The new Joker: The 5-star villan you must not miss
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Revealing scene movie star dreaded
She’s a multi-award-winning actor whose taken on demanding challenges. But this scene in her new movie had her terrified.
Joker star studied crazed laughter for months
After Phoenix landed the part in the Batman spin-off, he threw himself into it, spending eight months studying personality disorders.
Novel approach fails to fly for The Goldfinch
How do you condense a 780-page novel about grief, guilt and transgression into a coherent two-and-a-half movie? Not like this!
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R-Patz has been living like a bum
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Wonder Woman’s wow factor awry
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Visually Neruda a transfixing triumph
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Not enough laughs in two hours
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One of the year’s best films
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Baywatch is even worse than you’d expect
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