The Last Star In Hollywood

40: The Mummy

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This week, we venture into the Dark Universe — but not for long — in Alex Kurtzman’s 2017 reboot The Mummy. Is it broken at a conceptual level? How much do we miss Brendan Fraser? Does Elizabeth come up with the best ever Trailer Game joke?

Unanswered Questions:

  • Is the Dark Universe, narratively, a coherent shared universe?
  • Is there a feminist reading of Ancient Egypt presented in this film?
  • Does Tom Cruise unbalance the film, or does he save it from being an even greater disaster?

    • Further reading:

    • The Mummy! A Tale Of The Twenty-Second Century (Jane Webb)
    • The Mummy (1932)
    • Universal Monsters
    • The Mummy, Or Ramses The Damned (Anne Rice)
    • The Mummy (1999)
    • The Mummy Returns (2001)
    • Atomic Blonde (2017)
    • Drunk History
    • Drinking Buddies (2013)
    • Mythic Quest
    • Minx
    • The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
    • The Mummy IMAX Trailer
    • The Last Star In Hollywood Definitive List Of Tom Cruise Films
    • The Last Star In Hollywood: Production Schedule

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      Join us next week as we round out Cruise’s penultimate, experimental trilogy with Doug Liman’s 2017 action-comedy American Made!

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