Joker is laughing is already well on it's way into the record books as the biggest R-rated film of all all time, and if it continues on its current trajectory it is set to make an incredible profit.

This year gave us the Joker film we never knew we wanted. Something which may never have happened if Jared Leto had his way.

Some movies take many different cuts and edits to get right, leaving a trove of deleted and extra scenes on the cutting room. Scenes which director Todd Philips claims you won't be scene from his Joker film.

Before release, Joker was sold as a completely standalone, once-off effort. That was before the movie broke box office records and all the Oscar talk for the historically sequel-averse Joaquin Phoenix though.

Joker is a conflagration of themes and meta-commentary as subtle as a city on fire. It's inflammatory and revulsive and self-indulgent and pretentious and meticulous and achingly beautiful. In short: It's art.

Warner Bros has finally issued a formal statement regarding the controversies surrounding Joker, after some of the survivors of the 2012 Aurora shooting - in which 12 people were fatally gunned downed during a screening of The Dark Knight - penned an open letter about the film.

Joker, writer/director Todd Phillips' twisted take on the origin story of the iconic DC Comics villain screened for the first time this weekend past, and from nearly all accounts this one is a game-changer with awards glory written all over it!

Based on the first trailer we knew that Todd Phillips' upcoming Joker movie was a comic book origin story unlike anything else we've seen before. Turns out, it's not even a comic book movie.