Tom Cruise's New Climate Disaster Movie, Digger, Is a Disaster
First reported 2 Oct, 01:45 UTCUpdated 15h ago9 sources
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The actor sets action filmmaking aside for a new, bizarre kind of challenge in Digger .
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The actor sets action filmmaking aside for a new, bizarre kind of challenge in Digger .
"Digger," an apocalyptic satire starring Tom Cruise from director Alejandro G. Iñárritu, is projected to earn below already low pre-release projections in its opening weekend in North American theaters.
A high-concept misfire deliberately designed to test the patience of viewers.
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- ‘Digger’ review: Extra-large and super-thin satire digs deep for rare gold (opens Scroll.in in a new tab)
Tom Cruise leads Alejandro Gonzalez Inarittu’s black comedy about climate change.
- Tom Cruise’s New Movie Is a Disaster of Almost Apocalyptic Proportions (opens Slate in a new tab)
Digger isn’t what it seems. It’s something much worse.
- Digger Is Tom Cruise’s Climate Hoax (opens National Review in a new tab)
Media hacks fight fossil foolery and prefer Oscar bait.
- Tom Cruise’s Return to Serious Cinema Isn’t What It Looks Like (opens The Atlantic in a new tab)
The actor sets action filmmaking aside for a new, bizarre kind of challenge in Digger .
- Tom Cruise's New Climate Disaster Movie, Digger, Is a Disaster (opens Reason in a new tab)
A high-concept misfire deliberately designed to test the patience of viewers.
- Nolte: Tom Cruise’s Climate Change Lecture ‘Digger’ DOA with $1.2M Thursday (opens Breitbart in a new tab)
Tom Cruise’s Digger is DOA at the box office after Thursday previews managed to attract only $1.2 million.
- ‘Digger’: Tom Cruise Film Eyes Dismal $10 Million Opening Weekend At Box Office (opens Forbes in a new tab)
"Digger," an apocalyptic satire starring Tom Cruise from director Alejandro G. Iñárritu, is projected to earn below already low pre-release projections in its opening weekend in North American theaters.
- ‘Digger’ Gives Tom Cruise A Belief System Even Crazier Than Scientology (opens The Daily Wire in a new tab)
Part of Tom Cruise’s contemporary appeal has been, in old-school movie-star fashion, his distance from the dirge of hot topics trending in the news. In catastrophe or calm, we could rely on him to blow up terrorist bunkers, hang off airplanes, and save civilization without lecturing us about it. “Top Gun: Maverick”…
- GRAVE 'DIGGER': Will Tom Cruise's $100 million eco-flop bury Warner Bros.? (opens TheBlaze in a new tab)
John Cleese must feel very lonely. Not only is the Monty Python alum virtually alone in calling out the inconvenient ills of British society, but he rarely gets support from his fellow stars. It’s climate change alarmism run wild, a shocking project from an actor who aggressively avoids political hot takes. Cowards…
