Joker: All Joke No Punchline

Joaquin Phoenix as the Joker

The Joker is one of those characters who didn't need an origin story. Not knowing what made him a sadistic psychopath is what made him a scary but memorable villain. True, there have been several iterations that hinted his past but never the whole picture. Tim Burton's Batman being the one exception but isn't seen as part of the Batman lore and neither is this version, brought to us by Todd Phillips, the director of The Hangover. 

The Teen Titans Go to the Movies and Do What They Do Best

Robin (Scott Menville), Cyborg (Khary Payton), Beast Boy (Greg Cipes),
Starfire (Hynden Welch), Raven (Tara Strong) at the movies. 

The original Teen Titans cartoon was met with critical praise. It ran on Cartoon Network for five seasons including a made-for-television movie. Unfortunately, the series got canceled before getting a proper resolution. When news came that the show would return, fans were overjoyed until they saw the new designs and it would be a comedy re-titled Teen Titans Go! Reactions immediately turned sour. Despite the enormous backlash, the series remained popular with a fan-base and is the first Cartoon Network program to nab a movie deal since The Powerpuff Girls back in 2002. Will Teen Titans Go to the Movies fare better on the big screen or receive the same disdain as the show?

The Brick Knight Rises in The Lego Batman Movie

(Originally Published on February 17, 2017)

With the surprise success of 2014’s The Lego Movie, Warner Bros. takes the Marvel route on building its own cinematic universe. With its roster of the DC Extended Universe losing steam maybe it’ll have a better chance with Legos in the first of these spin-offs: The Lego Batman Movie.