Unmistakably influenced by the bleakness of John Hillcoat’s 2009 film The Road, Jim Mickle’s vampire plague movie Stake Land is an atmospheric and pleasantly compelling tale of survival in post-apocalyptic America.
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My 25 Year Relationship With “Top Gun”
This evening I’m seeing Top Gun on the big screen for only the second time in twenty-five years. Why has such an admittedly hackneyed, jingoistic film from the 80s stayed with me for so long? Find out after the jump.
1001 Movie: Top Gun (1986)
Tom Cruise plays gung-ho Navy fighter pilot “Maverick” who, along with his NFO “Goose” (Anthony Edwards) are chosen to undergo training at the Navy’s Top Gun program. There, the two encounter machismo-driven rivalry with fellow pilots such as Iceman (Val Kilmer). Maverick also becomes attracted with one of the civilian instructor (Kelly McGillis) and struggles to separate himself from his father’s legacy.
