Hey everyone! Welcome back to What the Hell Should I Watch? I’m Steve Stebbing—flying solo this week while Chloe’s off sick—and I’ve got a stacked episode for you. We’ve got a new Mission: Impossible finale, a surprisingly solid Disney remake, a horror sequel filmed in my backyard, and a controversial music movie that may or may not work. Let’s dive in.
🎬 In Theaters & New Releases:
🕵️♂️ Mission: Impossible – Final Reckoning – Tom Cruise returns in the last chapter of the series. Massive stunts, a bloated plot, and emotional callbacks—does it deliver? I break it all down.
👽 Lilo & Stitch (Live Action) – Dean Fleischer-Camp (Marcel the Shell With Shoes On) directs what may be Disney’s best live-action adaptation to date. Great puppetry/CG work, fun casting, and some cool callbacks.
💀 Final Destination: Bloodlines – The sixth entry in the franchise is back with Rube Goldberg kills and real British Columbia (Lower Mainland) locations! Plus, a Tony Todd scene that got me teary.
🎤 Hurry Up Tomorrow – Abel Tesfaye (The Weeknd) stars alongside Jenna Ortega and Barry Keoghan in this surreal, emotionally chaotic vanity project. I’m still trying to figure out how I feel about it.
📺 Streaming & TV Picks:
🩸 Fear Street: Prom Queen (Netflix) – The fourth installment brings R.L. Stine’s It Girls back into the spotlight. Shallow but fun, and more Fear Street is always a win.
🧑🤝🧑 Adults (Disney+) – New Canadian ensemble comedy about twenty-somethings figuring life out. The Friends-style concept is there, but does it click?
👻 Presence – Steven Soderbergh’s ghost story is finally out wide. Chloe’s #8 of the year. Quiet and creepy in all the right ways.
📰 Alto Knights – De Niro plays two roles in a mob biopic that’s more snooze than Scarface. Skip it.
💪 Magazine Dreams – Jonathan Majors is phenomenal in this indie tragedy. A career-defining performance overshadowed by real-world controversy.
📀 Physical Media Pick:
💿 Just Friends – A mid-2000s Ryan Reynolds classic finally added to my Blu-ray library, and part of the Warner Archive Collection.
👀 Next Week Preview:
Karate Kid: Legends
I Don’t Understand You
Hell of a Summer (from Finn Wolfhard & Billy Bryk)
The Ugly Stepsister
Hoping to catch Bring Her Back, The Phoenician Scheme, or The Life of Chuck
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