NEW YORK—The high-flying “Top Gun: Maverick” continued to soar in its second weekend, dropping just 32 percent from its opening with $86 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. The Paramount Pictures release, with Tom Cruise reprising his role from the 1986 original, is holding steadier than any film of its kind has…
‘Top Gun’ Stays Aloft With $86 Million in Its 2nd Weekend
NEW YORK—The high-flying “Top Gun: Maverick” continued to soar in its second weekend, dropping just 32 percent from its opening with $86 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. The Paramount Pictures release, with Tom Cruise reprising his role from the 1986 original, is holding steadier than any film of its kind has…
‘Family Honeymoon’ From 1949: A Touching Tribute to Fatherhood
June 5, 2022
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Rarely do we acknowledge loving, caring male parents, and sometimes we even take fathers for granted. The official holiday that is meant to compensate for this oversight is Father’s Day, one Sunday in June dedicated to appreciating dads. A father figure can fill the void as a loving mentor, whether he’s a stepfather, another relative,…
Rewind, Review, and Re-Rate: 2015’s ‘Truth’: Uncovering George W. Bush’s Alleged Vietnam Combat-Ducking ‘Strategery’
R| 2h 5m | Thriller | October 16, 2015 “Truth” is a newsroom thriller about the crack team of reporters who tracked the paper trail that determined whether George W. Bush shirked his Vietnam War military duties or not. It also depicts how much journalism has lost its teeth since ’70s superstar Robert Redford played Watergate…
The Revenant: Harini Logan Rallies for Spelling Bee Title
OXON HILL, Md.—Harini Logan kept trying to learn from her near-misses in online spelling bees. Recognized for years as one of the best spellers in the English language, she had never taken home a national title. In the biggest bee of them all, she endured a new series of setbacks, but somehow, at the end,…
‘A Star is Born’ (1937): Suicide and the Code
Commentary When I first saw the list of films to be played at the 2022 Turner Classic Movie Film Festival, I noticed “A Star is Born” (1937) among the titles. I had only watched this movie twice, but I knew I loved it upon first seeing it. Janet Gaynor and Fredric March as the leads,…
Epoch Watchlist: What to Watch for June 3–9
This week, we look at a comedy about a wannabe golfer reaching for his dreams and a coming-of-age family film full of treasure-seeking fun. New Release ‘The Phantom of the Open’ This is the charming underdog story of Maurice Flitcroft (Mark Rylance), who lives with his wife and kids in Barrow-in-Furness, England. Although he works…
Film Review: ‘Deep in the Heart’: An Epic Nature Documentary the Size of Texas
June 2, 2022
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PG | 1h 43min | Documentary, Nature | 3 June 2022 (USA) Within seconds of the start of “Deep in the Heart” (also known as “Deep in the Heart: A Texas Wildlife Story”), we become aware this isn’t going to be the usual nature documentary feature. It opens with a wide panoramic aerial shot of Guadalupe Peak, the highest natural point in…
Rewind, Review, and Re-Rate: 2015’s ‘The DUFF’: Comedy About a New High School Social Category
PG-13 | 1h 41m | Comedy | Feb. 20, 2015 High school movies are an American institution. No other country is as infatuated with high school as we are. Ever since 1973’s “American Graffiti,” there’s always been a gaggle of unknown actors in them who quickly segue to stardom: “Graffiti” begat Harrison Ford and Richard Dreyfus, “Dazed and…
Film Review: 2021’s ‘Adrienne’
NR | 1h 38min | Documentary, Biography, Crime | Dec. 1, 2021 (USA) On paper, the HBO documentary “Adrienne” shouldn’t work. It was made by someone (Andy Ostroy) who isn’t a filmmaker about another (Adrienne Shelly) who was, albeit not for very long. Unlike almost all documentarians, Ostroy is a principal participant in the story of his subject and never once attempts…
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