When the last Tom Cruise movie was out, I wrote about how his recent movies required little acting. That continues with Top Gun: Maverick shifting Cruise from stuntman to an icon. At 56 years old, there’s a reluctance to put Cruise on the same level as his co-stars in case they outshine him. There are…
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Revisiting ‘Orange County’ 20 Years Later
Plot: An over-achieving high schooler’s life turns upside down when a guidance counsellor mistakenly sends in the wrong application to his only applied school: Stanford. One of those movies like “Ghost World” and “Legally Blonde” where the description can’t do justice to the experience. I heard some idle talk about how this movie was proof that…
Tom Cruise Is His Own Worst Enemy in the Glossy, Convoluted, Entertaining ‘Mission Impossible: Fallout’
“I got to hand it to you Hunt when they told me you were your own worst enemy I thought it was a metaphor.” – I.M.F. Director Hunley Tom Cruise is my favourite actor. His best roles are usually the ones which subvert his squeaky clean image. P.T. Anderson shaped Cruise’s early appeal as a…
Does the 1982 Eddie Murphy classic “48 Hrs.” hold up today?
One of the only podcasts I listen to is The Rewatchables. Many film podcasts usually contain hosts with an infuriating lack of film knowledge and haven’t done their research, but each episode of The Rewatchables that I’ve listened to checks its references. In discussing Walter Hill’s 1982-directed, Joel Silver-produced, Eddie Murphy starring debut 48 hrs., host Bill Simmons in…
REVIEW: ‘The Cloverfield Paradox’ Doesn’t Know What Movie It’s In
Two Studios, Two Universes, 3 Editors, 2 Movies, All in-One ‘The Cloverfield Paradox‘ is a confusing movie. It has enough clout in front and behind the camera to become something of an event, it is big enough to advertise during the Superbowl but pulls a move out of the Sega Saturn playbook and releases the…
Leap of Faith – “Interstellar” Review
Director: Christopher Nolan (Inception, The Dark Knight) Producers: Kip Thorne (exec. consultant), Linda Obst, Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan, Thomas Tull (exec.) Writers: Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan Cinematographer: Hoyte Van Hoytema Music: Hans Zimmer Running Time: 169 minutes/ 2 hours, 49 minutes Studio: Paramount (production), Warner Bros. (International Distribution), Legendary Pictures (co-financing) Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Michael…
Quality and Fiction vs. Reality; World War Z Film Review
Review: Just like any audience member all that I want is a good return on investment; time wise, money wise or some combination of both. A feature film a film can succeed if its critically acclaimed or commercially successful, but money is usually the bottom line in Hollywood. Fortunately in both cases, my advanced screening…
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