May 23: Lilo & Stitch and Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning
Could this be the next Barbenheimer box-office blastoff? I doubt it because, while both movies will probably make a shipping container full of money, neither one seems to carry the cultural importance of either Barbie or Oppenheimer. I am very much not the target market for a live-action Lilo & Stitch remake, as this is aimed at people nostalgic for the original and for little kids who think Stitch is adorable. I apologize, but this new version of him just looks (AND SOUNDS) annoying to me. And, while I’m a big fan of several of the Mission: Impossible movies, I outright disliked the most recent entry: 2023’s Dead Reckoning: Part One. Since Final Reckoning is a direct sequel, I’m less enthused than I should be, but if this really is set up to be Tom Cruise’s final Mission, then I guess I’ll be there. At worst, watching him power run across a rooftop or almost kill himself for our entertainment is still enjoyable.
