The hotly anticipated sequel to Top Gun, the 1986 movie that made Tom Cruise a star, is raking in cash, great reviews, and even Oscar buzz. Don’t be fooled — it’s the same glorified military recruitment video that the original was.
Source: Top Gun: Maverick Is Another Military Recruitment Video Disguised as a Movie
On April 6, hundreds of protesters convened outside the Walt Disney Company’s headquarters in Burbank, California. Their message: Boycott Disney.
Source: Beauty and the Culture War Beast: Buycott Beats Boycott – CounterPunch.org
Before copaganda became widely televised in shows like “Law & Order,” police were more accurately portrayed as abusers of power.
They do love The Godfather, all those men—and it’s almost universally men—who quote the film’s well-worn lines, as if Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo’s masterpiece of movie making, is also a darkly comic guide to creating and wielding power in America.
Source: For 50 Years ‘The Godfather’ Has Sold Us a Beautiful Lie | Portside
Mark Hamill confirmed on Twitter what some fans have suspected about that final scene
Source: “The Empire Strikes Back” originally had a darker ending | Salon.com
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