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Oct 3 2024October 3, 2024

Joker: Folie à Deux Review: Who Gets the Last Laugh?

By Victor Stiff / October 3, 2024 October 3, 2024 / Reviews / Brendan Gleeson, Catherine Keener, Comic Book Movie, DC, Drama, Harry Lawtey, Joaquin Phoenix, Joker, Joker: Folie à Deux, Lady Gaga, Steve Coogan, Todd Phillips, Zazie Beetz / 5 minutes of reading

Who’s Laughing Now? With all due respect to The Substance, Joker: Folie à Deux is the year’s most audacious film — just not for the reasons you might expect. The fact that Folie à Deux is a musical isn’t even the film’s biggest swerve. Director Todd Phillips takes the billion-dollar formula from 2019’s Joker and …

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Dec 31 2021June 28, 2023

Eternals Review: Bad, Underrated, or Ahead of its Time?

By Victor Stiff / December 31, 2021 June 28, 2023 / Reviews / Angelina Jolie, Barry Keoghan, Brian Tyree Henry, Chloé Zhao, Comic Book Movie, Eternals, Gemma Chan, Kit Harington, Kumail Nanjiani, Lauren Ridloff, Lia McHugh, Ma Dong-seok, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, MCU, Richard Madden, Salma Hayek, Superhero Movie, The Eternals / 8 minutes of reading

Eternals Quicktake: Heartfelt, Ambitious, Thoughtful, and Muddled After a remarkable 13-year 25 film run, the MCU’s winning streak is finally over, at least in the eyes of critics. Eternals is Marvel Studios’ first critical bomb, currently sitting at 47% rotten on Rotten Tomatoes (based on nearly 400 reviews). To be clear, those poor reviews aren’t …

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