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Prime Video's Reacher owes everything to Tom Cruise's underrated Jack Reacher
Now streaming free on Pluto TV, Cruise's attempt to play the detective and action hero has flaws, but it's a sold crime thriller
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· Jun 23, 2026
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· Jul 3, 2026
Happy Birthday Tom Cruise! See the Action Star's Wildest Stunts in His Movies Through the Years
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· Jun 23, 2026
Tom Cruise is Unrecognizable in His Wildest Movie in Years – Watch New Digger Trailer
Image via WB New footage provides our best look yet at Tom Cruise‘s most intriguing movie in years, Digger. The past decade or so has seen Cruise almost entirely in action movie star mode, performing daring stunts in the likes of Top Gun: Maverick and the Mission: Impossible franchise, but Digger is something very different. Directed by Alejandro []
UPI
· Jul 3, 2026
Tom Cruise: 6 blockbusters to watch over Fourth of July weekend
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Variety
· Jun 23, 2026
Tom Cruise Celebrates 46 Years in Movies With Retrospective Clip Featuring New ‘Digger’ Footage — Film News in Brief
Tom Cruise’s love for cinema has been well-documented — from his high-stakes stunts promoting the “Mission: Impossible” movies to his trips to the theater to support the latest blockbusters like Steven Spielberg’s “Disclosure Day,” Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners” and the pop culture phenomenon known as “Barbenheimer.” But there’s no greater evidence of Cruise’s love of the []
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· Jun 26, 2026
Tom Cruise touts ‘wild’ dark comedy ‘Digger’ to theater owners
Cruise plays eccentric oil tycoon in Warner Bros film Director Alejandro Inarritu says role is a ‘high-wire act’ Zendaya and Timothee Chalamet tout ‘Dune: Part Three’ LAS VEGAS — Tom Cruise said he took four decades of acting to get to a place where he could play the eccentric oil tycoon at the center of an upcoming [] The post Tom Cruise touts ‘wild’ dark comedy ‘Digger’ to theater owners appeared first on Interaksyon.
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