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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Here's where and when. James Haney, historian and 'Southern gentleman,' remembered for devotion to McDowell County history McDowell County leaders hear updates, concerns about 2027 property value reappraisal NC Gov. Stein kicks off rural listening tour in McDowell County, visits Marion business Woody Harrelson leads a rescue mission in "Last Breath." Focus Features kAm(96? 96 2?5 {:F 8@ 5@H? E@ DE2CE E96 >:DD:@?[ 5:C64E@C p=6I !2C<:?D@? A=2?ED 6?@F89 5@F3E E@ >2<6 E9:D D66> 5:46J — 6G6? 7@C @?6D H9@ 92G6 366? 2E :E 7@C J62CD] pD 6IA64E65[ E96 DE@CJ 9:?86D @? 86EE:?8 E96 >6? E@ D276EJ 2?5 E96 >:DD:@? 324< @? EC24<]k^Am Listen now and subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS Feed | SoundStack kAm(9:=6 E96 7:=> :D 9JA6C\7@4FD65 @? E96 E9C66[ E96C6 2C6 E9@D6 :? E96 D9:A H9@ >FDE H@CCJ 23@FE 2 DE@C> 2?5 86EE:?8 6BF:A>6?E 2=:8?65 7@C C64@G6CJ] %@ EC24< E96 FC86?4J[ !2C<:?D@? 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