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The Last Star In Hollywood

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A weekly podcast exploring the films, influence and cultural iconicity of Tom Cruise.

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46: Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

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2025/06/14

This week, Ethan Hunt returns for the eighth (and probably ultimate?) time in Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning! Does the movie recover from its broken first act? Is this really going to be the last mission? Does this feel like The Most Expensive Movie Ever Made?Unanswered Questions:How do we understand Luther's arc in this film, and in the series as a whole?Whatever happened to Marie and Alanna Mitsopolis and the other dropped elements from Dead Reckoning?Is Ethan really changed by

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45: End Of Part One

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2024/10/17

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

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44: Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning

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2024/09/19

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

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43: Top Gun: Maverick

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2024/09/13

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

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42: Mission: Impossible – Fallout

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2024/09/05

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

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41: American Made

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2024/08/29

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

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1:19:56

40: The Mummy

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2024/08/17

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

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1:07:56

39: Jack Reacher: Never Go Back

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2024/08/09

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

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38: Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation

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2024/07/31

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

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37: Edge Of Tomorrow

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2024/07/25

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

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36: Oblivion

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2024/07/18

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

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1:23:58

Bonus: The American President

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2024/07/04

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

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35: Jack Reacher

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2024/06/27

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

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1:29:56

34: Rock Of Ages

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2024/06/22

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

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33: Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol

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2024/06/13

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.

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32: Knight And Day

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2024/06/06

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

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31: Valkyrie

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2024/05/31

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

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30: Tropic Thunder

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2024/05/22

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

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1:08:36

29: Lions For Lambs

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2024/05/01

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

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2024/04/24

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

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