Geek of Oz

Episode 14! Stu and Billy delve back into the DC Cinematic Universe this week to watch Suicide Squad! Written & Directed by David Ayer ( Training Day, Harsh Times, Street Kings, Fury ), Suicide Squad has intelligence officer Amanda Waller (Viola Davis) deciding to assemble a team of dangerous, incarcerated supervillains for a top-secret task force, Task Force X.  The team is who's who of rogues from the DC Universe including the likes of Deadshot (Will Smith), Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie), Captain Boomerang (Jai Courtney), Killer Croc (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje), El Diablo (Jay Hernandez), and many other despicable inmates. The Team is also led in field by Rick Flagg (Joel Kinnaman). Dubbed the Suicide Squad, the united criminals must defeat a mysterious and powerful entity while contending with the antics of the diabolical Clown Prince Crime, The Joker (Jared Leto). We also review Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice - Ultimate Edition, which was just recently releas...

Delve into the demented history of the Dark Knight’s arch nemesis – The Joker – as he sets out to prove insanity is only a horrifying moment away for anyone in the latest DC Universe Original Movie, Batman: The Killing Joke.  Based on one of the best-­‐selling graphic novels of all time, feature-­‐length animated film (the first ever DC animation to receive an R Rating in the US) brings together some of the key creative team behind Batman: The Animated Series with executive producer Bruce Timm at the helm and Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill returning to their seminal roles as Batman and The Joker, respectively. Based on the acclaimed graphic novel of the same name,Batman: The Killing Joke takes a journey into the dark psyche of the Clown Prince of Crime – from his humble beginnings as a struggling comedian to his fateful encounter with Batman that changes both of their lives forever. Years later, and now escaped from Arkham Asylum, The Joker devises a plan ...

The eighth tasty portion from the DC Universe Animated Original Movie line from Warner Bros is Batman: Under the Red Hood, a direct to DVD animated film based on the Batman: A Death in the Family storyline written by Jim Starlin and the Batman: Under the Hood storyline by the writer of the movie and current Power Girl scribe, Judd Winick*. Unfortunately for us Aussies we had to wait until the 31st of August for its release as opposed to the 27th of July in the good ol' US of A and while it may not seem like a long time, for a geek such as myself, it's an eternity! The basic story of Batman: Under the Red Hood revolves around the death of the second Robin, Jason Todd and the return of a reborn version of an old foe, The Red Hood. The Red Hood was the initial incarnation of the Joker going back to 1951, back before his Jack Nicholson-esque plunge into a vat of chemicals, causing his disfigurement and eventual insanity. The new Red Hood in his angry bik...