Tag: Top Gun
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Goose’s Death in ‘Top Gun’ Is Maverick’s Fault
1986’s Top Gun is one of today’s most well-loved films. Starring Tom Cruise and Van Kilmer, the action drama follows naval aviators training at Top Gun. The action-packed ’80s blockbuster sucked in audiences with its heartthrob lead, cool planes, and high (sexual) tension between characters competing against each other to get to the top of…
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This Tom Cruise Performance Was Written With Tom Hanks in Mind
Although Tom Cruise is most closely associated with the action genre due to the success of Top Gun and Mission: Impossible, in the 1990s, it feels like he made it a goal to work with nearly every great filmmaker on a prestige project. Between Sydney Pollack’s The Firm, Rob Reiner’s A Few Good Men, Neil…
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Goose Was Recast With Two New Cat Actors For The Marvels
In Anna Boden’s and Ryan Fleck’s 2019 superhero film “Captain Marvel,” the title character (Brie Larson) has a cat she named Goose. Goose, a Garfield-like orange tabby, was named after the character played by Anthony Edwards in the 1986 film “Top Gun.” But it would later be revealed that Goose was not a cat at…
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10 Essential Tom Cruise Movies, Ranked
Tom Cruise’s versatility and screen presence has made him an actor that audiences continually love seeing on the big screen. Although Cruise got his start starring in coming-of-age dramas and some unique military movies, he quickly became a pivotal force in the action genre with films like Top Gun and Mission: Impossible that have made…
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Pom Klementieff Says Tom Cruise Got Her Hooked on Skydiving: ‘I Love the Rush’
When “Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning — Part I” hits theaters next weekend, action movie lovers will get yet another chance to see Tom Cruise risk life and limb for their entertainment. The actor’s commitment to practical stunts reached new heights when he drove a motorcycle off a cliff for the latest film, and he’s…
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Brad Pitt’s Formula One Movie Finally Gets Official Title
Brad Pitt’s untitled Formula One film finally has a name, Apex. The long in making Apple TV project has the attention of the fans of the actor as well as the sport. The movie is aptly directed by Top Gun: Maverick helmer Joseph Kosinski, who is boldly experimenting with high-speed sequences with each new title.…
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Tom Cruise Hopes to Keep Making ‘Mission: Impossible’ Films Until He’s 80
Tom Cruise isn’t kicking his acting career into cruise control anytime soon.The “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One” star and producer told the Sydney Morning Herald that he is determined to be acting at least for the next two decades, much like iconic screen star Harrison Ford. “Harrison Ford is a legend; I hope…
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This Tom Cruise Legal Thriller Had Him Facing Off Against Gene Hackman
John Grisham’s second novel, The Firm, was so popular that a film adaptation was already hotly anticipated by the time the book hit the shelves. Thirty years ago, Sydney Pollack’s feature adaptation was released, and combined with the success of the book, the two created a mutually massive hit, which soared on the screen as…
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‘Top Gun’ Filming Locations, Explained
Ever wonder where the iconic 1986 action film Top Gun was filmed? Well…the sky. A lot of it was filmed in the sky, but not exclusively. Top Gun is a film that somehow manages to be wholly unrealistic yet entirely authentic at the exact same time. The combat scenarios that Top Gun and its hugely…
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Top Gun: Maverick: How the Filmmakers Brought Back Val Kilmer’s Voice
While it was speculated that original Top Gun star Val Kilmer would be a part of last year’s Top Gun: Maverick, his exact role and how he would appear was kept tightly under wraps. While the star has overcome a battle with throat cancer which has affected his speech, an illness that Kilmer confirmed in…