Cinema News: Who's the enemy? 'Top Gun' ambiguity is baked in

Entertainment

May 31, 2022

In 'Top Gun: Maverick,' the enemy is murky. Let's investigate

The film, which broke a holiday box office record, centers on a dangerous mission to take out a nuclear enrichment facility. But the foe is unclear. Ambiguity about the enemy is baked into the franchise.

Thanks to 'Stranger Things,' Kate Bush's 'Running Up That Hill' hits No. 1 on iTunes

The emotional 1985 track from Bush can be heard through the Walkman of Max Mayfield (Sadie Sink, pictured) in the Season 4 premiere of the show and continues to play a key role as Max's favorite song.

Samella Lewis, the 'godmother' of Black art who helped preserve its history, dies at 99

Lewis was an energetic artist, curator, collector and historian, and her manifold contributions to art history were extensive and deep.

Review: A small but strong display of ancient agitprop from Persia comes to the Getty Villa

"Persia: Ancient Iran and the Classical World" is the first major museum show to juxtapose ancient Iran with Greece and Rome.

Jennifer Lopez remembers Ray Liotta as 'a tough guy who was all mushy on the inside'

Lopez paid tribute to her co-star in the NBC police drama "Shades of Blue": "Ray was my partner in crime on Shades of Blue. … The first thing that comes to mind is he was so kind to my children."

For the first time, a visually impaired cast performs 'The Braille Legacy' musical

An L.A. theater troupe of visually impaired actors, Theatre by the Blind, is telling the story of Louis Braille. The musical opens at Inglewood's Miracle Theater on June 24.

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