Director: Doug Liman Writer: Dan Bryant, Christopher McQuarrie Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures Production Budget: $178,000,000 Plot: A soldier fighting aliens gets to relive the same day over and over again, the day restarting every time he dies. Starring: Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Bill Paxton Review: Edge of Tomorrow was the first time this summer where…
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Top Gun: Maverick Pushes Tom Cruise Far and Away from Acting into Icon Mode
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…
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…
Modern Electronic Film Composing in the 2010’s: Case ‘Legacy & Oblivion’
Featuring the music composed by “Daft Punk” and “M83”: Mission Statement: Big-time Hollywood director Joseph Kosinski made his mark on movie history landing an expensive debut with Tron Legacy and following it up with the relatively big Oblivion, an adaptation of his own sci-fi treatment. Both times he collaborated with musicians outside the movie industry….
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