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.
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Scott’s “Unstoppable” is Implausible but Frenetic Entertainment
“Unstoppable”, the new film from Tony Scott starring Denzel Washington and Chris Pine, is predictable and implausibly scripted, but serves up some of the most frenetic, edge-of-your seat entertainment of the summer.
Scott, Washington Are “Unstoppable”
Very loosely based on the CSX 8888 incident, Tony Scott’s Unstoppable is a fun, suspenseful action-thriller despite the director’s well-known visual excesses. The movie stars Denzel Washington and Chris Pine as veteran train engineer Frank Barnes and rookie conductor Will Colston, two men on a mission to stop an unmanned train.
Movie News Weekly Round-Up: October 25, 2010
The Weekly Movie News Round-up is an aggregation of news gathered from all across the movie industry released every weekend. Inside, discuss all the latest movie news, casting news, and trailers to your heart’s content! Last week, Mel Gibson was cast in The Hangover 2. Guess not anymore!
Movie News Weekly Round-Up: September 25, 2010
The Weekly Movie News Round-up is an aggregation of news gathered from all across the movie industry released every weekend. Inside, discuss all the latest movie news, casting news, and trailers to your heart’s content!
Movie News Weekly Round-Up: August 7, 2010
I hope everyone is having a great weekend so far. Our weekly edition of the Round-Up has been posted for your enjoyment. Don’t miss on this week’s movie news, casting news, trailers and links!
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.
