Tag Archives: Tom Cruise

a 2 hours + video game (film: Top Gun: Maverick – Joseph Kosinsky, 2020)

I was not a ‘Top Gun‘ fan in 1986 when the original movie was released. I didn’t become a fan even after watching this sequel called ‘Top Gun: Maverick‘ directed by Joseph Kosinski. I like action movies when they are … Continue reading

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a real fallout (film: Mission: Impossible – Fallout – Tom Cruise, 2018)

I know that I am the only one to blame. Guilty pleasures are often punished and enjoying action movies now and than is one of those. I also should know that in the first week on screens it’s mostly the … Continue reading

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not just action (Film: Edge of Tomorrow – Tom Cruise, 2014)

A lot of film fans deplore or criticize Tom Cruise‘s latest choice of roles. They all seem to be focusing on action movies, with the 55 (!) years old actor cast in roles where the ration between fights, high-speed chases … Continue reading

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the parenthood pains of Jack Reacher (Film: Jack Reacher: Never Go Back – Tom Cruise, 2016)

Jack Reacher: Never Go Back is the kind of movie which I would probably have never seen unless I was on a trans-Atlantic flight, too tired to read but still sleepless, and prisoner of the Lufthansa movie list. I mildly … Continue reading

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when games work (Film: Oblivion – Tom Cruise, 2013)

I liked many things in ‘Oblivion‘, actually more than I expected. I am no fan of computer games, certainly not of these that are dominated by machine guns and laser guns, by cars races and space-ships races – and there … Continue reading

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out-Bonding James Bond (Film: Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation – Tom Cruise, 2015)

I did not see any other blockbuster this summer, but I have the feeling that having seen the latest in the ‘Mission:Impossible’ series may have been sufficient for having seen the best. I confess that good action movies are one … Continue reading

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the producer as superhero (film: Jack Reacher – Tom Cruise, 2012)

It’s good to be Tom Cruise. Famous, rich, with an impressive list of impressive ex-es, and even gone through a high profile divorce. After having gone through all major role that make a bright career Tom Cruise can afford now … Continue reading

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Growth Pains (Film: Mission: Impossible – Gost Protocol – Tom Cruise, 2011)

The Mission Impossible the Bond series share growth pains. They are both making huge efforts to adapt and behave nicely in the new millennium.It’s not an easy task for series whose characters, rules and conventions have been written originally in … Continue reading

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Film: Valkyrie (Tom Cruise, 2008)

The plot to kill Adolf Hitler put together in July 1944 by a group of military was the last in a series of attempts to kill the head of the Third Reich and save what could be saved of the … Continue reading

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Film: Knight and Day (Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz – 2010)

Knight and Day was one of the 2010 summer blockbusters. With a plot line that is one of the less credible action stories ever seen on screens there was not much alternative left for director James Mangold but to play … Continue reading

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