Joker
UK Release Date: 04 October 2019 Certification: 15 Director: Todd Phillips Cast: Zazie Beetz, Frances Conroy, Brett Cullen, Robert De Niro, Joaquin Phoenix Rating: 92% "Smile, though your heart is aching." Review: Joker tells the origin story of Arthur Fleck who through the tribulations of society becomes the Joker. It's brilliant use of the unreliable narrator leaves you thinking about what truly happened for weeks to come. There's only one place to start when talking about Joker and that's Joaquin Phoenix - It's his movie. His performance is one of the greatest that I've ever seen and he's still no where near as good as Heath Ledger was. I think he just about deserved his Oscar over Matt Damon for Ford v Ferrari - who somehow neither him or Christian Bale received a nomination for their roles. It's uncomfortable to look at Arthur, he's so lean but so menacing - I can totally buy his descent into madness and depression. ...