If “Joker: Folie à Deux” could be described in one word, there is only one that comes to mind: confused. Between the excruciatingly slow pace of the plot that doesn’t seem to progress outside of the characters, the bizarre writing choices all over the script and the tonally compromised musical numbers that do more narrative harm than good, every element of this movie goes against itself.
What happens when a long-term relationship with the Clown Prince of Crime, the Joker, comes to a messy end? For Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie) in “Birds of Prey,” the proper response to such heartbreak...
In 2008, Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight” changed the comic book movie genre forever. The film won many awards, most notably an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role awarded posthumously...
Staff Writers Aidan Lentz and Colin Tessier read a few of the latest comic releases, here’s what they thought of them.
“The Flash #32”
Written by Joshua Williamson
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On this packed episode of Deja View, Reviews Editor Jake Leary speaks with Staff Writers Aidan Lentz and Colin Tessier and Contributing Writer Antonio Ferme. The Deja View crew hashes out the complicated...
By Kate Nalepinski, Assistant Life and Culture Editor
• August 22, 2016
The concept of the Suicide Squad — a group of supervillains who are signed up to do the government’s dirty work — is strong. But when a director subtracts the action, emotion and comedic relief, and replaces it with backstories and unaddressed abusive relationships, it fails.
In October, a tongue-in-cheek blog post laid out the argument against a Wonder Woman film: female action heroes don't work, no director would want to make it, no actress could suit the role, and Catwoman...