2025 Summer Movie Season - May

The Special Topics in Media event "2025 Summer Movie Season" expands with a deep dive into the major releases of May! Kyle Hammonds joins host Garret Castleberry to assess the technical start to summer. The rhetorical reviewers chart their May moviegoing, and make the ultimate case for what went horribly wrong with Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning.


Hosts: Garret Castleberry, Kyle Hammonds

Producers: Garret Castleberry, Will McMurry (Audio Engineer), Alli Garner (Cover Art), Austin Foster (Music)

Recommended Screenings (Garret): Thunderbolts*, Kingdom of Heaven (rerelease)

Recommended Screenings (Kyle): Clown in a Cornfield

Ontological Obstacles (Garret & Kyle): Final Destination: Bloodlines, Lilo & Stitch, Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

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