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. 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 …
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