That’s twice now, for filmmaker and producer Matt Reeves. First he directed “The Batman,” the 2022 Batman movie we didn’t know we needed. Now, as executive producer, he has handed off the creative chores to others for “The Penguin,

Reprising his role from 2022's "The Batman," it's impossible not to be captivated by Colin Farrell as villain "The Penguin."

It should be a stunt, hiring a man of Colin Farrell's particular good looks and physicality to play the Penguin, a venal creature of the Gotham City underworld. Not because the Penguin is actually subhuman,