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MAGA Bros Against World War III

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Reason

‘Was this a big mistake?’: How Vera Drew defied Warner Bros and turned the Batman universe trans

INTERVIEW: ‘The People’s Joker’ reframes the iconic DC Comics villain as a young trans comedian. After years of legal uncertainty, the film is finally out in UK cinemas. Louis Chilton speaks to its inimitable director and star

The Independent UK

The trans film-maker who remade Batman: ‘There’s a reason all the heroes are queer, mentally ill villains’

Vera Drew’s award-winning new film imagines Batman as a boy-grooming baddie and the Joker as a transgender clown – a hectic riposte to the idea that woke killed the joke

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Lady Gaga responds to Razzie-nominated film’s box office flop

‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ divided critics last year and bombed at the box office

The Independent UK

Borderlands, Madame Web, and Lady Gaga up for anti-Oscars as the Razzie Awards announces its 2025 nominations

Megalopolis and Reagan are also up for a bunch of... accolades?

Total Film

Max Just Quietly Added The Most Subversive Superhero Movie Of 2024

'Joker: Folie à Deux' feels directly hostile to anyone who liked the first movie. That's what makes it great.

Inverse

2024's Weirdest Superhero Movie Changed My Life Forever

The superhero movie Warner Bros. didn't want you to see made me come to terms with a brutal truth.

Inverse

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Leonardo DiCaprio throws glitzy 50th birthday party in Los Angeles

Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio threw a star-studded party in Los Angeles on Saturday (09.11.24) to celebrate his 50th birthday with pals including Brad Pitt, Katy Perry and Paris Hilton attending the glitzy bash.

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Todd Phillips suggests cutting commercials from cinema

Todd Phillips believes having to watch countless commercials is ruining the cinema experience for movie-lovers.

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Quentin Tarantino was 'tremendously' impressed by Joker: Folie à Deux

Hollywood director Quentin Tarantino has admitted he was "tremendously" impressed by 'Joker: Folie a Deux' - insisting the film's star Joaquin Phoenix gives "one of the best performances I’ve ever seen in my life".

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Quentin Tarantino raves about Joker 2 after box office flop: ‘I really got caught up into it’

‘Pulp Fiction’ director said Joaquin Phoenix gave ‘one of the best performances I’ve ever seen in my life’

The Independent UK

Quentin Tarantino praises flop Joker sequel: ‘I really, really liked it’

Writer-director shows support for critically maligned and commercially disastrous musical follow-up to 2019 hit

The Guardian - US

Quentin Tarantino really liked the "f*ck you to Hollywood" Joker: Folie à Deux – "Todd Phillips is the Joker"

The director was a fan

Total Film

Joaquin Phoenix nearly played the Joker in The Dark Knight

Joaquin Phoenix has revealed that he talked to Christopher Nolan about the possibility of playing the Joker in the 2008 superhero film 'The Dark Knight' but turned the role down as he "wasn't ready" for it.

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Total Film

Less than three weeks after hitting theaters, Joker: Folie a Deux gets a Blu-ray and DVD release date – complete with a four-part "longform" documentary

Don't expect any deleted scenes in the Joker: Folie a Deux physical release

The Guardian - UK

Daring or dire? Guardian readers on Joker: Folie à Deux

Todd Phillips’ superhero sequel might have been a box-office flop, but some readers see a lot to cherish in the performances of Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga

The Guardian - UK

Why did Joker 2 lose so much money? And how on earth did it cost so much in the first place?

Todd Phillips’ first take on the supervillain was a billion-grossing smash, but setting out to chastise devoted fans with the second looks set to cost the film industry dear

The Guardian - UK

Joker sequel on course for catastrophic $200m loss – reports

Folie à Deux is heading for an early debut on streaming platforms as its dismal run at the box office continues

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Evening Standard

Joker 2: Why has the Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga sequel been labelled a flop?

The reviews have not been glowing for the sequel so far

The Independent UK

‘Terrifier 3’ slashes ‘Joker’ to take No. 1 at the box office, Trump film ‘The Apprentice’ fizzles

The choices on the movie marquee this weekend included Joaquin Phoenix as the Joker, a film about Donald Trump, a “Saturday Night Live” origin story and even Pharrell Williams as a Lego

Tom’s Guide

5 movies like 'Joker: Folie à Deux' but better

Let down by the 'Joker' sequel? Check out these five better movies instead.

The Independent UK

Send in the clowns: $5m Terrifier 3 blasts past Joker 2 in box office humiliation

Todd Phillips’s ‘Joker’ sequel continues to set unwanted records for DC Studios

Salon

Joker 2 makes a mockery of Harley Quinn

The infamous anti-hero deserves better in Todd Phillips' meandering sequel

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The Joker 2 Actor Who Appears In *That* Controversial Ending Scene Has Addressed The Backlash

"They were very serious. I didn’t say anything to anyone for two years."

Total Film

Joker: Folie a Deux almost filmed a full trailer for its "awful" TV movie – featuring a returning actor from 2019's Joker

Beetlejuice 2 star almost appeared in Joker 2

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