Spotlight The summer films: Dinosaurs, Superman and Brad Pitt in a race car BRUCE R. MILLER Mar 26, 2025 Mar 26, 2025 Updated Jul 11, 2025 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Summer 2025 is stuffed with potential blockbusters. Listen now and subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | RSS Feed | SoundStack kAmx? 255:E:@? E@ 2 ?6H “yFC2DD:4 (@C=5Q 7:=>[ E96C6’D 2 C63@@E @7 “$FA6C>2?” 2?5 E96 D64@?5 A2CE @7 “|:DD:@?i x>A@DD:3=6[ s625 #64<@?:?8]”k^AmkAm%@DD :? 2?@E96C E2<6 @? “z2C2E6 z:5” 2?5 =:G6\24E:@? C6>2<6D @7 “{:=@ U2>Aj $E:E49” 2?5 “w@H E@ %C2:? *@FC sC28@?” 2?5 J@F 42? 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A=2JD E96 A2EC:2C49]k^AmkAmkDEC@?8m%wt up}%p$%xr u~&#i ux#$% $%t!$k^DEC@?8m WyF=J adX – %CJ[ ECJ 282:?] %92E’D E96 42D6 H:E9 E96 u2?E2DE:4 u@FC] }@H[ H:E9 ?6H 24E@CD :? E96 C@=6D[ |2CG6= :D 9@A:?8 D@>6E9:?8 H:== DE:4<] !65C@ !2D42= =625D E96 492C86 2D |C] u2?E2DE:4]k^Am Bruce Miller is editor of the Sioux City Journal. 0 Comments Stay up-to-date on what's happening Receive the latest in local entertainment news in your inbox weekly! Sign up! * I understand and agree that registration on or use of this site constitutes agreement to its user agreement and privacy policy. Related to this story Movie review: 'Snow White' remake borrows a little too much “Snow White” isn’t the woke screed you’ve heard it is. In truth, it’s like a greatest hits release from Disney. So long, Park City. 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