Top Gun: Maverick (2022)

Title: Top Gun: Maverick
Rating: PG-13
Directed by: Joseph Kosinski
Written by: Peter Craig, Justin Marks, Ehren Kruger, Eric Warren Singer, and Christopher McQuarrie
Starring: Tom Cruise, Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Glen Powell, Lewis Pullman, Charles Parnell, Bashir Salahuddin, Monica Barbaro, Jay Ellis, Danny Ramirez, Greg Tarzan Davis, and Ed Harris
Release Date: 5/27/2022
Running Time: 131 minutes

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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 TOPGUN graduates for a specialized 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.

Are There Any Extras During The Credits? No

Are There Any Extras After The Credits? No

Memoriam: In Memory of Tony Scott

Note: An aircraft flies across the screen just before the memoriam is shown.

Special thanks to Robert, Frank, Mike, Ernest, and Javier for this submission

Alita: Battle Angel (2019)

Title: Alita: Battle Angel
Rating: PG-13
Directed by: Robert Rodriguez
Written by: James Cameron, Laeta Kalogridis, and Robert Rodriguez
Based on the graphic novel series “Gunnm” by: Yukito Kishiro
Starring: Rosa Salazar, Christoph Waltz, Jennifer Connelly, Mahershala Ali, Ed Skrein, Jackie Earle Haley, and Keean Johnson
Release Date: 2/14/2019
Running Time: 122 minutes

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When Alita (Rosa Salazar) awakens with no memory of who she is in a future world she does not recognize, she is taken in by Ido (Christoph Waltz), a compassionate cyberphysician who realizes that somewhere in this abandoned cyborg core is the heart and soul of a young woman with an extraordinary past. As Alita learns to navigate her new life and the treacherous streets of Iron City, Ido tries to shield her from her mysterious history while her street-smart new friend Hugo (Keean Johnson) offers instead to help trigger her memories. But it is only when the deadly and corrupt forces that run the city, headed by Vector (Mahershala Ali), come after Ido and Alita that she discovers a clue to her past – she has unique fighting abilities ingrained in her that those in power will stop at nothing to control. If she can stay out of their grasp, she could be the key to saving her friends, her family and the world she’s grown to love.

Are There Any Extras During The Credits? No

Are There Any Extras After The Credits? No

Special thanks to Kristo for this submission

Only the Brave (2017)*

Title: Only the Brave
Rating: PG-13
Directed by: Joseph Kosinski
Written by: Ken Nolan, and Eric Warren Singer
Starring: Josh Brolin, Miles Teller, Jeff Bridges, James Badge Dale, Taylor Kitsch, and Jennifer Connelly
Release Date: 10/20/2017
Running Time: 133 minutes

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It’s not what stands in front of you… it’s who stands beside you. Only the Brave, based on the true story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, is the heroic story of one unit of local firefighters that through hope, determination, sacrifice, and the drive to protect families, communities, and our country become one of the most elite firefighting teams in the nation. As most of us run from danger, they run toward it – they watch over our lives, our homes, everything we hold dear, as they forge a unique brotherhood that comes into focus with one fateful fire.

Are There Any Extras During The Credits? Yes

during the credits

We see pictures of each member of the Granite Mountain Hotshots next to the actor who portrayed them.

Are There Any Extras After The Credits? No

Dedication: This film is dedicated to the Granite Mountain Hotshots and their families.

Memoriam: In memory of James Marks and Joshua House

Special thanks to Frank for this submission

American Pastoral (2016)

Title: American Pastoral
Rating: R
Directed by: Ewan McGregor
Written by: John Romano
Based on the novel by: Philip Roth
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Jennifer Connelly, Dakota Fanning, Uzo Aduba and David Strathairn
Release Date: 10/28/2016
Running Time: 126 minutes

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American Pastoral follows an all American family across several decades, as their idyllic existence is shattered by social and political turmoil that will change the fabric of American culture forever. Ewan McGregor (Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, Beginners) makes his directorial debut and stars as Seymour “Swede” Levov, a once legendary high school athlete who is now a successful businessman married to Dawn, a former beauty queen. But turmoil brews beneath the polished veneer of Swede’s life. When his beloved daughter, Merry, disappears after being accused of committing a violent act, Swede dedicates himself to finding her and reuniting his family. What he discovers shakes him to the core, forcing him to look beneath the surface and confront the chaos that is shaping the modern world around him: no American family will ever be the same.

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During Credits? No

After Credits? No

Aloft (2014)

Title: Aloft
Rating: R
Director: Claudia Llosa
Writer: Claudia Llosa
Stars: Jennifer Connelly, Cillian Murphy and Mélanie Laurent
Release Date: 1/23/2015
Running Time: 112 minutes

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Aloft tells of a struggling mother who encounters the son she abandoned 20 years earlier.

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During Credits? No

After Credits? No

Note: The credits start with a sweeping shot across the frozen wasteland.

Noah (2014)

TITLE: Noah (aka. Noah: The IMAX Experience)

RELEASE DATE: 3/28/2014

RATING: PG-13

A man is chosen by God to undertake a momentous mission of rescue before an apocalyptic flood destroys the world.

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During Credits? No

After Credits? No

Virginia (2010)

TITLE: Virginia

RELEASE DATE: 5/18/2012

RATING: R

A sheriff sees his state senate bid slide out onto the ice when his daughter begins to date the son of a charming but psychologically disturbed woman with whom the sheriff has engaged in a two-decade-long affair.

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During Credits? No

After Credits? No