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REVIEW: The Terminal List (2022)
Amazon Prime’s adaptation of Jack Carr’s book, The Terminal List, exploded onto the streaming service. Drowning out juggernaut shows like The Boys, it became the number 1 show on Prime. The groundbreaking success of this series surprised many and blew past all expectations because, at first glance, it comes across as a generic action thriller. That is far from…
REVIEW: Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
Top Gun: Maverick, the highly anticipated sequel to the 1986 film Top Gun, has finally made its way into theaters. It’s absolutely dominated the box office so far, taking the Memorial Day record from Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, which has held the number one spot since 2007. It’s passed 300 million dollars…
Top Gun: Maverick Too Patriotic for China
Tom Cruise isn’t just facing on-screen enemies this weekend. The Wall Street Journal reports that Tencent Holdings, a Chinese multimedia conglomerate, has pulled its investment in Top Gun: Maverick because the film is too patriotic. (The Journal is behind a paywall, but JoBlo has a rundown.) Tencent agreed to co-finance Maverick in 2019, with their…
REVIEW: Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War (2020)
The Starbucks latte of first-person shooters is back again, and similar to last year’s soft reboot/prequel of Modern Warfare, in 2020, we have a soft reboot/sequel to Black Ops. Call of Duty campaigns never fail to deliver the big-budget thrill moments, but their quality varies pretty widely when it comes to gameplay, design, and story.…
Chris Pratt to Star in Jack Carr Adaptation The Terminal List
Chris Pratt is going from Star-Lord to soldier. Deadline reports that The Terminal List, an adaptation of the bestselling book series written by former Navy SEAL Jack Carr, has been picked up by Amazon. Pratt, who optioned the project a while back, will star and co-produce alongside The Magnificent Seven director Antoine Fuqua and writer/executive…
New Top Gun: Maverick Trailer Arrives Online
It’s time to ride into the danger zone as the new trailer for Top Gun: Maverick has flown online. Directed by Tron: Legacy filmmaker Joe Kosinski with a script by Peter Craig, Justin Marks, Eric Warren Singer, and frequent Tom Cruise collaborator Christopher McQuarrie, Top Gun: Maverick brings back Cruise’s Navy pilot for more high-flying…