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Cinema

You certainly don’t watch Top Gun for the script

28 May 2022

9:00 AM

28 May 2022

9:00 AM

Top Gun: Maverick

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Top Gun is back, nearly 40 years after the original, with reprised roles for Tom Cruise (59) and Val Kilmer (62) but nothing for Meg Ryan (60) or Kelly McGillis (64) although I can’t work out why. The first film is iconic and will likely remain that way unless you are stupid enough to rewatch it (I was stupid enough, and it hasn’t dated well; bland and corny).

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