Spotlight Now streaming and on DVD: 'Better Man' brings out another side of pop music BRUCE R. MILLER May 31, 2025 May 31, 2025 Updated Jul 9, 2025 0 × For a movie featuring a primate as a rock star, Sioux City Journal entertainment reporter says "Better Man" doesn't monkey around. Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save You might think rock stars are little more than monkeys. Robbie Williams confirms it.kAmx? 9:D D4C66? 3:@8C2A9J[ “q6EE6C |2?[” 96 FD6D 2 rvx G6CD:@? E@ 56>@?DEC2E6 96 H2D “=6DD 6G@=G65” E92? @E96C D:?86CD 2?5 5:5?’E 7:E :E] %9FD[ E96 4@?46:E]k^AmkAm(2E49:?8 2 >@?<6J W2 rvx >@?<6JX 8@ E9C@F89 E96 DE286D @7 DE2C5@> :D 2H7F==J 7F?[ 3FE E96 :562 5@6D?’E 2=H2JD 9@=5 FA] pE D@>6 A@:?E[ (:==:2>D D9@F=5 92G6 76=E 2446AE65 2?5 :? E96 D2>6 2C6?2 2D @E96C >FD:4 DE2CD] w6 4@F=5 C68C6DD[ 7@C 6I2>A=6[ 3FE H6 D9@F=5 92G6 8@EE6? 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MILLER Movies & TV Farewell to 'Handmaid's Tale' and 'Mission: Impossible' | Streamed & Screened podcast BRUCE MILLER and TERRY LIPSHETZ Sioux City Journal & Lee Enterprises Movies & TV A conversation with Pee-wee Herman: Filmmaker still has questions BRUCE R. MILLER Bruce Miller is editor of the Sioux City Journal. 0 Comments Related to this story Review: 'Adults' isn't exactly swimming with 'Friends' More like one of those “Friends”-adjacent series that ran on ABC, “Adults” frequently shows how its characters thwart their own abilities to r… Review: 'Karate Kid: Legends' goes light on the legend Don’t get excited about a reunion. After a brief clips piece in the beginning, we don’t get a Ralph Macchio appearance until most of “Karate K… Movies in a Minute: "Better Man" For a movie featuring a primate as a rock star, Sioux City Journal entertainment reporter says "Better Man" doesn't monkey around. 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Movies & TV Movie review: Clocks keep Tom Cruise on task in new 'Mission: Impossible' BRUCE R. MILLER
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Now streaming and on DVD: 'Captain America' depends on too much from the past Supposedly a reset of the Captain America character, it has so many callbacks to past films, comic books and situations, it’s impossible to ge…
Now streaming and on DVD: 'Mickey 17' gives Bong Joon Ho another calling card “Mickey 17” might not be for everyone. But for those who like the unpredictable nature of a brilliant director, it’s an appetizer, main course…
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Now streaming and on DVD: 'Minecraft Movie' builds an audience Here, in a blocky kind of world, Jack Black and Jason Momoa must help friends survive multiple threats before enemies try to end their fun.
Now streaming and on DVD: 'Snow White' didn't need another interpretation Like the seven dwarfs, it’s a something-for-everyone venture that sags repeatedly, even though Zegler is a bright (and fitting) choice for the…
Now streaming and on DVD: 'Novocaine' doesn't dull Jack Quaid's senses Think of every painful thing you can do to your body. Now, string them together and put a group of robbers on your tail. That’s “Novocaine.”
