The Joker has kind of been cheapened by being seen as a "great character"… it means everyone feels the need to dig deep and come up with an dark emotional core rather than just cut loose and go nuts because the character finds chaos to be fun and fulfilling for its own sake (this goes for the comics too).

The flashbacks from "The Killing Joke" are the closest to a definitive origin story, but basically it's canon that there is no canon origin for the Joker.

No box office analysts expected "The Lone Ranger" to be a hit. Studio heads, maybe, but we all know they live in an entirely different world than we do.

Early word from test screenings is pretty positive, too. If it all works out this could be the first really good Stephen King adaptation since… The Mist maybe?

I love ReBoot. What makes it truly great is that even at the start the show never rested on its laurels… it could have coasted on being the first CGI Animated tv show, but since the creators knew they would only get one shot they made sure to get it right with a meticulously created world, strong, well-defined…

My fascination with yellowface performances is something I sometimes have difficulty explaining even to myself. I watch the movies and find them entertaining, but also fascinating from a historical and academic perspective. It's hard to find the proper yardstick to determine if a performance is "good" (like, is it an…

From both sides of the equation-considering almost every Bond recasting has also met with a change in tone and/or style, I can't imagine EON was eager to toss away the money they had invested into the new, continuity-driven CraigBond arc and were determined to wrap it up in a bow.

Who wouldn't?

He actually wanted to direct "The Social Network" himself, but David Fincher got a hold of the script and then told Sorkin flat out that he'd have to postpone his directorial debut.

Wouldn't surprise me at all if Michael Cera is playing some sort of Tobey Maguire analogue.

The statement he released absolutely indicates he's treating the situation with all the sobriety and respect it deserves:

Very "Beasts of the Southern Wild". I like it.

"Why should we cover you this time?"

And this is why "Oscar Bait" is such a bullshit term. Starting out at "Oscar Bait" and working backwards from there is a great way to dismiss the filmography of a talented, serious actor who consistently refuses to cash in or take the easy way out in terms of his stardom.

I saw "Annabelle: Creation" and it was a total blast. It was a late showing, but now I wish I saw it at an earlier show because it is absolutely the sort of movie that benefits from a theater audience reacting to what's happening on screen. A favorite audience moment-near the end a character is running away from a…

Yeah, the Justice League Green Lantern is by far the definitive portrayal of the character in my mind. I can't watch this scene without getting chills:

I think the rhythm and visual signature of certain directors can be so deeply ingrained into their psyche that avoiding it often requires deliberate effort. Martin Scorsese movies, for instance, almost always look and feel like Martin Scorsese movies. He's had only a few exceptions… "The King of Comedy" for instance…

Does hitting 63 on Metacritic and 69% on Rottentomatoes really count as "plummeting"?

"Things We Lost in the Fire" was his first script to be produced, but he had already sold the script for "The Only Living Boy in New York" by that point.

I checked some early reviews… The character was indeed named Webb before Marc Webb was attached. Like "Collateral Beauty", this script went through a few cast and crew shakeups on the way to production. Originally, Seth "King of Kong/Horrible Bosses/Baywatch" Gordon was going to direct with Logan Lerman in the lead.