Edge of Tomorrow
To declare an interest, brothers Jez and John-Henry Butterworth, co-writers of new sci-fi actioner Edge of Tomorrow, are from my hometown of St Albans and were taught by my dad […]
Tag Archives: Tom Cruise
Tropic Thunder
Tropic Thunder follows in the great tradition of films about film production, from Adaptation to Barton Fink, Seven Psychopaths to Galaxy Quest. It’s most similar to this last film, as a […]
Top Gun
Tom Cruise plays “Maverick”, the best pilot in the Navy. Wait… the Navy? Surely you mean the Air Force. No, it’s definitely the Navy, I checked. Maybe there’s a Cruise connection there […]
Eyes Wide Shut
In this sinister erotic drama, the marriage of a wealthy New York couple, Alice (Nicole Kidman) and Bill (Tom Cruise), is put under strain when Alice reveals some of her […]
Innocent Until Proven Guilty
The idea that until guilt is proven, a criminal suspect should be assumed not to have committed a crime, underpins our legal system. It protects the innocent and avoids the […]
Strictly Classified Part 5: Minority Report
Minority Report is set in a scary dystopian future where Tom Cruise is still in movies. The year is 2054, and Cruise is in charge of the precrime unit which […]
Rash of Bacon Part 8: A Few Good Men
Rob Reiner of This Is Spinal Tap directs this courtroom drama which focuses on military lawyer Lt Daniel Kaffee (Tom Cruise), as he defends two marines against the charge of […]
Screen Goblin 