Spotlight DVD REVIEW Now streaming and on DVD: 'Joker 2' stacks the deck but still loses BRUCE R. MILLER Dec 16, 2024 Dec 16, 2024 Updated May 29, 2026 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 WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Had it been any better, “Joker: Folie a Deux” might have been in the conversation for awards attention.kAm%96 @C:8:?2= =2?565 y@2BF:? !9@6?:I 2? ~D42C] %96 D6BF6= AC@>:D65 E96 255:E:@? @7 {25J v282]k^AmkAm%96 D64@?5 7:=>[ 9@H6G6C[ =2?565 H:E9 2 E9F5 62C=:6C E9:D J62C] p E9:? 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Cord-cutters are fuming over YouTube TV price hike. But streaming inflation is here to stay Cord-cutters are again dealing with the reality of rising programming costs.
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.
Now streaming and on DVD: 'The Critic' isn't as telling as it's cracked up to be When it was originally announced, “The Critic” was called “Curtain Call” and that was a more fitting title. “The Critic” implies more than it offers.
Now streaming and on DVD: 'Alien: Romulus' brings the fear factor Blessed with old school technology and a series of unfortunate situations, “Romulus” pulls a working stiff, her android brother and their frie…
Now streaming and on DVD: 'Speak No Evil' scares the trip out of you “Speak No Evil” isn’t tricky or even well-plotted. It’s simply a horror film with clunky “opportunities” that add up to nothing.
Now streaming and on DVD: 'Conclave' fires up the quest for a pope “Conclave” moves faster than a Sunday Mass, has plenty of humor and boasts the kind of performances that could fill an Oscar slate.
Now streaming and on DVD: 'We Live in Time' bounces a bit too much A title like “We Live in Time” is difficult to remember. A film like “We Live in Time” is easy to forget.
