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Fast cars. Cocky hotshots. A grizzled mentor. Flagrant sexual harassment. Mellow Yellow. The only things this manly, man's-man movie needs are Tim "the Tool Man" Taylor grunts and a literal pissing match (though there are plenty of figurative ones). Tom Cruise is Cole Trickle, a Racing God who doesn't know anything about cars. Nicole Kidman is playing an actual Australian, Robert Duvall speaks only in "stock-car-is-life" metaphors, and Cary Elwes is playing a dick, as per usual. It's NASCAR meets "Top Gun" with a dollop of cocaine in 1990's "Days of Thunder," directed by Tony Scott. "Let me out of the CAHR, Cole!" Also discussed in this episode: Aladdin (2019) Booksmart (2019) What Men Want (2019) At Eternity's Gate (2018) Mary Poppins Returns (2018) Perfect Bid: The Contestant Who Knew Too Much (2017) Stars Wars - Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
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