For a solid twenty years, Tom Cruise consistently hit with audiences and critics alike thanks to his steadfast decision to work with the best directors in the industry, resulting in one of the most prolific and successful rosters of films Hollywood has ever seen. Then he jumped on Oprah’s couch and called Matt Lauer glib.
Read MoreIt’s hard to remember now, but before Tom Cruise decided that hanging off the Burj Khalifa and the sides of airplanes was the proper way to entertain his audience, for the first 25 years of his career, the actor had been focused on director and auteur driven projects.
Read MoreThe arguments around both films are noticeably similar: do the films fully embrace the politics they portray? How radical can big-budget films released by major studios ever really be?
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