Label, and we’ve got a preview of the issue for you here; check it out… Constantine is seen in an expanded version of a critical scene from Neil Gaiman’s classic Books Of Magic miniseries. After getting […]

Get to know Harley with new character promo for the Harley Quinn animated series

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Ahead of its arrival on DC Universe this Friday, a character featurette has been released for the adult animated series Harley Quinn which focuses on its titular character and includes an interview with Harley herself – voice actress Kaley Cuoco; watch it here… SEE ALSO: Harley Quinn animated series gets new trailer from DC Universe […]

Crisis on Infinite Earths promo images feature Black Lightning, 90s Flash, Pariah, Vibe and a couple of Supermen

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Following a trailer for Crisis on Infinite Earths, The CW has released a batch of promo images for The Flash’s third instalment in the DC crossover event which sees Grant Gustin’s Flash joined by the likes of Cress Williams’ Black Lightning, Tyler Hoechlin and Brandon Routh’s Supermen, John Wesley Shipp’s Flash and Tom Cavanagh’s Pariah, […]

Movie Review – Aquaman (2018)

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Aquaman, 2018. Directed by James Wan. Starring Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, Willem Dafoe, Patrick Wilson, Dolph Lundgren, Nicole Kidman, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Ludi Lin, Temuera Morrison, Michael Beach, Randall Park, Graham McTavish, Djimon Hounsou, John Rhys-Davies, Leigh Whannell, Sophia Forrest, Natalie Safran, and Julie Andrews. SYNOPSIS: Arthur Curry learns that he is the heir to […]

Gal Gadot on the evolution of Wonder Woman from her solo film through to Justice League

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Wonder Woman is releasing in just a few days, and will tell the origin story of Princess Diana, and her evolution into the Amazon Princess that fans know and love. However, we have already had a glimpse of Wonder Woman in 2016’s Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice, and will be seeing her team up with […]

DC and Mattel announce He-Man and the Masters of the Multiverse

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Following hot on the heels of yesterday’s announcement that Kevin Smith is producing a new Masters of the Universe anime series for Netflix, we’ve now got some more good news for fans of He-Man and company as DC and Mattel have unveiled the upcoming six issue limited comic book series He-Man and the Masters of […]

Zack Snyder responds to outpouring of support over his decision to depart Justice League

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A couple of days ago director Zack Snyder announced that he would be leaving his directorial duties of the upcoming DCEU movie Justice League, and that Joss Whedon would be coming aboard to finish the film. Snyder revealed that his daughter Autumn Snyder tragically committed suicide back in March, and while he was initially going to […]