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

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Summer 2025 is stuffed with potential blockbusters.

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'Jurassic World Rebirth'
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Mission Impossible Final Reckoning — Tom Cruise, center, returns as Ethan Hunt in "Mission: Impossible — Final Reckoning."
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F1 Movie Pitt — Brad Pitt's Hollywood film about Formula 1 is being released in cinemas next June and will simply be called “F1,” the racing series said on Friday.
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Bruce Miller is editor of the Sioux City Journal.