In a week from now, Warner Bros. and DC will unleash their latest take on The Joker with Jared Leto’s portrayal of the Clown Prince of Crime in the DC Extended Universe supervillain team-up Suicide Squad. Leto has of course some rather large shoes to fill – including Heath Ledger’s Oscar-winning turn in 2008’s The Dark […]
Why Joker is More Scorsese Ode Than Comic Book Movie
Tom Jolliffe takes a look at Joker and its clear love letter to Martin Scorsese… As with any comic book property, any adaptation is met with a degree of buzz. When the character in question happens to be the Clown Prince himself, then that buzz goes through the roof. That in itself has only increased […]
The Ultimate Batman Film
On Batman Day, Tom Jolliffe delves back through the Caped Crusader’s films and TV so far to pick the best of the best in the ultimate Batman film… Lets say you’re putting together a Batman film, and you’ve got to piece together a cast and crew of the best from the film and TV incarnations […]
River Phoenix as Joker? Parallel Universe Castings
Tom Jolliffe looks at the idea of River Phoenix as the Joker and other parallel universe castings… It’s 2019. It’s an era of perpetual rebooting. For some, we’d barely settled on the idea that Jared Leto was cast as the clown prince, before it was announced that Joaquin Phoenix would don the make up in […]
Heath Ledger’s Joker life-size GCPD disguise collectible bust incoming from Queen Studios
Queen Studios has revealed its impressive Joker life-size bust which is inspired by the appearance of Heath Ledger’s villain in his Gotham City Police Department disguise in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight. Limited to 199 pieces, the DC collectible is available to pre-order now, priced at $3,980; check out the promotional images here… The life-size […]
It’s Called A Lance! A Knight’s Tale at 20
Ricky Church revisits A Knight’s Tale, released twenty years ago today… We all know that famous sports movie. The one where an underdog kid who dreams of joining the big leagues gets their chance, but has to fight against the system and upper class professionals while hiding their real identity to do so. After things […]
Iron Studios’ new Joker statue from The Dark Knight available to pre-order now
Sideshow has released promotional images for Iron Studios’ new 1:10 scale The Joker deluxe statue which is based on the likeness of Heath Ledger as the Clown Prince of Crime in the acclaimed Batman movie The Dark Knight. The DC collectible is available to pre-order now, priced at $170; check it out here… On top […]
The Most Terrifying Psycho Performances in Cinema
Red Stewart presents the most terrifying psycho performances in all of film… Sociopathy is a mental illness that is as repelling as it is enticing. We all live in fear of some serial killer knocking down our door, yet we cannot help but be intrigued by the roots of it all. After all, what is […]
Warner Bros. wanted The Dark Knight to include a Joker origin story
David S. Goyer, one of the writers of The Dark Knight, reveals that they faced pressure to include a Joker origin story in the movie. The Dark Knight is considered to be one of the best superhero films of all time with the Christopher Nolan directed feature including a now-iconic performance by Heath Ledger as […]
The Dark Knight with film journalist Emily Murray | The Pick of the Flicks Podcast #64
On The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, a different guest drops in every week to chat about their favourite film. This week, film journalist Emily Murray stops by to talk about Christopher Nolan’s Oscar-winning Batman adventure The Dark Knight… On this week’s episode of The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, film journalist Emily Murray is […]
