REVIEW: ‘Birds of Prey’ cluttered, lacks meaningful content
John Cotter, Staff Writer
February 16, 2020
After “Joker” became the first R-rated film to garner over $1 billion at the global box office (and to earn eleven Academy Award nominations), eyes have been understandably focused on this mature sub-genre and its successors. Warner Brothers and the DC Universe have quickly piggybacked on the succ...
‘Joker’ faces controversy amidst national gun violence debate
Luke Murphy, Contributing Writer
September 30, 2019
It all started with a Twitter post. Heather Antos, a comics editor at Valiant & Image, logged onto the site Sept. 5 and wrote, “Why the Joker movie is problematic. Rachel Miller nails it.” The tweet has already been liked 55.1K times and retweeted 16.6K times. “I don’t want to be shown what a p...
OPINION: A chance at redemption for DC movies
Gianfranco Ocampo, Contributing Writer
April 15, 2019
The trailer for the new Joker film starring Joaquin Phoenix was released on April 3, showcasing the Joker’s origin story and hopefully kicking off a top-tier film DC superhero movie after some disastrous mishaps in recent years. Even though most of DC’s films have been something of a financial s...
