'The Penguin' review: Only a bird in a tilted cage


'We're Beauty and the Beast in one luscious Christmas gift pack. I'll leave it to you to decide which one of us is which.' Photos: Handout

The bird who didn't quite fly the coop in 2022's The Batman is back, and feeling just as underestimated and resentful as before.

Now in his very own HBO series, The Penguin aka Oz Cobb (Colin Farrell buried in heavy yet strangely believable make-up, the character's name truncated from the traditional "Oswald Cobblepot") takes bold... er, strides towards making his grand criminal ambitions a reality.

8 10

Summary:

Waddle me this, Batman

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