Tom Cruise established his tons of personality brand of acting with Risky Business and Top Gun and followed that up with Cocktail and Rain Man, in the 1980’s. Top Gun catapulted him to stardom in 1986 playing a cocksure flyer in the Airforce with grin, muscle and way too much charm. It cemented Cruises reputation…

It’s kosher for the grumpy ones to be the more, well, normal. Their opposites, the trolls, in Trolls (2016), are unrealistically always happy. The trolls hug, smile, sing and enjoy life, but the grumpy Bergens cannot stand it. This makes the Bergens, well, more normal indeed. It’s no wonder why. Who does this? Who sings, hugs, and…

In a way Star Trek First Contact (1996) is about war and defense, but it has enough purer moments to add something more…after all these years, First Contact is still an uplifting film. The crew of the starship Enterprise—the one led by Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart)—comes from the future to 2065 (like time travel is…

Inferno is upon us. Inferno (2016) is the third adaptation of a Dan Brown thriller. The previous ones were Angels and Demons (2009) and The Da Vinci Code (2006). Inferno comes to North American theaters this week. Inferno stars Tom Hanks and Felicity Jones.  Hanks recently starred in Sully a major motion picture which was…

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