Mavericks

Over the last year, Glen Powell has been entertaining moviegoing audiences by playing pilots. First he starred as Lieutenant Jake "Hangman" Seresin opposite Tom Cruise’s Pete “Maverick” Mitchell in Top Gun: Maverick, then he appeared as real-life Korean War pilot Lieutenant Tom Hudner in Devotion, which co-starred Jonathan Majors as Ensign Jesse Brown. Following these outings in the sky, it’s been announced that Powell is pivoting back to the rom-com genre, which is delightful news on its own. Additionally though, his…

It’s surprisingly rare that a movie that is a massive box office smash is also talked about in awards conversations, but such is the case right now with Top Gun: Maverick. The movie, while now the second highest grossing film of 2022, still made nearly $1.5 billion and it’s been nominated for the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture Drama. Many are wondering what Maverick's Oscar chances could be and co-star Glen Powell, for one, thinks Tom Cruise should be nominated for Best Actor.Top Gun: Maverick is being talked about…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeWith 2022 coming to an end, movie fans are looking at the global box office to find out which 10 films were this year’s biggest.It was a big year for cinema thanks to the release of blockbusters inclusding Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and Top Gun: Maverick.December saw a huge box office boost also thanks to the release of James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water , which…

While Top Gun became a massive hit in its day due to the incredible action sequence using real jets, that was far from the only thing about the movie that became iconic and memorable. The volleyball scene in the original film has lived on in infamy as much as anything else and the sequel was going to need to do its version of that. The good news for fans is that we got our new generation volleyball scene in beach football, and now it exists as a three hour repeatable sequence, because why not?It’s like a yule log video,…

While people have been praising Top Gun: Maverick for its groundbreaking action and adrenaline-rush-inducing moments, another reason audiences love the most successful entry on the 2022 movie schedule is its emotional heartbeat. This is especially true when it comes to the heartfelt scene that reunites Tom Cruise with his Top Gun co-star Val Kilmer. Now, Joseph Kosinski is reflecting on what it was like to film that tear-jerking moment with the two action stars. In Total Film’s Q&A with Top Gun: Maverick’s director…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeTom Cruise jumped off a helicopter to thank his fans for his film Top Gun: Maverick’s theatrical success.The 60-year-old actor attempted the stunt right before the 2022 film made its way to the Paramount+ streaming network. Top Gun: Maverick is Paramount Pictures’s biggest hit this year, having grossed a total of $1.4bn worldwide.To thank his fans, Cruise attempted a solo freefall dive…

Tom Cruise has proven time and time again that he will go to extreme lengths for our entertainment – whether that means climbing the side of the world's tallest building or flying in jets at extreme speeds. Knowing this history, it really shouldn't be all that surprising how the beloved actor has gone about thanking fans for the success of Top Gun: Maverick and spreading holiday cheer: by doing it while jumping out of an airplane.You can watch the extraordinary video – which was recorded during production of Mission:…

While playing the cocky Hangman in Top Gun: Maverick served as his breakout role, Glen Powell has appeared in other notable films, including the Oscar-nominated movie Hidden Figures. Powell played the respected astronaut John Glenn in the NASA-centric biopic, and he received some praise for playing the notable astronaut. But the Top Gun breakout star didn’t think things were going to pan out upon seeing the 2016 film at first, as the Maverick star explained why he thought he ruined the acclaimed film.Powell professed his…

When it dropped in May, the audience response to Top Gun: Maverick was beyond incredible. The studio expected the film to be a hit, but they did not expect the movie to open at No.1 and stay in the top ten for an almost unheard-of 20 more weeks. Nor did they expect it to become the fifth-highest-grossing domestic release of all time, break a wild record for Paramount,  or be the biggest box-office hit of Tom Cruise’s career. Yet, all those things Maverick did. And one of the film’s stars, Glen Powell (Hangman), says he…

Top Gun: Maverick shouldn't have worked as well as it did by all past standards of measures when it comes to legacy sequels. It was a sequel released almost four decades after the original. Still, from its initial reception to wide release, Maverick proved to be a sequel delivering everything you want from a blockbuster. Part of what drew moviegoers to the cinema in flocks was the willingness of the Tom Cruise-helmed action movie to put in a level of effort big tentpole franchises don't often take the time to do anymore.…