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Suicide Squad director David Ayer explains The Joker’s grill and ‘Damaged’ tattoo

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During an interview with Empire, Suicide Squad director David Ayer has addressed one of the most controversial aspects of the DC supervillain team-up – The Joker’s tattoos and grill – explaining how they came about. “This is sort of my personal thing and maybe less about a larger connection,” said Ayer. “But Joker killed Robin […]

Comic Book Review – All-Star Batman #1

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Ricky Church reviews All-Star Batman #1… “My Own Worst Enemy” part one! Superstar writer Scott Snyder explodes into an all-new Batman series alongside legendary artist John Romita Jr., reimagining some of the Dark Knight’s greatest villains. First up: Two-Face! Batman must take Two-Face to a destination out of Gotham City, but the duplicitous villain has […]

Negative reviews for Suicide Squad are “motivating” Justice League

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It’s fair to say that Suicide Squad has a rough old time of it since its release last week. Despite a big opening weekend, it was slammed by many critics (it now has a lower Rotten Tomatoes score than Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice) and audiences haven’t taken to it either. However it could be […]

Jared Leto says there are enough deleted scenes from Suicide Squad for a Joker movie

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Jared Leto seems to have spent the majority of the press tour for Suicide Squad bemoaning the amount of his scenes as the Joker which ended up on the cutting room floor, and he’s been at it again during an interview with the BBC, stating that there’s enough for an entire Joker movie. “I think […]

Movie Review – Suicide Squad (2016)

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Suicide Squad, 2016. Directed by David Ayer. Starring Will Smith, Jared Leto, Margot Robbie, Jai Courtney, Joel Kinnaman, Viola Davis, Cara Delevingne, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Jay Hernandez, Adam Beach, Jim Parrack, Ben Affleck, Karen Fukuhara, Common, Ike Barinholtz and Scott Eastwood. SYNOPSIS: A group of highly dangerous super-villains are forced to carry out secret missions for […]

Exclusive interview with All-Star Batman’s Scott Snyder & John Romita Jr.

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Ricky Church chats with Scott Snyder & John Romita Jr about All-Star Batman… One of the most anticipated titles among DC Rebirth is All-Star Batman, written by Scott Snyder with art by John Romita Jr. The opening arc, ‘My Own Worst Enemy’, will see Batman and Two-Face going on a ‘road trip’ as Batman attempts […]

Sarah Grey cast as Stargirl in DC’s Legends of Tomorrow

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IGN is reporting that Sarah Grey (Cinemanovel, Power Rangers) has signed on to appear in the second season of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, where she’ll portray Courtney Whitmore, a.k.a. Stargirl. Stargirl is set to feature as a member of the Justice Society of America, alongside teammates Commander Steel (Matthew MacCaull) Hourman (Patrick J. Adams), Vixen (Maisie […]

The Vampire Diaries’ Susan Walters joins The Flash as Caitlin Snow’s mother

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Entertainment Weekly is reporting that The Vampire Diaries alum Susan Walters has joined the cast of The Flash for its third season, with the actress set to play Dr. Carla Tannhauser, the mother of Danielle Panabaker’s Caitlin Snow. The site describes the character as “a world class biomedical engineer and CEO of a major research […]

Video Game Review – Batman: The Telltale Series – Episode 1

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Chris Sanderson reviews Batman: The Telltale Series – Episode 1… At the Game Awards in 2015 we got our first hint of Telltale Games’ next big project and much to the surprise of many, it turned out to be a new Batman game. With almost no information given since then and only small hints and […]