Suicide Squad

Is The Suicide Squad the beginning of the end for the superhero movie?

James Gunn’s gory, knowing reboot of the DC antihero adventure is part of a newer revisionist trend that suggests the genre might be going the way of the western

Brogan Morris

05, Aug, 2021 @2:19 PM

The Suicide Squad review – eyeball-blitzing supervillain reboot

Guardians of the Galaxy’s James Gunn is a good directorial fit for the humour and freaky violence of DC’s bad-guy jamboree

Peter Bradshaw

28, Jul, 2021 @4:10 PM

Idris Elba: ‘I used work to exorcise my demons’

The actor was working as a bouncer when he got a small part in a new show called The Wire. Two decades on, he’s a blockbuster fixture. The Suicide Squad star talks about fighting for his big break, losing his dad, and why acting helped him out of a ‘dark, weird junction’

Tom Lamont

24, Jul, 2021 @7:00 AM

Can James Gunn bring the Suicide Squad back to life?

The Guardians of the Galaxy director has been given another motley crew to turn into box-office gold – but this time his task looks a lot tricker

Ben Child

05, Feb, 2021 @2:01 PM

The most exciting movies of 2020 – superhero films

Wonder Woman takes on big business, the X-Men says farewell – and Angelina Jolie joins the Marvel mega-crew

Guardian film

23, Dec, 2019 @10:22 AM

We should feel sorry for Jared Leto. His Joker never had a chance

The actor’s Suicide Squad character had been sidelined long before Todd Phillips’s film starring Joaquin Phoenix as Batman’s arch enemy was greenlit

Ben Child

22, Oct, 2019 @12:21 PM

Who needs Joker? Birds of Prey puts Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn centre stage

Gotham City’s lovable crime queen is bigged up in Cathy Yan’s forthcoming movie, leaving Batman and co in the shade

Ben Child

07, Oct, 2019 @3:00 PM

Will Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn be the first superhero of the #MeToo era?

The character’s depiction in Suicide Squad left a bad taste – but with her own film on the way, DC has the perfect chance to redress the balance

Ben Child

22, Nov, 2018 @2:02 PM

Can James Gunn bring his Marvel brio to DC's Suicide Squad?

The Guardians of the Galaxy director looks like a perfect hire to pep up the franchise. But he wouldn’t be the first to fail in switching extended universes

Ben Child

11, Oct, 2018 @12:18 PM

Will 'Goddess of Death' Cate Blanchett solve Marvel's female supervillain problem?

While women baddies abound in Marvel comics, few have made the transition to the screen. But that’s about to change with Blanchett’s role in Thor: Ragnarok

Ben Child

01, Aug, 2017 @11:41 AM