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Tom Cruise plays Capt. Pete "Maverick" Mitchell in Top Gun: Maverick from Paramount Pictures, Skydance and Jerry Bruckheimer Films.

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Return to the Danger Zone with ‘Top Gun: Maverick’

Photo courtesy Paramount Pictures Nostalgia is a hell of a drug. As a man of a certain age, the movie “Top Gun” was a vital…

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May 27, 2022

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‘Locked In’ gets locked up

Simple is usually better when it comes to thrillers. If you start spending more time trying to figure out the plot or character motivations and…

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