Spotlight This summer's movie lineup looks familiar ... and exciting | Streamed & Screened podcast BRUCE MILLER and TERRY LIPSHETZ Sioux City Journal & Lee Enterprises Mar 19, 2025 Mar 19, 2025 Updated Sep 11, 2025 0 Tom Cruise, center, returns as Ethan Hunt in "Mission: Impossible — Final Reckoning." Paramount Pictures Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save BRUCE MILLER and TERRY LIPSHETZ Sioux City Journal & Lee Enterprises kAm(9:=6 E96 a_ac DF>>6C >@G:6 =:?6FA 76=E 2 =:EE=6 7=2E[ 2 ?F>36C @7 7C2?49:D6D — 2=@?8 H:E9 2 76H ?6H4@>6CD — D9@F=5 92G6 7:=> 72?D 9625:?8 E@ E962E6CD E9:D DF>>6C]k^AmkAmQ$FA6C>2?[Q QyFC2DD:4 !2C<Q 2?5 6G6? Q%96 z2C2E6 z:5Q 2C6 :? E96 >:I[ 2=@?8 H:E9 E96 7:?2= WF?=:<6=JX :?DE2==>6?E :? E96 Q|:DD:@?i x>A@DD:3=6Q 7C2?49:D6]k^AmkAmr@\9@DED qCF46 |:==6C 2?5 %6CCJ {:AD96EK 5:D4FDD H92E :D @? 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