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Cruise and Paramount on a Box Office Mission

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When “Top Gun: Maverick” finally opens on May 27th… or actually May 26th (Thursday showings)… or actually May 24th (pay preview screenings in premium formats)… it will be the first Tom Cruise film to be released in nearly four years. The last time Cruise appeared in a movie was exactly 3 years and 10 months […]
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‘American Made’ Movie Review

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In Universal Pictures’ American Made, three-time Academy Award nominee Tom Cruise reunites with his Edge of Tomorrow director, Doug Liman (The Bourne Identity, Mr. and Mrs. Smith), in this international escapade based on the outrageous (and real) exploits of a hustler and pilot unexpectedly recruited by the CIA to run one of the biggest covert […]
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‘American Made’ Review

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Tom Cruise has proven throughout his career that with the right role – he’s money. Cruise was completely miscast in this year’s “Mummy” reboot – and the film flopped. But he’s back as Hollywood’s “Top Gun” action star with “American Made”, re-teaming with  “Edge of Tomorrow” director Doug Liman. This is the story of airline […]
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‘The Mummy’ Movie Review

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Tom Cruise headlines a spectacular, all-new cinematic version of the legend that has fascinated cultures all over the world since the dawn of civilization: The Mummy. Thought safely entombed in a tomb deep beneath the unforgiving desert, an ancient princess (Sofia Boutella of Kingsman: The Secret Service and Star Trek Beyond) whose destiny was unjustly […]
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‘The Mummy’ Review

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Tom Cruise’s Twitter bio includes the phrase: “Running in movies since 1981”. Someone even created a 19-minute compilation video last year called “Every Tom Cruise Run. Ever”. And, yes, Cruise does even more sprinting and dashing in his new, highly familiar reboot of “The Mummy”. When I first learned that Cruise was being cast in […]
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Cruise-ing Through a Career

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This weekend, Tom Cruise helps reboot “The Mummy”. Let’s look at some of the career highlights of one of the world’s biggest movie stars: 1983 – “The Outsiders” Among ensemble of Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe and Patrick Swayze 1985 – “Risky Business” Considered to be Cruise’s breakthrough lead performance Golden Globe Nomination – Best Actor […]
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‘Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation’ Movie Review

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Ethan and team take on their most impossible mission yet, eradicating the Syndicate – an International rogue organization as highly skilled as they are, committed to destroying the IMF. (PARAMOUNT) The “Mission: Impossible” movie franchise began with 1996’s “Mission: Impossible”. It was followed by “Mission: Impossible II” in 2000 and director J.J. Abrams’ “Mission: Impossible […]
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‘Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation’ Review

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“Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation” is the fifth installment in a 20-year-old film franchise. Last time, for 2011’s “Ghost Protocol”, Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise risked his life (and pure sanity) by climbing the tallest building in the world. In the opening scene of “Rogue Nation”, he hangs onto an airplane for dear life. And, yes, […]
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‘Edge of Tomorrow’ Review

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“Edge of Tomorrow” is the Movie Mashup of the Year: A combination of “Groundhog Day” and “Independence Day”. In a near-future world in which aliens are about to wipe-out the human race, Major William Cage, an Army PR expert, is forced to become a soldier. He is killed almost immediately in his first battle, but […]
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