Reviews

July 16, 2022“I was trying to be the father he lost, I wish I would have done it better,” says Maverick (Tom Cruise) about his relationship with Rooster (Miles Teller). But there’s no doubt that “Top Gun: Maverick” surpasses Tony Scott’s original. “Maverick” finds Maverick caught in a conundrum. He’s been kicked on account of cockiness from the Air Force’s experimental-planes division. On special order from Iceman (Val Kilmer), now a high-ranking officer, Maverick has another option: Go back to the elite "Top Gun" program to train a series of recent graduates for a top-secret mission. Among his students is Rooster, the son of Maverick’s best friend –– the predeceased Goose (Anthony Edwards in “Top Gun”) –– who holds Maverick accountable for setting him back in his Air Force caree...

“The only ones who gods care about… is themselves,” Christian Bale’s Gorr, The God Butcher says, with incorrect grammar. To many critics, this quote rings true of the movie as a whole: Taika Waititi’s newest movie equals pure self-indulgence. But "Thor: Love and Thunder" is a masterpiece of visual and aural imagination. From its gorgeous tableaux-like fantasy settings to its costumes, colors and the skills of its actors, "Thunder" is a stunning adventure movie with an unrelenting pace once it picks up. "Thunder" provides an example for why the big screen has stuck, and should stick around. "Love and Thunder" finds the Norse god of thunder Thor, played with a mastery of comical timing by Chris Hemsworth, once again reunited with his love interest from the first two movies, D...

Top Gun: Maverick Review

FILM REVIEW: ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’