Tag: Thriller
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning Trailer Fails to Impress
Tom Cruise is running back to theaters, but this time, he’s got something to prove again. Today, Paramount released the first trailer for the eighth Mission: Impossible movie, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning. Previously called Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Two, the film...
Read MoreAmerican Psycho Remake is Coming Because of Course It is
You’d better invest in a better business card because Patrick Bateman is headed back to Wall Street. Deadline exclusively reports that Lionsgate will produce a remake of American Psycho, the 2000 instant classic starring Christian Bale as an 80s New York businessman who enjoyed working out, listen...
Read MoreBuilding a Mountain: Harley Quinn in Joker: Folie à Deux
One of the most enticing elements of Joker: Folie à Deux in the lead-up to its release was the promise of another version of Harley Quinn making the leap to live-action. This time, she would be embodied by singer Lady Gaga, which seemed to fit because the film would include several musical scenes....
Read MoreShared Madness: What Joker: Folie à Deux Means to Me
Joker: Folie à Deux has only been out one weekend, but it’s effectively come and gone. Well, at the box office, anyway; with a disappointing opening, a huge $200 million budget (which I can only assume mostly went to the inflated paychecks Todd Phillips and Joaquin Phoenix likely demanded after�...
Read MoreREVIEW: Joker: Folie à Deux (2024)
Joker: Folie à Deux is a lot of things – a psychological drama, a legal thriller, a musical, a love story, an extension of its predecessor’s indictment of society, a comic book movie – but above all, it’s endlessly fascinating, and like Joker, it keeps you wondering what will happen next....
Read MoreREVIEW: The Penguin – Episode 2, “Inside Man”
With its second episode, “Inside Man,” The Penguin hits its stride, mounting the tension as the subterfuge within the Falcone family begins. Mercifully, Colin Farrell tones down his caricaturish performance, mostly playing Oz straight, and the result is a much more immersive crime story. That b...
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