Posts Tagged ‘Tom Cruise’
Episode 108 – Top Gun: Maverick
For this week’s podcast, we review the long-awaited action sequel Top Gun: Maverick, starring Tom Cruise and Miles Teller. We also cover the latest movie news, and for the streaming homework, we discuss James Mangold’s 1997 crime-thriller, Cop Land. Download the episode here.
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Film Review – Top Gun: Maverick
There has been a lot of talk lately describing Tom Cruise as “The Last Great Movie Star.” While that distinction can be debated, what’s hard to argue is that Cruise – who will be turning 60 this year – is the ultimate showman. Where other movies rely…
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Episode 91 – House of Gucci
For this episode, we review Ridley Scott‘s lurid biopic, House of Gucci, starring Adam Driver and Lady Gaga. We also compare other musicians who became actors and rank them on our own special scale. For the streaming homework, we review the 2012 Tom Cruise action…
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Film Review – Hobbs & Shaw
Of all the things the Fast and Furious franchise is concerned with, continuity falls way down at the bottom of the list. This series started out with a simple cops and robbers premise. It’s now changed to over the top action with spy agencies, counterespionage,…
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Film Review – Captain Marvel
After ten years and twenty films, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has finally provided us with a female-lead entry. Captain Marvel (2019) contains much of what we’ve come to expect from a superhero origin – both positively and negatively. There are some peaks and valleys all…
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Top 15 Films of 2018 – Allen’s Picks
The beauty of cinema is how it works as a reflection of our society – our hopes, our fears, and our desires. Films are a timestamp of who were, who we are, and what we could possibly be. A thousand years from now, people can…
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Film Review – Mission: Impossible – Fallout
Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018) is the best entry into the Mission: Impossible series and is the best action film since Mad Max: Fury Road (2015). Throughout this latest adventure, we hear super agent Ethan Hunt utter the phrase, “I won’t let you down.” While…
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Film Review – The Equalizer 2
Remakes of old TV shows have long been a kind of investment safety net for Hollywood. They get to take something with built in brand recognition, an already established outline of a concept or story, and often premade characters that they can simply recast. Whether…
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