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insatiable appetite raging inside of me. And I’ll continue wondering how it awoke from something as insignificant as being laughed at for ordering a pumpkin-spiced latte.
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Daniel Jackson is an aspiring writer from Newport, Rhode Island, striving to create new and exciting works of fiction. He graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering and works as an environmental scientist in the Pacific Northwest. He can be found exploring the pacific coast or wandering through the mountains, finding inspiration for his work through his adventures. He lives in Portland, Oregon with his soon-to-be wife. █ Photo credits: https://elements.envato.com/user/seventyfourimages
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The BIG SCREEN movie review by william gensburger
Top Gun:Maverick NO SPOILERS: (not an aircraft joke) ☺☺☺☺☺
First, sequels usually disappoint. Second, Top Gun was originally released in 1986 with a twenty-fourish Tom Cruise, before he yielded much star power. While it was great back then, rewatching it now made it seem a bit campy and outdated. Flash forward 36 years and we have a rarity; a sequel that is excellent and vastly superior to the original. Where to start. Tom Cruise was 59 when he made this film--produced and starring in. Cruise does not look 59; far younger, not just in facial appearance but in his endless physicality. Every Tom Cruise film is an exhausting physical experience leaving the viewer with wonder at whatever regimen he uses. And honestly, send it my way. Jennifer Connelly dazzles in this film as an old flame abandoned by Cruise’s Lt. Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell, mentioned in the original as one line that refers her by name. Now, a single mother of a teen, she’s runs the bar at TopGun. I don’t want to give you a synopsis of the
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