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Propelled to Greatness by Set Pieces: A Maverick Approach to Action Cinema

June 8, 2022 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe looks at two of the best action films of the last decade, Mad Max: Fury Road and Top Gun: Maverick… There are great films. There are great action films. Attaining greatness through your action amounts to nailing your set pieces and imbuing proceedings, with just enough characterisation to give the propellant action some […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Charlize Theron, George Miller, Jennifer Connelly, Jerry Bruckheimer, Joseph Kosinski, Mad Max, Mad Max: Fury Road, Miles Teller, Tom Cruise, Tom Hardy, Top Gun, Top Gun: Maverick

Top Gun: Maverick and the Success of Simplistic Cinema

October 31, 2022 by Anghus Houvouras

Anghus Houvrouas on the success of Top Gun: Maverick… Top Gun: Maverick is the kind of massive, crowd pleasing blockbuster that felt almost extinct after a global pandemic threatened to end the theatrical experience. Loved by both audiences and critics, the movie has become a phenomenon and the most successful movie of 2022. I always […]

Filed Under: Anghus Houvouras, Articles and Opinions, Movies Tagged With: Bashir Salahuddin, Charles Parnell, Danny Ramirez, Ed Harris, Glen Powell, Greg Tarzan Davis, Jake Picking, Jay Ellis, Jean Louisa Kelly, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Joseph Kosinski, Kara Wang, Lewis Pullman, Lyliana Wray, Manny Jacinto, Miles Teller, Monica Barbaro, Peter Mark Kendall, Raymond Lee, Tom Cruise, Top Gun: Maverick, Val Kilmer

Whiplash causes Academy friction, deemed “adapted” screenplay

January 7, 2015 by Scott J. Davis

Deadline reports today that Whiplash, Damien Chazelle’s superb Sundance winner, has been somewhat surprisingly classified by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences as an adapted script, rather than a original screenplay. Even stranger still was that the Academy apparently didn’t inform the director or the films distributor, Sony Pictures Classics, about the decision […]

Filed Under: Awards Season, Movies, News, Scott Davis Tagged With: Academy Awards, damien chazelle, J.K. Simmons, Miles Teller, Whiplash

Movie Review – War Dogs (2016)

November 25, 2016 by Matthew Lee

War Dogs, 2016. Directed by Todd Phillips. Starring Jonah Hill, Miles Teller, Ana de Armas, Bradley Cooper and Kevin Pollack. SYNOPSIS: During the Iraq War, two twenty-somethings living in Miami exploit the government’s initiative to allow small businesses to bid on US Military contracts. The War Dogs prologue, narrated by Miles Teller, will stun audiences […]

Filed Under: Matthew Lee, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: ana de armas, Bradley Cooper, Jonah Hill, Kevin Pollack, Miles Teller, Todd Phillips, War Dogs

Scott Derrickson to direct Miles Teller in action-romance The Gorge

August 26, 2022 by Matt Rodgers

Two of 2022’s kings of summer, Miles Top Gun Teller and Scott The Black Phone Derrickson, are joining forces for Skydance’s upcoming genre-bending love story The Gorge.  According to Deadline Whiplash star Teller is in final negotiations to headline The Gorge, having taken his time selecting his first project following Top Gun: Maverick‘s $1.4 billion […]

Filed Under: Matt Rodgers, Movies, News Tagged With: Miles Teller, Scott Derrickson, The Gorge

Miles Teller says he’s spoken to Tom Cruise about Top Gun 3

July 11, 2022 by EJ Moreno

Top Gun: Maverick is a box-office and pop culture juggernaut. After nearly two months, it’s still dominating in cinemas and has comfortably passed the billion dollar mark at the box office, making it the highest-grossing movie of 2022 so far. A sequel is one of the most obvious moves ever, and it seems as if […]

Filed Under: EJ Moreno, Movies, News Tagged With: Miles Teller, Tom Cruise, Top Gun, top gun 3, Top Gun: Maverick

Movie Review – Spiderhead (2022)

June 19, 2022 by Robert Kojder

Spiderhead, 2022. Directed by Joseph Kosinski. Starring Chris Hemsworth, Miles Teller, Jurnee Smollett, Tess Haubrich, BeBe Bettencourt, Angie Miliken, Joey Vieira, Nathan Jones, Ron Smyck, and Mark Paguio. SYNOPSIS: In the near future, convicts are offered the chance to volunteer as medical subjects to shorten their sentence. One such subject for a new drug capable […]

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Robert Kojder Tagged With: Angie Miliken, BeBe Bettencourt, Chris Hemsworth, Joey Vieira, Joseph Kosinski, jurnee smollett, Mark Paguio, Miles Teller, Nathan Jones, Ron Smyck, Tess Haubrich

Extended clip from Netflix’s Spiderhead starring Chris Hemsworth and Miles Teller

June 8, 2022 by Amie Cranswick

As part of its Geeked Week presentation, Netflix has shared an extended clip from Spiderhead, the new film from Top Gun: Maverick director Joseph Kosinski and starring Chris Hemsworth, Miles Teller and Tess Haubrich. Watch the clip here… In a state-of-the-art penitentiary run by brilliant visionary Steve Abnesti (Chris Hemsworth), inmates wear a surgically attached […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News Tagged With: Chris Hemsworth, Geeked Week, Miles Teller, netflix, Spiderhead, Tess Haubrich

Movie Review – Top Gun: Maverick (2022)

May 25, 2022 by Robert Kojder

Top Gun: Maverick, 2022. Directed by Joseph Kosinski. Starring Tom Cruise, Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Glen Powell, Lewis Pullman, Charles Parnell, Bashir Salahuddin, Monica Barbaro, Jay Ellis, Danny Ramirez, Greg Tarzan Davis, Ed Harris, Val Kilmer, Manny Jacinto, Peter Mark Kendall, Jean Louisa Kelly, Lyliana Wray, Jake Picking, Kara Wang, and Raymond Lee. […]

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Robert Kojder Tagged With: Bashir Salahuddin, Charles Parnell, Danny Ramirez, Ed Harris, Glen Powell, Greg Tarzan Davis, Jake Picking, Jay Ellis, Jean Louisa Kelly, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Joseph Kosinski, Kara Wang, Lewis Pullman, Lyliana Wray, Manny Jacinto, Miles Teller, Monica Barbaro, Peter Mark Kendall, Raymond Lee, Tom Cruise, Top Gun, Top Gun: Maverick, Val Kilmer

Video Review – Top Gun: Maverick is the perfect summer blockbuster

May 27, 2022 by EJ Moreno

EJ Moreno with a video review of the Top Gun sequel… Top Gun Maverick feels like a throwback when summer blockbusters mattered. The latest film shows how to mix heart, spectacle, and intense action to make a sure-fire hit for everyone. This is the definition of “they don’t make them like this anymore.” Tom Cruise […]

Filed Under: EJ Moreno, Flickering Myth TV, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Bashir Salahuddin, Charles Parnell, Danny Ramirez, Ed Harris, Glen Powell, Greg Tarzan Davis, Jake Picking, Jay Ellis, Jean Louisa Kelly, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Lewis Pullman, Lyliana Wray, manny jactino, Miles Teller, Monica Barbaro, Raymond Lee, Tom Cruise, Top Gun, Top Gun: Maverick

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