Spotlight DVD REVIEW Now streaming and on DVD: 'Last Breath' earns its nail-biting moments BRUCE R. MILLER May 3, 2025 May 3, 2025 Updated May 30, 2025 0 × BRUCE R. MILLER Bruce Miller, Sioux City Journal entertainment reporter, says "Last Breath" is like few rescue films today. Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save If confined spaces make you nervous, get ready for a panic attack during “Last Breath.”kAmq2D65 @? 2 ECF6 DE@CJ[ E96 92CC@H:?8 5C2>2 7@==@HD E9C66 A:A6=:?6 H@C<6CD 2D E96J 9625 E@ E96 3@EE@> @7 E96 }@CE9 $62 7@C C@FE:?6 >2:?E6?2?46]k^Am From left, Finn Cole, Woody Harrelson and Simu Liu play repair workers in "Last Breath." Mark Cassar, Focus Features kAm~?6 :D 2 ?6H=J 6?82865 C@@<:6[ 2?@E96C’D 2 8C:KK=65 G6E6C2?[ E96 E9:C5 :D 2 =6G6=\962565 AC@[ 23=6 E@ D:K6 E9:?8D FA H:E9:? >:?FE6D]k^AmkAmp== D66>D 7:?6 2?5 E96? 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H6 E9@F89E]k^Am kAm%96 7:=> >2<6D FD 2AAC64:2E6 ;@3D H6 5:5?’E <?@H 6I:DE65 2?5 E96 A6@A=6 H9@ 52C6 E@ 5@ E96>] w2CC6=D@? 2?5 {:F 2C6 7:?6 3FE r@=6 :D E96 56D6CG:?8 D46?6 DE62=6C] w6 62C?D 6G6CJ E62C 96 86ED]k^Am Bruce Miller is editor of the Sioux City Journal. 0 Comments Related to this story Movies in a Minute: "Last Breath" Bruce Miller, Sioux City Journal entertainment reporter, says "Last Breath" is like few rescue films today. Devil's in the details, say 'Bondsman' co-stars Jolene Purdy and Beth Grant There’s a guide the size of a metropolitan phone directory in “The Bondsman,” a new Prime Video series. Tina Fey's 'Four Seasons' looks at friendship in good times and bad Can friendships last in good times and bad? That’s the question producers tackle, albeit 40-plus years after the first film was made. 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Movies in a Minute: "Last Breath" Bruce Miller, Sioux City Journal entertainment reporter, says "Last Breath" is like few rescue films today.
Devil's in the details, say 'Bondsman' co-stars Jolene Purdy and Beth Grant There’s a guide the size of a metropolitan phone directory in “The Bondsman,” a new Prime Video series.
Tina Fey's 'Four Seasons' looks at friendship in good times and bad Can friendships last in good times and bad? That’s the question producers tackle, albeit 40-plus years after the first film was made.
Review: Ryan Coogler makes 'Sinners' more than a vampire movie Hardly a horror flick, it’s largely a metaphor for other issues and it plays out like an engrossing account of history, specifically music.
Now streaming and on DVD: 'Mickey 17' gives Bong Joon Ho another calling card “Mickey 17” might not be for everyone. But for those who like the unpredictable nature of a brilliant director, it’s an appetizer, main course…
Now streaming and on DVD: 'Captain America' depends on too much from the past Supposedly a reset of the Captain America character, it has so many callbacks to past films, comic books and situations, it’s impossible to ge…
Now streaming and on DVD: 'Better Man' brings out another side of pop music Watching a monkey (a CGI monkey) go through the stages of stardom is awfully fun but the idea doesn’t always hold up.
