Tom Cruise is indestructible, it seems. After escaping unscathed out of the Paramount fiasco, he now teams up with Universal to help create "Oblivion," a sci-fi thriller that's ambitious and breathtaking. In any case, that's what was promised on paper. Because "Oblivion" did hold promise--on a large scale. All the elements were there for serious, high-brow sci-fi entertainment: a namesake ... more >
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Oblivion
Film pays homage to science fiction flicks of the seventies
Tom Cruise and Olga Kurylenko
Directed by Joseph Kosinski
Jack Reacher
A thriller for the action-starved Christmas moviegoer
Tom Cruise, Rosamund Pike and Richard Jenkins
Directed by Christopher McQuarrie
“Jack Reacher," based on the Lee Child novel “One Shot," begins chillingly enough with the stigma of the recent tragedy in Connecticut. A sniper looks through his scope and guns down five people in cold blood. But while “Reacher” is far from perfection it doesn’t deserve this kind of relevance, either. The shooting inquiry brings Reacher (Tom Cruise) to Pittsburgh. He’s an investigative officer ... more >
Rock of Ages | DVD
Every rose has its thorn
Tom Cruise, Julianne Hough and Diego Boneta
Directed by Adam Shankman
History has not been kind to the eighties and neither has “Rock of Ages," based on the Broadway musical, a terrible mess of clichés and lip syncing. Juliane Hough (“Dancing with the Stars”) plays Sherrie, an Oklahoma farm girl coming to LA for superstardom. There she meets Drew (Diego Boneta), barback for the club “Bourbon” who also has rock’n roll dreams. A romance blooms, one that will be ... more >
TOM CRUISE AND KATIE HOLMES TO PART AMICABLY
Separation proceedings pervaded by dignity
Less than two weeks after announcing their separation Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes have reached an agreement to settle their divorce amicably and seem determined to remain discreet about the role of Scientology, the church of which Cruise is the most visible member, in their breakup. "The matter is settled and an agreement was signed, "said Jonathan Wolfe, counsel for Katie Holmes, in a ... more >
NEW TRAILER released for “Jack Reacher”
Film was adapted from a novel by British author Lee Child
There's a new movie on the horizon from Paramount Studios. It's an adaptation of a newsworthy novel by an author named Lee Child, the story echoing recent and tragic events. Playing the character of Jack Reacher, former U.S. Army investigator, actor Tom Cruise gets caught up in a dark story surrounding an army sniper gone rogue: he's shot and killed five people. The body of evidence piling up ... more >
TOM CRUISE and KATIE HOLMES separate
Sadly, TOMKAT no longer
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes have filed for divorce just five years after their marriage. The couple who had wedded in November of 2006 in Italy had had a daughter together named Suri, 6. "This is a personal and private matter for Katie and her family," the actress's lawyer, Jonathan Wolfe, told People Magazine. "The main concern for Katie remains, as always, to ensure the best interests of ... more >
ROCK OF AGES AWESOMENESS
Self-destructive decadence--but no cigarette smoking
Diego Boneta, Julianne Hough and Tom Cruise
Directed by Adam Shankman
Rock of Ages, this week’s hair metal spandex singalong, asks a basic question: what’s the point of a musical? More specifically, it asks a pair of underlying questions about musicals: is enjoyment a worthy artistic goal? Is sentimental simplification acceptable in the name of fantasy and fun? On one level Rock of Ages does to the metal years of the late eighties no more or less than what ... more >