Joker: The Movie Gotham Needs
Though its origins can be traced back to comic book lore, this wonderfully crafted origin story is by no means your average comic book flick! Submitted for your approval: my unabridged review of Joker . WARNING: POSSIBLE SPOILERS AND PSYCHOTIC CLOWN LAUGHTER AHEAD! While many of us movie-goers are still reeling from one demented clown bent on destroying the world, along comes a film about another all-too-familiar cinematic and literary villain that proves once and for all who has earned the title of Clown Prince of Crime! As a colleague of mine (and fellow cinephile) so aptly put it, this film may prove to be "the Taxi Driver of our generation." It definitely has the same weight, realism, grit, raw emotion, and fractured psychosis that made that film so strikingly memorable. Much like Taxi Driver , Joker is a cautionary tale that brings us over the threshold from put-upon everyman to villain. Joker introduces us to Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix), an aspiring stand...