I feel the need… the need for a cinema outing! If there’s one movie that is going to be absolutely mind-blowing on the big screen, it’s Top Gun: Maverick. With near-universal praise, it looks like Maverick could be even better than the original. Our other new release, Marmaduke… not so much.
Top Gun: Maverick
After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him. When he finds himself training a detachment of Top Gun graduates for a specialised mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen, Maverick encounters Lt. Bradley Bradshaw (Miles Teller), call sign “Rooster, ” the son of Maverick’s late friend and Radar Intercept Officer Lt. Nick Bradshaw, aka “Goose.” Facing an uncertain future and confronting the ghosts of his past, Maverick is drawn into a confrontation with his own deepest fears, culminating in a mission that demands the ultimate sacrifice from those who will be chosen to fly it.
Marmaduke
Great Dane Marmaduke (Pete Davidson) epitomises the overgrown lapdog, with an irascible streak and a penchant for mischief tempered by a deep sense of love and responsibility for his family. In this animated adaptation of the classic comic strip (dating all the way back to 1954), our messy hound hero gets involved with the world of elite dog shows, dramatic divas, and hilarious rivalries. With a whopping 0% on Rotten Tomatoes, this is a hard pass from us.