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Review

Joker: Folie à Deux review – a grim karaoke session

by Hannah Strong

Todd Phillips recruits Lady Gaga to his cir­cus act as Joaquin Phoenix repris­es his role as the crime-com­mit­ting clown about town in this shock­ing­ly ama­teur musi­cal effort.

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Review

Joker

by David Jenkins

Todd Phillips’ supervil­lain ori­gin sto­ry strains so hard for seri­ous­ness and rel­e­vance that it cracks into a mil­lion pieces.

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Review

War Dogs

by David Jenkins

Miles Teller and Jon­ah Hill are two jacked-up arms deal­ers in Todd Phillips under­whelm­ing true-to-life caper.

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Review

The Hangover Part III

by Adam Lee Davies

The boys are back for some misc Tex-Mex high-jinx in order to get Zak Gal­i­fi­anakis to the nut hatch.

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The Hangover Part II

by Matt Bochenski

The Wolf­pack hit Bangkok in this loud, dumb, occa­sion­al­ly obnox­ious but tru­ly hilar­i­ous sequel.

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Review

Due Date

by Benjamin Lee

Try as it may, Due Date nev­er real­ly man­ages to escape its rather tired ​‘odd cou­ple’ concept.

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Review

The Hangover

by Limara Salt

Direc­tor Todd Phillips man­ages to put a new spin on the curi­ous male rite of passage.

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