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Joaquin Phoenix and Todd Phillips explain why they wanted to make Joker

October 2, 2019 by Samuel Brace

Joker is set to be a fresh new take on not only the iconic villain but also on the comic book drama as a whole, but why did its director and star want to make the movie? Director of Joker, Todd Phillips, and its star, Joaquin Phoenix, don’t have much personal love for the comic […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Samuel Brace Tagged With: DC, Joaquin Phoenix, Joker, Todd Phillips

Is it wrong to root for The Joker?

October 1, 2019 by Anghus Houvouras

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 […]

Filed Under: Anghus Houvouras, Articles and Opinions, Movies Tagged With: Batman, DC, Heath Ledger, Jack Nicholson, Jared Leto, Joaquin Phoenix, Joker, Mark Hamill, Suicide Squad, The Dark Knight

Movie Review – Joker (2019)

October 1, 2019 by Shaun Munro

Joker, 2019. Directed by Todd Phillips. Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Zazie Beetz, Frances Conroy, Robert De Niro, Marc Maron, and Brett Cullen. SYNOPSIS: Forever alone in a crowd, failed comedian Arthur Fleck seeks connection as he walks the streets of Gotham City. Isolated, bullied and disregarded by society, Fleck begins a slow descent into madness as […]

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Shaun Munro Tagged With: Brett Cullen, DC, Frances Conroy, Joaquin Phoenix, Joker, Marc Maron, Robert De Niro, Todd Phillips, Zazie Beetz

Music was instrumental to Joaquin Phoenix while filming Joker

September 26, 2019 by Samuel Brace

Joaquin Phoenix, the star of Joker, says that music behind-the-scenes was incredibly helpful when making the film. Music, we all know, is a big part of a successful movie – a bad score or soundtrack can really detract from a film’s success. But what about music played behind-the-scenes to help with shooting? In a recent […]

Filed Under: Movies, News Tagged With: DC, Joaquin Phoenix, Joker

Joaquin Phoenix’s Clown Prince of Crime featured on new Joker posters

September 24, 2019 by Gary Collinson

With Joker set to arrive in theaters next week, the marketing push for the Warner Bros. and DC Films Oscar hopeful continues with the release of two new posters from Fandango and Dolby Cinema, both of which feature Joaquin Phoenix’s iconic comic book villain; check them out here… SEE ALSO: Read our Joker review here Joker […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: DC, Joaquin Phoenix, Joker

Joaquin Phoenix teams with A24 for untitled drama

September 21, 2019 by Gary Collinson

Joker star Joaquin Phoenix has found his next project following his acclaimed turn as the Clown Prince of Crime in Todd Phillips’ DC comic book adaptation, with Deadline reporting that the actor is set to team with A24 on an as-yet-untitled drama. The project is being written and directed by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Mike Mills (20th […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Joaquin Phoenix, Mike Mills

Joaquin Phoenix didn’t need to go to dark places to play the Joker

September 20, 2019 by Samuel Brace

Joaquin Phoenix, the star of Joker, has revealed that he had great fun playing the iconic villain and didn’t need to go to dark places in order to do so. When an actor like Joaquin Phoenix signs on to play a character as distrubed as the Joker, one imagines he would have had to go […]

Filed Under: Movies, News Tagged With: DC, Joaquin Phoenix, Joker

Joaquin Phoenix wanted to audition his Joker laugh for director Todd Phillips

September 18, 2019 by Samuel Brace

Joaquin Phoenix, the star of Joker, has revealed that he auditioned the character’s iconic laugh. One of the most iconic sounds in film and TV is the Joker’s laugh and every actor has had their slightly different take on it. Nailing the laugh is a big part of making the character your own and this […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Samuel Brace Tagged With: Joaquin Phoenix, Joker, Todd Phillips

Joker gets a new IMAX poster

September 17, 2019 by Amie Cranswick

With its hotly-anticipated release a little over two weeks away, we’ve got a new IMAX poster for Warner Bros. and DC Film’s Joker featuring Joaquin Phoenix as the iconic Batman villain… SEE ALSO: Read our review of Joker here Joker centres around the iconic arch nemesis and is an original, standalone story not seen before on […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News Tagged With: DC, Joaquin Phoenix, Joker

Joker movie gets a new batch of promotional images

September 16, 2019 by Amie Cranswick

With a little over two weeks to go until the release of Joker, Warner Bros. has released a batch of new images for Todd Phillips’ critically acclaimed comic book crime drama featuring cast members Joaquin Phoenix, Zazie Beetz, and Frances Conroy; take a look here… SEE ALSO: Read our review of Joker here Joker centres around […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News Tagged With: DC, Frances Conroy, Joaquin Phoenix, Joker, Zazie Beetz

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