Since this year started, I’ve become accustomed with waking up to bad news; whether it’s political (a daily occurrence here in the US), or some other terrible yet inevitable thing. This morning was no exception. The very first thing I learned when I grabbed my phone and headed to the kitchen to make breakfast was…
Tag: Val Kilmer
“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…