Posts Tagged ‘Top Gun’
Film Review – Mayday
Mayday (2026) wears its Cold War era pop culture nostalgia proudly on its sleeve. In the opening scene, U.S. Navy fighter pilot Troy “Assassin” Kelly (Ryan Reynolds) helps his wingman land on an aircraft carrier. If this sounds familiar, it’s a pretty clear call back to…
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Episode 128 – Top 10 Films of 2022
For this podcast episode, we count down our lists of the top ten films released in 2022. We also throw in a few honorable mentions and count back our bottom five movies from last year. Download the episode here.
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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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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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Film Review – Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
In all of the advertisements for Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015), the key image features super agent Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) dangling off a cargo plane in mid-flight. Reports stated that Cruise performed the stunt for real, with the help of digitally removed wiring.…
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Film Review – The Wizard of Oz in IMAX 3D
The Wizard of Oz. Three grown men dressed in funny outfits while experiencing various physical ailments take a newly pubescent girl, who is also a serial witch murderer, on a long, lonely walk through a strange forest, where they eventually inhale drugs and take a…
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Double Feature Showdown – 3D IMAX Top Gun vs. 3D IMAX Jurassic Park
I’m not a huge fan of 3D, and I am especially not fond of the current trend to retrofit older movies with it. But when I heard that they were releasing both Top Gun and Jurassic Park in 3D IMAX, I completely bought in to…
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