Joaquin Phoenix soaks up the chaos in Joker IMAX poster

Posted 7 years ago

JOKER stars Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck, a failed stand-up comedian who is driven insane and becomes the psychopathic criminal mastermind known as the Joker. The upcoming Todd Phillips film certainly has people talking and it's received some major buzz...

Joker to laugh all the way to the bank with $80 million-plus debut

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Todd Phillips' JOKER has yet to make its wide-release in theaters, but already the psychological drama starring Joaquin Phoenix as the Clown Prince of Crime is one of the most talked about films of the year. The movie, which has been...

Review: Joker (TIFF 2019)

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Read Paul Shirey's take HERE! PLOT: Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix) is a lonely, often bullied man living in squalor with this mother (Frances Conroy) in Gotham City. As the city’s gulf between the haves and have nots widens, Fleck’s fragile...

Todd Phillips says Joker was written specifically for Joaquin Phoenix

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After premiering at TIFF last week JOKER has certainly caused a lot of conversation online and received a wide array of reactions, but there is one aspect about it that seems to be indisputable: Joaquin Phoenix totally owns in the lead...

Todd Phillips says Phoenix’s Joker won’t crossover with Pattinson’s Batman

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Todd Phillips' JOKER has been receiving some major buzz lately, especially after taking the top prize at the Venice Film Festival where it debuted, and there has been plenty of awards chatter surrounding Joaquin Phoenix's performance. At the end of...

Eddie Redmayne very much wants to play The Riddler on the big screen

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As fun as I’m sure it is getting to don a suit and pretend to fly around punching meteors and bad guys, deep down inside every actor must secretly be itching to play one of the bad guys themselves. In the world...

Christian Bale gives thoughts on Phoenix as Joker and Pattinson as Batman

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Christian Bale had his time with the cape and cowl as Batman from 2005-2012 in Christopher Nolan’s THE DARK KNIGHT trilogy, so he knows just as well as anyone what it’s like to step into both the suit and the...

Joker takes the top prize at Venice Film Festival!

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After wowing critics at an early screening in L.A. (myself included), JOKER did the same at the Venice Film Festival, garnering an 8-minute standing ovation and stirring up more buzz for the film, directed by Todd Phillips and starring Joaquin...

Joaquin Phoenix on how losing weight affected his psychology for Joker

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The reviews for JOKER are in (including our own), and the verdict is that star Joaquin Phoenix gives one of the best performances of the year, and an Oscar nomination is all but assured at this point. It became clear...

Dave Bautista would be game to play Clayface for a Batman movie

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Ever since it was announced that filmmaker Todd Phillips was teaming up with Joaquin Phoenix for a more grounded take on the Joker, I've been busy making a mental list of other DC villains that could benefit from having their own...

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