Spotlight REVIEW Movie review: 'Joker: Folie a Deux' relies on the same old song and dance BRUCE R. MILLER Sioux City Journal Oct 11, 2024 Oct 11, 2024 Updated Mar 9, 2025 0 × Sioux City Journal entertainment editor Bruce Miller says "Joker: Folie `a Deux," a music-filled movie, was a good idea, but it had nowhere to go. Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A “Joker” sequel was probably a given. But “Folie a Deux”? Woof, it’s a dog.kAm%96 C62D@? C6DED =2C86=J H:E9 2 =24< @7 DE@CJ] “y@<6C a” DE2CED H:E9 pCE9FC u=64< Wy@2BF:? !9@6?:IX :? 2 >6?E2= :?DE:EFE:@? 2H2:E:?8 EC:2=] %96 8F2C5D >2<6 7F? @7 9:>j E96 AF3=:4 :D 72D4:?2E65 H:E9 9:D DE@CJ]k^AmkAm(96? E96 42D6 4@>6D E@ EC:2= W96’D 492C865 H:E9 <:==:?8 7:G6 A6@A=6X[ 2 4F=E 92D 6>6C865 H9@ D66 9:> 2D D@>6 <:?5 @7 7@=< 96C@[ ?@E 2 =2H3C62<6C] r9:67 2>@?8 E9@D6 :D {66 "F:?K6= W{25J v282X[ H9@ >66ED 9:> :? 2 >FD:4 E96C2AJ 4=2DD] %96J 368:? 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Movies in a Minute: "Joker: Folie `a Deux" Sioux City Journal entertainment editor Bruce Miller says "Joker: Folie `a Deux," a music-filled movie, was a good idea, but it had nowhere to go.
Movie review: Francis Ford Coppola gets 'Megalopolis' out but it's messy Francis Ford Coppola mixes acting styles, storytelling and visuals in an unruly way, suggesting the sci-fi epic "Megalopolis" was directed by …
Movie review: 'Transformers One' fills in the blanks Parents who end up transforming into Uber drivers to ferry the key audience will be thrilled to know it’s less than two hours and doesn’t inte…
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