Weekly Recap: Karate Kid, Bring Her Back, The Phoenician Scheme & More!

High kicks, brtual horror, and Wes on, Wax off, this week!

May 30, 2025

It’s a pretty packed week in terms of reviews and podcasts. Three winners are new to theaters this week: Karate Kid: Legends, Bring Her Back, and The Phoenician Scheme. I have new write-ups for each. Plus, we have our latest

2 Black Guys Talk Godzilla

episode, a new episode of The Summer of 2015 at 10, along with our newest Out Now episodes covering Mission: Impossible and Lilo & Stitch, along with a new commentary track. So, feel free to check out all these reviews, podcasts, lists, trailers, and other fun. Enjoy, stay safe out there, and thanks for reading!

New Movie Reviews/Articles:

(All Reviews Are Linked)

Karate Kid: Legends - A surprisingly fun entry in the underdog martial arts series - In Theaters
Bring Her Back - Brutal and character-focused horror from the guys behind Talk To Me. - In Theaters
The Phoenician Scheme - Wes Anderson delivers a darkly comedic caper film that’s lots of fun. - In Theaters
Jane Austen Wrecked My Life - Good rom-com, and a good movie. - In Theaters

Recent Reviews:

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning - In Theaters/IMAX
Lilo & Stitch - In Theaters
Friendship - In Theaters
Thunderbolts* - In Theaters
Until Dawn - In Theaters/VOD
Sinners - In Theaters
The Amateur - In Theaters
A Minecraft Movie - In Theaters/VOD

New On 4K/Blu-ray/VOD/Streaming:

Bottoms - Blu-ray
The Day the Earth Blew Up - Blu-ray
The Woman in the Yard - 4K/Blu-ray
The Prosecutor - 4K/Blu-ray
Queer - Blu-ray
Captain America: Brave New World - Disney+

Podcast:

Out Now 622: Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning - We Live Entertainment’s Peter Paras joins Aaron and Abe to go over their thoughts on Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, the eighth and possibly final entry in the 29-year-old franchise.
Out Now Bonus: Lilo & Stitch - The Ember Productions crew, Amber Coates and Maxwell Haddad join Aaron and Abe to cover their thoughts on Disney’s live-action remake of Lilo & Stitch.
Out Now Commentary: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) - The Brandon Peters Show’s Brandon Peters, The Milky Way Blues’ Yancy Berns, and Movies, Films & Flix’s Mark Hofmeyer join Aaron to discuss Indiana Jones’ efforts to find the Holy Grail and his father in 1989’s Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
2 Black Guys Talk Godzilla - Ep. 6 - Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964) - This week,
Terence and Aaron discuss another epic versus film in the Godzilla series, 1964’s Mothra vs. Godzilla, from director Ishiro Honda.
The Brandon Peters Show - The Summer of 2015 at 10 with Scott Mendelson & Aaron Neuwirth: May 29-31, 2015 - “Remember back when people used to be hype for movies starring Dwayne Johnson? Well, San Andreas was one of the reasons for that. In this week’s installment, we also take a look at Cameron Crowe’s controversial Aloha, Hailee Steinfeld is back and Barely Lethal, and we catch an early Safdie Brothers film about the homeless in New York.”
All Out Now with Aaron & Abe Episodes