Joker: Folie à Deux (2024) - Review

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Joker: Folie à Deux (2024) - Review

Directed by: James Cameron

Written by: James Cameron, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver

Starring: Zoe Saldaña, Sam Worthington, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Cliff Curtis, Joel David Moore, CCH Pounder, Edie Falco, Jemaine Clement, Kate Winslet

Runtime: 192 min

Synopsis: Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, the sequel tells the story of the Sully family (Jake, Neytiri, and their kids), the trouble that follows them, the lengths they go to keep each other safe, the battles they fight to stay alive, and the tragedies they endure.

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Napoleon (2023) - Review

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Napoleon (2023) - Review

Directed by: Ridley Scott

Written by: David Scarpa

Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Vanessa Kirby, Tahar Rahim, Mark Bonnar, Rupert Everett, Youssef Kerkour

Runtime: 157 min

Synopsis: An action epic that details the checkered rise and fall of the iconic French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte (Joaquin Phoenix). The film captures Bonaparte's relentless journey to power through the prism of his addictive, volatile relationship with his one true love, Josephine (Vanessa Kirby), showcasing his visionary military and political tactics.

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Beau Is Afraid (2023) - Review

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Beau Is Afraid (2023) - Review

Directed by: Ari Aster

Written by: Ari Aster

Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Patti LuPone, Nathan Lane, Amy Ryan, Kylie Rogers, Parker Posey, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Hayley Squires, Michael Gandolfini, Zoe Lister-Jones, Richard Kind

Runtime: 179 min

Synopsis: A paranoid man embarks on an epic odyssey to get home to his mother.

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Joker (2019) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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Joker (2019) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Todd Phillips

Written by: Todd Phillips, Scott Silver

Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz, Frances Conroy

Runtime: 122 min

Synopsis: Joker centers around the iconic arch nemesis and is an original, standalone fictional story not seen before on the big screen. Todd Phillips’ exploration of Arthur Fleck, who is indelibly portrayed by Joaquin Phoenix, is of a man struggling to find his way in Gotham's fractured society. A clown-for-hire by day, he aspires to be a stand-up comic at night...but finds the joke always seems to be on him. Caught in a cyclical existence between apathy and cruelty, Arthur makes one bad decision that brings about a chain reaction of escalating events in this gritty character study.

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