The Weekly Reel – Episode 5
July 11th, 2025

This week, The Weekly Reel is packed with franchise fire, critical hits and misses, and a whole lot of movie mayhem. From dinosaurs dominating the box office to James Gunn’s Superman soaring with critics, we break it all down:

Jurassic World: Rebirth
$322M global debut—but is it any good? We saw it, and let’s just say the Rotten Tomatoes score might be too generous…

Dune: Part Three
Denis Villeneuve gears up for the final chapter, bringing in Paul and Chani’s children, IMAX cameras, and possibly some Children of Dune twists.

Street Fighter Returns
A chaotic live-action reboot with a wild cast including Jason Momoa, 50 Cent, and Andrew Schulz. No script. $100M budget. What could go wrong?

Deeper
Tom Cruise goes underwater in a new supernatural thriller from Doug Liman. Think The Abyss meets Mission: Impossible.

Werewulf
Robert Eggers returns with a medieval horror set in 13th-century England—authentic Old English and all.

RIP Michael Madsen
We salute the legendary character actor whose grit defined a generation of crime cinema.

Early Buzz
Superman is finally back—and he's getting rave reviews. Gunn’s take is heartfelt, weird, and full of flying fists.
Abraham’s Boys: A Dracula Story offers moody buildup with a violent payoff.
Sovereign, starring Nick Offerman, is a raw, intense true-crime drama examining the Sovereign Citizen movement and fractured father-son dynamics.

New Trailers
Project Hail Mary
Cat in the Hat
The Running Man

Whether you’re in it for capes, kaiju, or casting chaos, this is the episode you don’t want to miss.

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