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As of last week, I have taken it upon myself to help all my readers have the trendiest summer possible through the aid of this summer column series. The media wheel is continuously churning out content, and it can be difficult to know what’s trending and what’s not. We covered the hottest summer music in my previous column; this week’s focus will be on this summer’s big blockbuster movies. Movies hold a large influence over summer fun. Film has been creating picture perfect summer scenes for years, this summer being no different. Summer can be fun, fast paced, and thrilling, and there are plenty of movies that help capture that thrill. The movie Twister came to theaters during the summer of 1996. Twister was the highest grossing film of that year, making $495.7 million. Now, after 20 years, a new Twisters movie will be blowing its way onto our screens July 19. Twisters is not a remake of the original film; instead, it is considered to be a “stand alone sequel”. In my understanding, you wouldn’t have needed to see the original film to watch this new one. Twisters seems to be inspired by the original movie rather than being a continuation with one of the actresses promising “loads of nods to the original”. It follows a similar plot with different characters - two storm chasers trying to test an experimental weather alert system. A highly educated storm expert Kate Cooper is joined by Tyler Owens - a reckless, southern, social media influencer who posts storm chasing videos online. Their styles of work are very different, yet they come together to work alongside each other when multiple storms hit Oklahoma. The cast is star-studded with two great leads, Daisy Edgar- Jones and Glen Powell, along with a killer movie album with songs from huge country artists such as Lainey Wilson and Luke Combs, whose new song “Ain't No Love in Oklahoma” was specifically made for this movie.
