A new release from the DC comics movie universe, “Joker” tells the story of Arthur Fleck, a bullied and isolated man who suffers a mental breakdown. Played by Joaquin Phoenix, the actor takes the audience into a moral dilemma, asking them to have compassion for a clearly disenfranchised man who [...]
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Review: Irrational Man
— by RON WILKINSON — This year’s Woody Allen film is a murder mystery. Actually, it is not much of a mystery since we know all about the murder. The only mystery left is to see if the killer gets away with it or not. Sort of a “Columbo” episode without Peter Falk. The first [&helli[...]
Review: Inherent Vice
— by RON WILKINSON — Those who have read any of Thomas Pynchon’s intractable tails must have been amazed that Paul Thomas Anderson would take on the hazardous task of transforming his 2009 novel into a movie. Continuing Pynchon’s ongoing war against the establishment, the “Inhe[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘I’m Still Here: The Lost Years of Joaquin Phoenix’
— by AMANDA KOEHLER — Joaquin Phoenix is a talented, Oscar-nominated actor. But Joaquin Phoenix is also, well, quite an oddball. From asking a reporter on the red carpet if he had a frog in his hair to his infamously bizzare appearance on “The Late Show with David Letterman” [...]
The Hulk is Returning … Without Edward Norton
— by ALEXA MILAN — Remember in “The Incredible Hulk” when Robert Downey Jr.’s Tony Stark told the general about a certain team he was involved with? Well it looks like Edward Norton’s Hulk won’t be a part of that team. While The Hulk will still appear in the[...]