Rarely does a film launch with such controversy and expectation as Todd Phillips’ Joker, an origins story and character piece that features an extraordinary lead performance from Joaquin Phoenix.
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When you have High Elves wielding laser guns whilst riding giant seahorses, you just have to sit back and let it happen, you know?
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She’s a woman so compelling that I can’t look away, even when she’s at her self-destructive best.
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At the end of the day, Justice League is not the unmitigated triumph that Wonder Woman was. But nor is it the mess that was Suicide Squad.
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Eventually, I’m going to skip a Marvel film’s theatrical release. And that day feels closer than ever.
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Theron looks great smoking cigarettes under neon light – but style counts for nothing when you care not a jot for your protagonists, or when their story is so palpably dull.
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The funny thing is, I would have liked this movie just fine without all the Marvel crossover stuff that the fans have been dreaming of for the better part of a decade.
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If you only see one superhero movie this year, make it this one.
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The complete lack of threat is really what kills this film for me. People dangle off the end of spaceships that are crashing through forests, or fall several stories to the ground with nary a bruise.
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Logan is a definite high point for X-Men, and a great send-off for Jackman’s take on the character.
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