This One Weird Trick Helped Me Watch ‘Lilo & Stitch’ (2025), ‘Thunderbolts*,’ and ‘Bring Her Back’

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They brought Stitch back! And he brought the Thunder (CREDIT: Ingvar Kenne/A24; Disney/Screenshot; Marvel/Screenshot)

Lilo & Stitch (2025)

Starring: Maia Kealoha, Chris Sanders, Sydney Elizabeth Agudong, Zach Galifianakis, Billy Magnussen, Courtney B. Vance, Hannah Waddingham, Kaipo Dudoit, Tia Carrere, Amy Hill

Director: Dean Fleischer Camp

Running Time: 108 Minutes

Rating: PG

Release Date: May 23, 2025 (Theaters)

Thunderbolts*

Starring: Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, Wyatt Russell, Olga Kurylenko, Lewis Pullman, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, David Harbour, Hannah John-Kamen, Geraldine Viswanathan, Chris Bauer, Wendell Pierce

Director: Jake Schreier

Running Time: 126 Minutes

Rating: PG-13

Release Date: May 2, 2025 (Theaters)

Bring Her Back

Starring: Billy Barratt, Sally Hawkins, Sora Wong, Jonah Wren Phillips, Sally-Anne Upton, Stephen Phillips, Mischa Heywood

Directors: Danny and Michael Philippou

Running Time: 104 Minutes

Rating: R

Release Date: May 30, 2025 (Theaters)

Okay, wow, I just noticed something weird. Or maybe not that weird. And maybe millions of other folks have already noticed this before me. But that doesn’t mean it’s not weird!

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Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 5/30/25

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Every week, I list all the upcoming (or recently released) movies, TV shows, albums, podcasts, etc. that I believe are worth checking out.

Movies
Bring Her Back (Theaters)
The Phoenician Scheme (Theaters)

TV
The Quiz with Balls Season Premiere (June 2 on FOX) – Still ballin’.

Music
-Matt Berninger, Get Sunk
-Miley Cyrus, Something Beautiful
-Garbage, Let All That We Imagine Be the Light
-Pavement, Pavements – Soundtrack to the film.
-Grace Potter, Medicine – This was actually recorded a while ago.
-Ty Segall, Possession

Sports
-NBA Finals (Begins June 5 on ABC) – Feeling pretty thunderous this year.

jmunney’s Top Cinematic Choices for May 2025

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We’ve got a friend in Tim Robinson? (CREDIT: A24)

They keep making new movies, and some of them are even worth watching. Here’s what’s at the top of the slate for April 2025:

Friendship: Tim Robinson and Paul Rudd play a couple of guys trying to be buds? According to the trailer, it’s both horrifying and hilarious.

I think you should leave your house to go to the movie theater to see Friendship on May 7.

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