The iconic allure of pairing Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga is a trap for the viewer in this punishing sequel. Credit: Courtesy of Warner Bros. We’re early in awards season, and two highly touted films ...

Todd Phillips’ follow-up to his 2018 effort smacks of self-indulgence, and largely wastes the talents of Lady Gaga with a role that lets her sing but little else. How do you follow up a moody, ...

If you’re a fan of the Oscar-nominated “Joker” film of 2019, there’s a solid chance that you might be disappointed by the gamble director Todd Phillips takes on the sequel, “Joker: Folie à Deux.” As I ...

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Its new sequel, however, absolutely deserves the hate that’s coming to it. Joker: Folie à Deux is a product of wild, aimless ambition, the sort of mad swing that would be laudable if it weren’t so ...

What do you get when you take a sequel that didn’t need to be made in the first place and force it to be a musical? You get “Joker: Folie à Deux,” a movie that takes plenty of risks and still ends up ...

“I want to see the real you,” Arthur Fleck’s new girlfriend tells him as she applies clown makeup to perk up his wretched face in “Joker: Folie à Deux.” She, a fangirl and fellow inmate at the state ...

Folie à deux — a shared madness — is a natural theme for a musical romance between Batman characters, but in Todd Phillips’ fitfully paced sequel to his 2019 megahit “Joker,” the first question you’ll ...

Sebastian Peris is a Montreal-based film buff, comic book geek, political junkie, and nature photography hobbyist. He is also a Media Studies graduate and former writer for Heroic Hollywood. He has ...

If the first “Joker” asked if we could have empathy for the devil, the sequel questions if we're ready to watch him fall in love, go through the emotional wringer and also put on a show. Not ...