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Is 'Top Gun: Maverick' The Summer's Best Movie?
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Is 'Top Gun: Maverick' The Summer's Best Movie?

Plus, is it wrong for Hollywood to make "militainment"?
Sonny Bunch
Jun 01, 2022
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On this week’s Across the Movie Aisle, Sonny Bunch (The Bulwark), Alyssa Rosenberg (The Washington Post), and Peter Suderman (Reason) review the biggest hit of the summer (so far!), Top Gun: Maverick. Meanwhile, the gang discusses the pluses and minuses of “militainment,” entertainment in bed with the military-industrial complex. Make sure to head back …

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