In Top Gun: Maverick, Tom Tests America.
Nostalgia for ’80s pop and the U.S. military counter Hollywood orthodoxy.
The timing of the Top Gun: Maverick sequel couldn’t be stranger. Delayed by the Covid lockdown, it greets a comic-book movie audience that wasn’t even born when the first “I feel the need / the need for speed” movie opened in 1986 and cemented Tom Cruise’s stardom. The action-movie franchise features military guts, glory, and ingenuity that run counter to Hollywood’s support…
The Great Movie Taste Test: which is Ray Liotta's one great role and great film? Something Wild or GoodFellas?
Despite repeated requests of six separate publicists, Warners and Sunshine Sachs declined to show me a prerelease screener of and denied me press access to Justice League. Readers may decide whether this insult is from fecklessness, incompetence or more nefarious reasons.
Zack Snyder’s Restored Grand Vision.
He’s remaking our moral need into more than comic-book stuff.
Zack Snyder’s Justice League (that’s the complete title) differs significantly from the 2017 film Justice League, a project Snyder began that was mutilated when Warner Brothers assigned Joss Whedon to rework it. Through the confluence of venal corporate interference, a rare instance of public outcry about the movie business (the online demand #ReleaseTheSnyderCut), and the opportunity to jump-start the new streaming service HBO Max, Snyder…
