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Month: September 2022

Top Gun: Maverick (2022)

Dir. Joseph Kosinski. Starring Tom Cruise, Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly Joseph Kosinski and Tom Cruise are a director-actor match made in Hell, and not in the fun Herzog-Kinski way. I imagine that the two of them plus Christopher McQuarrie and whichever other Tom Cruise pets helped make this film are probably even copacetic with each… Read More Top Gun: Maverick (2022)

September 26, 2022September 26, 2022 TimLeave a comment

Detective Story (1951)

Dir. William Wyler. Starring Kirk Douglas, Horace McMahon, Eleanor Parker Once a director finds a source material s/he’s fond of, it’s not unheard of for them to return to that well. Rob Reiner has Stand by Me and Misery, two relatively grounded works originally by Stephen King. John Ford went back to the James Warner… Read More Detective Story (1951)

September 4, 2022 TimLeave a comment

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