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'Top Gun: Maverick' Is Here!
May 27, 2022/ 81 min/ Sean Fennessy · Amanda Dobbins
Sean and Amanda give a spoiler-free verdict on 'Top Gun: Maverick,' then Sean sits down with director Joseph Kosinski to talk pitching Tom Cruise, six IMAX cameras crammed into an F-18 cockpit, and why the mission stays nameless.
14 films across 3 segments.
AI-generated This episode was transcribed and analyzed with AI models. The matches aren't perfect — expect the occasional misheard title or a link to the wrong film.
Remembering Ray Liottaa brief tribute before the main event
Something Wild 1986
Unlawful Entry 1992
Corrina, Corrina 1994
Cop Land 1997
The Many Saints of Newark 2021
the Sopranos prequel Sean calls Liotta's best recent work
Marriage Story 2019
Amanda's guess for what Sean would cite; he didn't
'Top Gun: Maverick' Reviewspoiler-free
Top Gun: Maverick 2022
1,050 days late, and both hosts think it beats the original
Top Gun 1986
Amanda: the closest she gets to loving a 'bad good movie'
In conversation
Joseph Kosinski on
Oblivion 2013
his first film with Cruise; the crew shirt read 'Oblivion' in the Top Gun font
Joseph Kosinski on
Tron: Legacy 2010
the other project that started with a pitch to a movie star, in this case Jeff Bridges
Also mentioned raised along the way
Legacy sequels, for comparison Mad Max: Fury RoadTron: LegacySpace Jam: A New LegacyBlade Runner 2049CreedStar Wars: The Force Awakens
Tom Cruise, elsewhere The VerdictThe Color of MoneyEyes Wide ShutJack Reacher: Never Go Back
Jon Hamm's recent run of stern men in uniform No Sudden MoveRichard JewellLucy in the SkyThe ReportBad Times at the El RoyaleConfess, Fletch
Tony Scott, cited by Kosinski The HungerDays of ThunderCrimson TideTrue Romance
Not films filtered out: TV, games, ads
TV BarryMad MenThe Sopranos
Ads FIFA World Cup Launch Edition (Netflix)Boar's HeadBotoxSam's ClubPepsiProgressive (Jon Hamm's commercials)