We are only a few months away from the premiere of the Joker. Joaquin Phoenix will portray the infamous villain from the DC universe. The Joker has been portrayed by many well- known actors, but for a stand-alone origin story will Joaquin Phoenix be able to portray the Joker in due fashion? The simple answer to the question above is YES. Phoenix is an amazing actor with a wide range in history with the roles he has portrayed. He has been nominated for various awards including the Academy Awards for his work in Gladiator, Walk the Line, and The Master. Even when he’s not on a film set Phoenix can still make people talk about his performance. This was the case all the way back in 2009 when he appeared on the David Letterman show. During his appearance, Joaquin looked unkept and was wearing sunglasses and was just weird. His appearance got many people talking including myself. Joaquin would appear a year and a half later again on David Letterman’s show and apologized to Letterman and explained that It was …
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At long last, we have finally gotten our first look at the highly anticipated film “The Irishman” directed by Martin Scorsese which will be hitting select theaters and Netflix this fall! The first showing of the film is set to take place at the New York Film Festival, whose director Kent Jones is a frequent collaborator of Martin Scorsese. From what we hear the special effects used to create this film took an incredible amount of time, as they were used to change the aging of actors Robert DeNiro, Al Pacino, and Joe Pesci. Since the story will not be told chronologically (and will, therefore, move back and forth in time), the viewer will be able to see the actors’ faces, sometimes young and sometimes old. The film is adapted from Delaware author Charles Brandt’s book I Heard You Paint Houses and focuses on the eventful life of hitman Frank Sheeran, aka The Irishman. The film is an epic saga of organized crime in post-war America told through the eyes of World War II veteran Frank Sheeran, a hustler, and …