Tag Archives: Tom Cruise

The Worst People in America: Tom Cruise

Posted on June 30, 2015 by Greg Olear

Tom Cruise is the biggest movie star of my lifetime. He’s also the public face of a hateful cult. Continue reading →

Posted in Worst People in America | Tagged A Few Good Men, Beck, cults, David Miscavige, Elisabeth Moss, Going Clear, Katie Holmes, Lawrence Wright, LRH, Mimi Rogers, Nicole Kidman, Scientology, Tom Cruise, Top Gun | 8 Comments

The Real Meaning of TOP GUN: Maverick and the Monomyth

Posted on May 27, 2014 by Whitney Collins

The Danger Zone meets Joseph Campbell, and the Hero With a Thousand Faces looks just like Tom Cruise. Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema | Tagged Danger Zone, Goose, Iceman, Joseph Campbell, Maverick and Monomyth, Tom Cruise, Top Gun, Top Gun homoeroticism | 12 Comments

Popped Culture

Posted on April 13, 2014 by The Editors

Each of the Weeklings editors respond to a single pop culture question in this wildly popular parlor game that only has one rule: sheer brute honesty. Continue reading →

Posted in Popped Culture | Tagged aerosmith, Antonia Crane, bilbo, bruce dern, chloe pantazi, fergie, greg olear, Harry Potter, Henry Cherry, Janet Steen, Jen kabat, JM Blaine, Joe Daly, Leonardo DiCaprio, noah baumbach, peter frampton, Peter Jackson, Popped culture, Sean Beaudoin, The Weeklings, Tom Cruise, wolfman jack | 1 Comment

Point/Counterpoint: Sean Beaudoin vs. Whitney Collins

Posted on January 8, 2014 by Sean Beaudoin

Take a front row seat for this exciting, no-holds-barred game of style and wit, in which eight topics of the day are parsed, thrust, and parried as you listen to the intellectual steel clang! Continue reading →

Posted in Point/Counterpoint | Tagged bacon, brooke sheilds, jack black, javier bardem, John Meyer, Point counter-point, Russell Brand, Sean Beaudoin, Tom Cruise, Whitney Collins, will ferrell | 1 Comment

Point/Counterpoint: Sean Beaudoin vs. Greg Olear (Anniversary Edition)

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Sean Beaudoin

Posted in Point/Counterpoint | Tagged beaudoin, Capital punishment, FEAR, Henry Miller, Kerouac, Lee Ving, Olear, punk, Tom Cruise | 15 Comments

The Gay Divorcé?

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Greg Olear

Tom Cruise is getting divorced. Again. Greg Olear has a few suggestions on whom his next spouse should be. Continue reading →

Posted in Popular Culture | Tagged divorce, gay marriage, gay rights, Katie Holmes, pink elephants, Scientology, Tom Cruise | 7 Comments