Tag: Top Gun: Maverick
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Box Office Stats Have Nothing To Do With a Film’s Quality, Actually
The top 10 highest-grossing movies of all time at the domestic box office (without adjusting for inflation) are The Force Awakens, Avengers: Endgame, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Avatar, Top Gun: Maverick, Black Panther, Avatar: The Way of Water, Avengers: Infinity War, Titanic, and Jurassic World, respectively. Out of those 10, five were nominated for Best…
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’First Blood’s Explosions and Gunfire Aren’t What Make It an Action Classic
When you think of action movies, you think of pure bombast. These are loud movies littered with gunfire, explosions, one-liners and a fiery tone, always in it for a fun time. It isn’t very common that releases in this genre take their time to make you feel anything other than excitement, have a strong story,…
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‘Pee-wee’s Big Holiday’ Is A Perfect Comedy Legacy Sequel
There is no phrase in Hollywood’s recent history that’s been more popular than the “legacy sequel.” Films like Creed, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Jurassic World, and David Gordon Green’s Halloween essentially remade the first film in their respective franchises, but used it to usher in a new generation of heroes and play on the…
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The Comedy Western That’s Canonically Part of ‘Back to the Future’
There can never be any additions to the Back to the Future saga. Director Robert Zemeckis has made it adamantly clear in recent years that he has contractual provisions to shoot down any potential cinematic extensions of this franchise. There can never be a Top Gun: Maverick equivalent to this saga, nor can there ever…
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Tom Cruise Wanted Sound He Could Feel in ‘Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning’
“Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One” takes the spy franchise to a new level of high-octane action with the global threat of AI domination — and Tom Cruise wanted a visceral sound to the film while starring as legendary rogue agent Ethan Hunt.“Tom wants to feel it, as only he can, having rehearsed it…
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‘Barbie’ Domestic Box Office Blasts Off With Biggest Debut of the Year
The rush of euphoria that was felt last year, when Top Gun: Maverick brought movie theaters back to life, can be felt again. Audiences across the country showed up to celebrate what has come to be known as “Barbenheimer” day — the much-hyped box office face-off between Greta Gerwig’s Barbie and Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer. And…
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Brad Pitt’s F1 Movie: Everything We Know About Joseph Kosinski’s Next Film
As interest in racing movies has reached sky-high levels, Brad Pitt is ready to get behind the wheel for a still-untitled Formula 1 thrill ride. The latest film from Top Gun: Maverick filmmaker, Joseph Kosinski, the project entered development in May 2023, effectively promising to do for F1 racing what Top Gun: Maverick did for…