{"id":28962,"date":"2025-05-24T11:47:18","date_gmt":"2025-05-24T16:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deepfocusreview.com\/?p=28962"},"modified":"2025-05-24T12:06:21","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T17:06:21","slug":"kare-11-memorial-day-weekend-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deepfocusreview.com\/kare-11-memorial-day-weekend-movies\/","title":{"rendered":"KARE 11 – Memorial Day Weekend Movies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear readers,<\/span><\/p>\n

On Saturday, May 24, I appeared on Minnesota\u2019s NBC affiliate, KARE 11, to discuss three movies in theaters on Memorial Day weekend.<\/span><\/p>\n

Anchor Morgan Wolfe and I talked about Tom Cruise’s stunt-laden return in Mission: Impossible – The Finale Reckoning<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, a sequel with a messy story but a spectacle that must be seen in IMAX. <\/span>I also recommended Lilo & Stitch<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/span>, Disney’s latest live-action remake that, unlike the studio’s other cash grabs of this sort, it sweet and worth a trip to the theater for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. <\/span>Finally, I talked about The Phoenician Scheme<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, Wes Anderson’s latest, which is a vast improvement over his last couple of features. While it’s available in some theaters, it will open in Minnesota on June 6.<\/span><\/p>\n

Catch up with<\/span>\u00a0my guest spot below and visit the\u00a0<\/span>Guest Appearances<\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0page for other TV and podcast appearances.<\/span><\/p>\n

Happy viewing!<\/span><\/p>\n

Brian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Brian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10115],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-guest-appearances"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nKARE 11 - Memorial Day Weekend Movies | Deep Focus Review<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.deepfocusreview.com\/kare-11-memorial-day-weekend-movies\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"KARE 11 - Memorial Day Weekend Movies | Deep Focus Review\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dear readers, On Saturday, May 24, I appeared on Minnesota\u2019s NBC affiliate, KARE 11, to discuss three movies in theaters on Memorial Day weekend. 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