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Film review: ‘JOKER: FOLIE A DEUX’ by Nick Gardener from ‘Built For Speed’

Todd Phillips’ Joker (2019) reimagined the supervillain origin story as a study of a fracturing mind with the beaten down incel Arthur Fleck transforming into the weirdly charismatic murdering psychopath clown of the title. In this age of superhero/ villain obsession it was an ambitious and subversive take on an iconic character but not always a riveting one. For those

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Film review: ‘JOKER’ by Nick Gardener from ‘Built For Speed’

Joker is possibly the most hyped film of the year. Its arrival has been preceded by salivating reviews and Homeric tales of standing ovations at film festivals. As often happens with massively hyped films, they don’t live up to expectations. This is the case here but that doesn’t mean it’s a poor film, in fact, it has some terrific moments

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