#875: Top Gun: Maverick / Steamboat Bill, Jr. (Keaton #5)

Scrubbed of nostalgia, 1986's "Top Gun" is, let's be honest, a big slab of '80s cheese. But there's that star-making turn by Tom Cruise; some flashy direction from Tony Scott; the rousing, synth-heavy score; and a memorable supporting cast led by the never more intense Val "Iceman" Kilmer. Could TOP GUN: MAVERICK, the long in the works sequel, justify its return? Adam comes to the sequel as a "Top Gun" fanboy, with the '86 original a seminal film of his bike-riding preadolescence. Josh, though, never really took to the film that he's described as a "locker room movie."

Plus, the Buster Keaton Marathon continues with Josh's favorite film of the series, 1927's STEAMBOAT BILL, JR, and a Golden Brick nomination for HIT THE ROAD, from director Panah Panahi.

0:00 - Billboard

1:47 - Review: "Top Gun: Maverick"

27:54 - Golden Brickspotting: "Hit the Road"

33:12 - Next Week / Notes

40:57 - Massacre Theatre

46:09 - Buster Keaton #5: "Steamboat Bill, Jr."

1:00:41 - Outro

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