Joker writer-director Todd Phillips has confirmed that Arthur Fleck, the character played by Joaquin Phoenix in the Joker movie series, was never intended to be the real Joker. In an interview, Phillips said Fleck, through Joker and Joker: Folie à Deux, was only an “unwitting” leader that had the title Joker put upon him. This story contains spoilers for the Todd Phillips Joker movie series. At the end of Folie à Deux, Fleck confesses to his crimes during his murder trial because he comes to understand that the entire system is corrupt and the only way to fix it is to “burn it all down,” Phillips told Entertainment Weekly. This is also when Fleck realizes he is not really the Joker.”When those guards kill that kid in the [hospital] he realizes that dres…
Read moreBandai Namco will release a Tamagotchi Original next year that not only looks like an egg, but actually contains recycled eggshells. That’s not all, either. The packaging for the device–featuring the programming from the 1990s–will be made with recycled paper when it comes out February 5, 2025.
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Read moreBlack Myth: Wukong released on August 20 and had a massive debut, selling 10 million copies between launch and August 23, making it one of the fastest-selling video games of all time.The game has surpassed the sales of Elden Ring and Hogwarts Legacy in the same timeframe, according to analyst Daniel Ahmad. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom also sold 10 million copies in about three days.”Thanks to all players worldwide for your support and love. Have a great gaming weekend!” the developers said. The game is currently available on PC and PS5, and is coming to Xbox Series X|S later, so the game’s sales numbers will no doubt continue to climb over time.
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The Umbrella Academy is done saving the world. After four seasons and 36 episodes, the Netflix series based on Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá’s graphic novel has come to an end. The adopted children of Reginald Hargreeves (Colm Feore) couldn’t keep saving the world from imploding forever and finally found a way to stop the apocalypse from happening across all of the timelines.The cast wasn’t informed how the show would wrap up until shortly before filming the final episodes, though some of them began to suspect the general ending about halfway through shooting the fourth and final season. The ending may have felt inevitable to some of them, but it was still hard to say goodbye to these characters who have transformed their careers in more ways than one.
Addams Family Values on 4K Blu-ray $26 Preorder at Amazon There are many, many holiday-themed movies to choose from, but not a whole ton that are specifically oriented around the US’s Thanksgiving holiday. One particular perennial Thanksgiving favorite, though, is the darkly hilarious Addams Family Values, the second movie adaptation of the old Addams Family sitcom from the 1960s, and the progenitor to Netfl…
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