“26 Miles Away…” In 1999, my wife and I honeymooned on Catalina Island off the Southern California coast, and we still have near-annual getaways there to celebrate anniversaries since. The island was sold to the Wrigley family (the chewing gum magnates) back in 1919, and was quickly turned into a famed movie location as well…
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“Top Gun: Maverick” (2022) is a better sequel than its predecessor deserves…
*****AIRCRAFT CARRIER-SIZED SPOILERS!!***** Danger Zone. 1986’s “Top Gun” isn’t exactly one of my favorite movies, to put it charitably. Back in the late 1980s, I thought it was a dumb, jingoistic US Navy recruitment film smothered in a slick coat of Hollywood production values. “Top Gun” wallowed in action movie cliches and shallow characters; ignoring…