to find one of hollywood s biggest action stars, tom cruise, partly sidelined during this blockbuster season by the charms of a movie inspired by a long legged, iconic plastic doll. yes, cruise s mission: impossible 7 was not at all bad but the blockbuster season glory really did go to barbie, as emma jones now tells us. cheering already hollywood s golden boy for what top gun: maverick did for post covid cinema attendance last summer, the question was would tom cruise s midas touch work again for mission: impossible dead reckoning? there was a big promotional tour supporting the release, including a world premiere in rome, where part of the film was set. it s all about how do i engage the audience? cruise was as willing as ever to meet fans and to be chief salesman for his movie. it s bigger than all of the films. it has vivid characterisations. it has glorious, luxurious locations
amusing to find one of hollywood s biggest action stars, tom cruise, partly sidelined during this blockbuster season by the charms of a movie inspired by a long legged, iconic plastic doll. yes, cruise s mission: impossible 7 was not at all bad but the blockbuster season glory really did go to barbie, as emma jones now tells us. cheering. already hollywood s golden boy for what top gun: maverick did for post covid cinema attendance last summer, the question was would tom cruise s midas touch work again for mission: impossible dead reckoning? there was a big promotional tour supporting the release, including a world premiere in rome, where part of the film was set. it s all about how do i engage the audience? cruise was as willing as ever to meet fans and to be chief salesman for his movie. it s bigger than all the films. it has vivid characterisations.
it became a cultural meme which helped fuel interested two very different films, barbie and 0ppenheimer, opening at the same time. i think the early barbenheimer effect was because the well known ip of barbie plus the well known ip of christopher nolan were put together in a way that really sparked the imagination. barbie also distinguished itself in that it is a film defined by a director s artistic vision that succeeded in reaching a mass audience, quite different from the typical, often tired, lacklustre hollywood blockbusters we have grown accustomed to. it really put the filmmaker, greta gerwig, on the map. greta gerwig is now absolutely a a list director. she started off acting in very, very small micro budget movies, and worked her way up, as both actor and director, to this level, so this is somebody who is using this is odd years of understanding of filmmaking