Samuel L. Jackson is "laying his vengeance" upon a certain filmmaking legend after some pointed comments about Marvel movies. In response to Martin Scorsese's dismissive remarks about the quality of Marvel films, Jackson, known for his bombastic attitude and often profane language, kept a cool head.
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Joker's box office haul is no laughing matter. The Joaquin Phoenix-led film — which serves as a particularly dark origin story one of pop culture's most famous characters, the Joker — smashed a box office record with its opening weekend revenue.
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Director Todd Philips has been clear it was never his intention to adapt any specific comic when he directed Joker, and now that we can all see the film for ourselves, it's clear that he meant it. Here are some of the biggest ways Joker is different from the comics.
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Spooky season is officially upon us, and Netflix is kicking off the most frightful time of year with a film that promises scares in line with 2018's genre-smashing shocker Hereditary. Horror author Joe Hill recently said that Netflix's new flick In the Tall Grass is "Hereditary-level scary."
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Creating a unique take on the Joker was a bit of a moving target for Joaquin Phoenix. The actor recently sat down with the ReelBlend podcast to discuss the difficulties that he and director Todd Phillips had in nailing down the right characterization during the filming of Joker.
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Black Panther director Ryan Coogler is taking some time away from Wakanda for an intriguing new comic book project. Coogler will produce an adaptation of the comic book series Bitter Root for Legendary, basing it on the Image comics created by Chuck Brown, Sanford Greene, and David F. Walker.
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Spider-Ham remained on the periphery of Marvel Comics for decades, but since the success of Into the Spider-Verse, the little sausage hero is making himself more and more visible in popular media. So, we think maybe it might be time for the untold truth of Spider-Ham.
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While Matt Damon has undoubtedly passed on dozens of movie roles in his career, it seems there's one in particular that's likely had him asking himself the very question his character from Good Will Hunting famously taunted a rival with. Here's the major movie role Damon turned down.
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No Mighty Marvel for Marty. In a recent conversation with Empire magazine, Martin Scorsese — perhaps the world's greatest living film director — had some pretty harsh words for the movies of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which is by far the highest-grossing film franchise in history.
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Let the battle begin. With the arrival of director Todd Phillips' long-awaited Joker movie, a new challenger has entered the arena in hopes of becoming the new Best Joker Actor Ever. Now that Joker has landed in theaters, who's the better Clown Prince of Crime: Joaquin Phoenix or Heath Ledger?
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Joker definitely goes its own way with the depiction of the legendary Clown of Prince of Crime, right up to its explosive and unforgettable climax. Now that everyone's had a chance to see the film, it's time to talk about what it all built to and how it all paid off.
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Stephen King delves deep into the psyches and lives of even his most marginal characters, which can make adaptations of his stories into a visual medium pretty tricky. His magnum opus, It, has been brought to both TV and the big screen. How do the casts stack up? Float on down and see.
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We know there are some deleted scenes from It Chapter Two out there somewhere. Plus, there are numerous key moments from Stephen King's original novel that didn't make the cut. With that in mind, let's examine some intriguing It Chapter Two scenes that we didn't get to see.
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In an interview with Empire, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker co-writer Chris Terrio confirmed that the flick will answer two questions fans have been asking for years — one of which has sparked countless theories and another that has deeper, franchise-wide implications.
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The Clown Prince of Crime is back on the silver screen — but a certain someone is missing from the proceedings. Much has been made of the fact that Joker, which stars Joaquin Phoenix as the iconic DC villain, is a film that sports a distinct lack of Batman. Why was this choice made?
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Is he gonna wreck it... again? Lately, the rumor mill has been churning out little rumor nuggets which indicate that we haven't seen the last of Wreck-It Ralph, the star of his own eponymous 2012 feature and its 2018 sequel, Ralph Breaks the Internet. Are the rumors true?
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As new Universal Monsters films finally start to march forward again, here are thoughts about the best case scenario for a potential future version of the Dark Universe and how it would look in a perfectly spooky world.
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Evidently, Tom Holland's a superhero on and off the big screen. A new piece published by The Hollywood Reporter claims that Holland sprung into action and carried out some last-minute, heroic deeds to help bring Spider-Man back into the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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Robert De Niro has some things to say about the things other people are saying about his new movie. chatting to Variety during the red carpet event for another of his upcoming films The Irishman, Robert De Niro finally offered his own take on the controversy surrounding Joker.
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The man behind the behind the shades in Blade almost brought a very different Marvel hero to the big screen in the '90s -- and he apparently still has quite a vivid memory of what his Black Panther might've looked like. Wesley Snipes recently opened up about his vision for a Black Panther movie.
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Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn is being described as a girl gang movie, and now that the first full trailer for the film is out, we know why and how this gang is going to come together. For this, and all the other small details we noticed, read on.
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Is Joaquin Phoenix a petulant, spoiled movie star... or is he pulling our collective leg once again? During an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Phoenix was presented with an outtake from Joker in which he appears to go on a profane rant aimed at a crew member named "Larry."
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Let the naysayers cast their aspersions — we're here to argue on Robert Pattinson's behalf. He's a surprising pick but this is an actor who has the experience, confidence, flexibility and charisma necessary to make his take on the Dark Knight of Gotham City one of the absolute best.
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Hype for Frozen 2 is undeniably high, but everyone's been wondering why took more than half a decade to make the animated sequel happen. Happily, Frozen and Frozen 2 co-directors Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck have revealed the real reasons for the six-year gap between the first and second films.
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Ah, Han Solo. As portrayed by the legendary Harrison Ford, he may have had a heart of gold, but at times, it could be pretty tough to find it underneath that surly exterior. But he always seemed to get the best lines, so we decided to try to determine: what is Han Solo's best line ever?
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The cast of Kenneth Branagh's newest mystery movie has come to slay — literally. Per Entertainment Weekly, some huge names have joined Branagh's newest Agatha Christie adaptation Death on the Nile, which serves as a follow-up to his previous mystery caper, 2017's Murder on the Orient Express.
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Apple is poised to dive head-first into the streaming wars, promising "all-original stories from the best, brightest and most creative minds." That sounds great, but just what does it all mean? We've rounded up everything we know about Apple TV+, from dates to devices to original shows and movies.
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