Tag: Top Gun
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One of Tom Cruise’s Few Villainous Turns Remains One of His Best
Before you see Tom Cruise riding motorcycles off of cliffs in this summer’s Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, now is a good time to revisit a smaller scale thriller in which he portrays a character even Ethan Hunt would struggle to take down. Cruise is known broadly as a heroic figure, playing characters…
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How Quentin Tarantino’s Top Gun Rant In Sleep With Me Came To Be
The 1994 romantic comedy “Sleep With Me” has largely been forgotten over time, but there’s one moment thrown in there that people still remember pretty well. It’s that scene where Quentin Tarantino’s character gets to go on a drunken monologue about how the film “Top Gun” is actually a story about “a man struggling with…
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10 Behind-the-Scenes Facts You Might Not Know About ‘Top Gun: Maverick’
“It’s not the plane, it’s the pilot.” When Miles Teller’s Rooster spits out that gem of a line toward the end of “Top Gun: Maverick,” the second-in-command action star certainly isn’t talking about Hollywood awards season. And yet, it’s an apt metaphor for the blockbuster Best Picture nominee and its spectacular ascent to Sunday’s Oscars.A…
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Val Kilmer’s Return As Iceman In Top Gun: Maverick Made Tom Cruise Cry
When Tom Cruise gets choked up during his reunion scene with Val Kilmer in “Top Gun: Maverick,” those are some real tears you’re seeing in his eyes. Kilmer’s return as Iceman, onetime rival of Maverick in the Top Gun program, is relegated to a single scene, but it’s one that was packed with emotion for…
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Quentin Tarantino Shot Like Tony Scott For Pulp Fiction’s Big Kahuna Burger Scene
For over a decade, we have lived in an age of haywire film editing. This is most evident in action films, where it seems like there is a cut to a different shot every half-second. It’s dizzying, nauseating, and just downright confusing. Thanks to digital editing tools, the ability to make more and more cuts…
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The Best Modern Bromance Movies To Watch on Valentine’s Day
Across the decades (and Valentine’s Day season), bromance movies like Top Gun, Lethal Weapon, and Dumb and Dumber have brought various audiences tales of friendship and the male bond through thick and thin. From the buddy cop genre to modern-day love stories, the last decade has produced a wide range of refreshing stories for a…
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Joseph Kosinski Says Glen Powell Hurt Himself by Going ‘110 Percent’ in ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Beach Football Scene
“Top Gun: Maverick” was overwhelmingly praised for its ability to bring fresh versions of moments and tropes from the original “Top Gun” into the 21st century. One of the best examples is a scene where Tom Cruise leads his group of pilots in a co-ed game of pickup football on the beach. The scene was…
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Tom Cruise to Present Jerry Bruckheimer with the Motion Picture Sound Editors’ Filmmaker Award – Film News in Brief
Tom Cruise will present Jerry Bruckheimer with the Motion Picture Sound Editors’ Filmmaker Award on Feb. 26.Cruise and Bruckheimer’s working relationship dates back more than three decades, to the original “Top Gun,” the highest-grossing film of 1986.“Tom Cruise is the perfect presenter as we honor Jerry Bruckheimer and his incredible contributions to the world of…
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Top Gun: Maverick Releases 3-Hour Loop of Beach Football Scene
Top Gun: Maverick is truly the gift that keeps on giving. Rather than just spending the season curled up on the couch with your favorite Christmas movies, why not also watch the film’s football beach scene for three hours? Thankfully, you won’t have to keep hitting play and rewind, as the studio has done the…