CHICAGO — WGN Entertainment Reporter Dean Richards has a review of two new films hitting theaters on Friday.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MAY 18: Tom Cruise arrives at the US Premiere of “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning” at Lincoln Center Plaza in New York, New York on May 18, 2025. (Photo by John Nacion/Getty Images for Paramount Pictures)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MAY 18: Tom Cruise attends the “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning” New York Premiere at Lincoln Center on May 18, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/FilmMagic)
In Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, Tom Cruise returns to save the world as the highly skilled field agent Ethan Hunt.
The new movie is the final installment in the series and follows Hunt and the Impossible Missions Force (IMF) as they continue their fight against “The Entity,” a rogue AI with the capability to destroy the world, which was introduced in the last film.
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – MAY 17: (L-R) Asad Ayaz, Chief Brand Officer, The Walt Disney Company and President, Marketing, The Walt Disney Studios and Disney+, Chris Sanders, Jonathan Eirich, Billy Magnussen, Alan Bergman, Co-Chairman, Disney Entertainment, Zach Galifianakis, Maia Kealoha, Sydney Agudong, Courtney B. Vance, Kaipo Dudoit, Dean Fleischer Camp, Amy Hill and David Greenbaum, President, Disney Live Action and 20th Century Studios attend the world premiere of Disney’s Lilo & Stitch at El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, California on May 17, 2025. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for Disney)
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – MAY 17: (L-R) Maia Kealoha and Kaipo Dudoit pose with Stitch during the World Premiere of Disney’s “Lilo & Stitch” at El Capitan Theatre on May 17, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Tommaso Boddi/GA/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty Images)
Lilo & Stitch
Lovable Lilo and her out-of-this-world pet Stitch return to the silver screen once again in Dinsey’s latest live-action remake of a cartoon classic.
While star Maia Kealoha makes her film debut as Lilo, Chris Sanders who wrote and directed the original cartoon, reprises his voice role as Sticth, her alien sidekick.
The film follows the duo as they build a bond and help mend the young girl’s fragmented family.
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