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45: End Of Part One

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2024 45:43


This week, we wrap up the first part of The Last Star In Hollywood, and look ahead to what's next for Tom Cruise.

44: Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2024 98:21


This week, Ethan Hunt returns for the seventh (and penultimate?) time in Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning!

43: Top Gun: Maverick

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2024 118:24


This week, we feel the need for speed all over again with Joseph Kosinski's much-delayed, hugely successful Top Gun: Maverick!

42: Mission: Impossible – Fallout

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2024 109:28


This week, Christopher McQuarrie returns to M:I with the biggest, splashiest, most ankle-breaking adventure so far.

41: American Made

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2024 60:21


This week, a rare Tom Cruise character-actor performance in Doug Liman's stylish satire American Made.

40: The Mummy

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2024 79:56


This week, the venture into the Dark Universe -- but not for long -- in Alex Kurtsman's 2017 reboot The Mummy.

39: Jack Reacher: Never Go Back

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2024 67:56


This week, Ethan Hunt returns for a fifth time, this time (mostly) written and (completely) directed by Christopher McQuarrie.

38: Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2024 83:54


This week, Ethan Hunt returns for a fifth time, this time (mostly) written and (completely) directed by Christopher McQuarrie.

37: Edge Of Tomorrow

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2024 99:54 Transcription Available


This week, the second in Cruise's high-concept sci-fi double-header: Doug Liman's Edge Of Tomorrow!

36: Oblivion

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2024 73:29 Transcription Available


This week, twists and turns in Joseph Kosinski's 2013 high-concept sci-fi adventure Oblivion!

Bonus: The American President

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2024 83:58


To mark American Independence Day, we're unlocking our Patreon bonus episode on Rob Reiner's 1995 political rom-com The American President!

35: Jack Reacher

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2024 98:21


This week, Tom Cruise explores the road not taken with Christopher McQuarrie's 2012 action-thriller Jack Reacher.

34: Rock Of Ages

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2024 89:56


This week, Tom Cruise rawks in Adam Shankman's 2011 adaptation of the jukebox musical Rock of Ages.

33: Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2024 91:02


This week, Ethan Hunt returns to save both the world and Tom Cruise's career in Brad Bird's 2011 spy thriller, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol.

32: Knight And Day

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2024 82:13


This week, Cruise and Cameron are reunited in a chaotic, excessive, and surprisingly fun action-comedy, James Mangold's Knight And Day.

31: Valkyrie

Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2024 67:01


This week, a rare late-period swing at legitimacy by Cruise in Bryan Singer's World War II drama Valkyrie.

30: Tropic Thunder

Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2024 61:33


This week, let's be controversial with Ben Stiller's 2008 action-movie satire, Tropic Thunder!

29: Lions For Lambs

Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2024 68:36


This week, let's get angry - but not in the way the movie wants - with Robert Redford's 2007 political drama Lions For Lambs!

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28: Mission: Impossible 3

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2024 92:07


This week, Ethan Hunt returns with more guns in JJ Abrams' 2006 action sequel Mission: Impossible 3!

27: War Of The Worlds

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2024 81:05


This week, Cruise is a bad dad in Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds!

26: Collateral

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2024 76:34


This week, Cruise plays the villain in Michael Mann's 2004 thriller Collateral.

25: The Last Samurai

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2024 104:17


This week, Cruise shoots for Oscar recognition in Edward Zwick's 2003 historical drama The Last Samurai.

24: Minority Report

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2024 94:38


This week, a glimpse of the future with Steven Spielberg's 2002 sci-fi thriller Minority Report.

23: Vanilla Sky

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2024 81:03


This week, it was all a dream — or was it? — in Cameron Crowe's 2001 movie Vanilla Sky.

22: Mission: Impossible 2

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2024 105:28


This week, we get as close as we can to killing a franchise with John Woo's 2000 action drama Mission: Impossible 2

21: Magnolia

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2024 99:24


This week, we realize that everything is connected in Paul Thomas Anderson's Magnolia.

20: Eyes Wide Shut

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2024 113:38


This week, we dream our way through Stanley Kubrick's final film, Eyes Wide Shut.

19: Jerry Maguire

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2024 100:36


This week, Cameron Crowe's 1996 romantic comedy Jerry Maguire had us at hello.

18: Mission: Impossible

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2024 86:16


This week, we disavow any knowledge of Brian de Palma's 1996 spy thriller Mission: Impossible.

17: Interview With The Vampire

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2024 103:11


This week, we slip into gothic melodrama with Neil Jordan's 1994 movie Interview With The Vampire.

16: The Firm

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2024 95:42


This week, we finally get the full, authentic Tom Cruise Runâ„¢ in Sydney Pollack's 1993 movie The Firm.

15: A Few Good Men

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2024 86:46


This week, we prove that we can handle the truth in Rob Reiner's 1992 movie A Few Good Men!

14: Far and Away

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2024 103:29


This week, the movie that's often considered the first flop of Cruise's career: Ron Howard's Far and Away!

13: Days Of Thunder

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2023 82:55


This week, it's Top Gun on the ground as Tony Scott returns with 1990's Days of Thunder.

12: Born On The Fourth Of July

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2023 82:39


This week, things get grim with Oliver Stone's 1989 anti-war biopic Born on the Fourth of July.

11: Rain Man

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2023 103:06


This week, we're taking a swing at Oscar credibility with Barry Levinson's 1988 movie Rain Man.

10: Cocktail

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2023 103:09


This week, we need a stiff drink after Roger Donaldson's 1988 movie Cocktail.

9: The Color Of Money

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2023 103:43


This week, we invent the legacyquel with Martin Scorsese's 1986 movie The Color Of Money.

[Preview] Dirty Dancing

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2023 8:30


For this month's Patreon-exclusive bonus episode, our listeners voted for an all-time favorite: Dirty Dancing!

8: Top Gun

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2023 132:03


This week, we could tell you all about Tony Scott's 1986 military rollercoaster Top Gun, but then we'd have to kill you.

7: Legend

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2023 139:54


This week, we reach the first milestone in the filmography of Tom Cruise with Ridley Scott's 1985 fairy tale Legend.

6: All The Right Moves

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2023 84:45


This week, we have clear eyes, full hearts and we can't lose as we discuss Michael Chapman's 1983 football drama All The Right Moves.

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5: Risky Business

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2023 87:11


This week, Tom Cruise becomes a star in Paul Brickman's tale of capitalist ennui and sock-slides, Risky Business.

4: Losin’ It

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2023 78:14


This week, we head south of the border with Curtis Hanson's 1983 sex comedy Losin' It.

3: The Outsiders

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2023 117:08


This week, we discuss an American classic: Francis Ford Coppola's 1983 film The Outsiders.

2: Taps

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2023 81:36


This week, we discuss Tom Cruise's first take on masculinity and militarism in Harold Becker's 1981 film Taps.

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1: Endless Love

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2023 65:49


This week, we discuss the melodramatic (and controversial) excesses of Franco Zeffirelli's 1981 film Endless Love.

0: Introductions

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2023 24:15


Welcome to The Last Star In Hollywood! In this introductory episode, we set out our plans for the podcast, discuss what makes a star, and ask the tough questions!

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