215) Tom Cruise's Best Performances

Top Gun. A Few Good Men. Tropic Thunder? Which movie features the all-time best performance of Tom Cruise's legendary film career? On this episode, professional film critic Amy Nicholson joins the show to quiz Nick on her educated opinion of Tom Cruise's Top 10 Best Performances Ever. Amy is as qualified to curate this list as anyone... she literally wrote the book on Tom Cruise! PLUS... the backstory behind each performance, critically-acclaimed movies that did not make the Top 10, the Church of Scientology, Amy's scorching #HotTakes, random fun facts about Tom Cruise, what can we expect from Tom Cruise in the future?, and MUCH more. NOTE: this episode was recorded prior to the 2023 Academy Awards. ---------------------------------------------- Get more Amy! Amy Nicholson and Paul Scheer host Unspooled, where they watch classic films to see if they are as good as we remember them to be. Listen now on any podcast app or at https://www.unspooledpodcast.com. Buy Amy's book on Tom Cruise at https://www.amazon.com/Tom-Cruise-Anatomy-Amy-Nicholson/dp/0714868019 ---------------------------------------------- AD-FREE EPISODES: https://www.10ishpod.com/plus NEWSLETTER: https://www.10ishpod.com/newsletter MERCH: https://www.10ishpod.com/merch REDDIT: https://www.reddit.com/r/10ishPod TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@10ishpod YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/10ishpodcast TWITTER: https://www.twitter.com/10ishpod INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/10ishpod ---------------------------------------------- Read a full transcript of this and all 10ish Podcast episodes at https://www.10ishpod.com/blog. ---------------------------------------------- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices