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Clear & Present Danger

Hemal Jhaveri July 4, 2023

It’s hard to think of a more iconic actor than Harrison Ford. And it’s equally hard to think of a less interesting character than Jack Ryan, the protagonist of countless espionage thrillers. And yet, America loves Harrison Ford in this role. “How dare YOU, sir?” he barks angrily.

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Raiders of the Lost Ark

Hemal Jhaveri June 27, 2023

Is there a more iconic Harrison Ford role than Indiana Jones, the bullwhip-snapping, fedora-clad, globe-trotting archeologist who fights Nazis and pillages artifacts from their cultures of origin, which was the style at the time?

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Ranking Tom Cruise’s Movies

Hemal Jhaveri December 20, 2022

In this final episode of the season, Brian and Hemal discuss the ten movies we watched this season and provide the definitive ranking. While we typically enjoy disagreeing, we were pretty much on the same page when it came to Mr. Cruise’s oeuvre. Although we did disagree on what

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Top Gun: Maverick

Hemal Jhaveri December 13, 2022

Released last year, ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ returns 36 years later (!) to the story of Pete “Maverick” Mitchell. Once a cocky young flyboy, Mav is now a weathered test pilot whose career has stalled. He’s been put out to pasture, but he’s still in the Navy, a crazy maverick.

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Jerry Maguire

Hemal Jhaveri December 6, 2022

You complete me. You had me at hello. Show me the money! If you were around during the 90s, you have almost certainly repeated one of the many memorable lines from ‘Jerry Maguire’, the beloved rom-com / sports-comedy hybrid from fabled Gen X director Cameron Crowe.

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The Mummy

Hemal Jhaveri November 29, 2022

So many iconic Tom Cruise movies one could choose from. Why the 2017 flop ‘The Mummy’? Wouldn’t it have been better to just watch the Brendan Fraser version for the fifth time?

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The Firm

Hemal Jhaveri November 22, 2022

If you like a tense thriller, ‘The Firm’ will be right up your alley. It’s a white-knuckler. Brian and Hemal both enjoyed it – and felt that Tom Cruise was going beyond his usual skill set (running! grinning! running!) to give us an honest-to-goodness character.

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Interview with the Vampire

Hemal Jhaveri November 15, 2022

It’s possible to lean a little too hard into the horrible – ‘Interview with the Vampire’ is a seriously dark movie. Way darker than you’d expect a mid-90s Hollywood blockbuster starring the likes of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt to be.

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Minority Report

Hemal Jhaveri November 8, 2022

‘Minority Report’, released in 2002, marks the first time that famed director Steven Spielberg worked with Tom Cruise. Two titans of popular American cinema, together for the first time!