That would explain why he was the Coen Brothers’ first choice to play Norville Barnes in The Hudsucker Proxy.
Looking at the video, you could argue that Minority Report is where Cruise perfected his action-movie run - the determined look, the pumping arms, the break-neck speed, it all comes together for the first time.
I completely agree with this. I cannot stand Tom Cruise, but the movie is worth it.
I disliked him long before I knew he was a scientologist. He’s a good actor, but he’s not everyone’s cup of tea.
His Mission Impossible movies are very impressive, at least for the most part. I’m definitely anti-scientology-woo, but he does dedicate himself to stunts.
Note: Mission Impossible 2 and the very last one(8?) are pretty bad. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 are all quite well done.
Did you know that Tom Cruise does his own stunts? If you didn’t, he’ll be sure to let you know.
/snerk
Dust Bunny is on HBO now. I may have liked it even more the second time around.
Don’t forget this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bstVqe9gxAM
He’s getting older so I hope interviewers keep asking about it. No one is forgetting his creepy Oprah or Letterman interviews so let him jump out of moving cars on some Mission Impossible set cause it all keeps getting funnier.
As good a ‘run’ as Cruise has, I can’t think of a better action movie run than Will Smith hauling it up the Guggenheim in MiB.
Yeah, that’s one of the best.
Another would be Chris Evans as Captain America, in any of his films.
Won’t call it an action film, but Jerry Lewis running up those stairs iin, uh, that one film was amazing. He literally had a heart attack after running up it.
Meh. Now, Cary Grant knew how to fucking run….
Same here. But I think he’s a very one-note actor.
I’m not much of a stunt-based movie fan, so that doesn’t help me. I prefer movies with depth of characterization, and Cruise comes across as shallow. And when he tries to show depth all he has in his toolbox is his constipated-looking grimace.
He’s a method actor, so the only way for him to achieve that appearance is to become actually constipated. (Such dedication to his craft!)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (blu ray checkout from the library)
Amazing bit of film making where the toons and the humans interact as if they were real. Bob Hoskins really has the skill at looking at something that wasn’t there.
I find it fascinating how much like Chinatown it is. Both noir-ish films that involve simple infidelity cases that end up mired in a city wide scandal over infrastructure machinated by powerful public figures. And one has a talking rabbit.
I hadn’t seen it since it was new. I liked it then, but one thing I had not noticed is how LOUD Roger is in every scene. Like annoyingly loud, even if you like cartoons. I guess I got old.
The disc had some making of features. The film is so old, they used blue screens instead of green screens for the special effects. 
One humorous bit: the guy that voiced Roger had a simple rabbit suit made to help keep in character. He would be off screen speaking his lines during filming. On one early day in filming they all went to the cafeteria for lunch, and all the other film people were laughing “get a load of that rabbit suit! Is that what they are using? That movie is gonna BOMB big time.”
Space Station 76 (Tubi)
This is an odd one and I was kind of surprised at how the movie progressed. It’s about the crew on a space station in an alternate 1976 and I was expecting a little more retro futuristic goofiness but other than the clothing and equipment, it was mostly played straight.
Patrick Wilson is the captain and is a closet case struggling with alcoholism, Liv Tyler is the new co-pilot coming onboard the station. Marisa Coughlan is the ship’s nutritionist and is a really awful, narcissistic character. She’s pretty much irredeemable, imo. Her character has a daughter played by Kylie Rogers and I was honestly impressed with her performance. She wasn’t just a flat, bland actor standing around taking up space - she showed good depth and emotional range for a 10-year-old. Jerry O’Connell as well as a few more people - it’s a fairly small cast.
It really wasn’t “ha ha” funny, but there was a very humorous sequence with the captain talking to the robot psychologist.
Things finally come to a head at a Christmas party when all the secrets of the crew start to come out. Then an asteroid collides with the station and destroys their shuttle, leaving everyone stranded.
Like I said, this one is a bit odd. It’s low budget, but the sets and CGI looked pretty good, there were some funny moments, but it really wasn’t that much of a comedy, and the drama felt palpable. I do recommend it though.
I loved that film as a kid (I remember seeing it when it was released), and I still love it nearly 40 years later. But good god was Judge Doom terrifying. Incidentally, talk about a giveaway, I mean is an impartial, good natured judge going to be called Doom?!
What was particularly remarkable with this movie was the mixture of characters from various studios.