40: The Mummy

Episode 40 of the The Last Star In Hollywood podcast, hosted by Next Word, titled "40: The Mummy" was published on August 17, 2024 and runs 79 minutes.

August 17, 2024 ·79m · The Last Star In Hollywood

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Summary

This week, we venture into the Dark Universe — but not for long — in Alex Kurtzman’s 2017 reboot The Mummy. Is it broken at a conceptual level? How much do we miss Brendan Fraser? Does Elizabeth come up with the best ever Trailer Game joke? Unanswered Questions: Is the Dark Universe, narratively, a coherent shared universe? Is there a feminist reading of Ancient Egypt presented in this film? Does Tom Cruise unbalance the film, or does he save it from being an even greater disaster? Further reading: The Mummy! A Tale Of The Twenty-Second Century (Jane Webb) The Mummy (1932) Universal Monsters The Mummy, Or Ramses The Damned (Anne Rice) The Mummy (1999) The Mummy Returns (2001) Atomic Blonde (2017) Drunk History Drinking Buddies (2013) Mythic Quest Minx The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) The Mummy IMAX Trailer The Last Star In Hollywood Definitive List Of Tom Cruise Films The Last Star In Hollywood: Production Schedule Thanks for listening! For bonus shows, extra content and more, support The Last Star In Hollywood and the Next Word network by visiting Patreon.com/NextWord! Join us next week as we round out Cruise’s penultimate, experimental trilogy with Doug Liman’s 2017 action-comedy American Made! The Last Star In Hollywood is a Next Word production.Copyright © 2024 The Last Star In Hollywood. All Rights Reserved. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Episode Description

This week, we venture into the Dark Universe — but not for long — in Alex Kurtzman’s 2017 reboot The Mummy. Is it broken at a conceptual level? How much do we miss Brendan Fraser? Does Elizabeth come up with the best ever Trailer Game joke?

Unanswered Questions:

Is the Dark Universe, narratively, a coherent shared universe?
Is there a feminist reading of Ancient Egypt presented in this film?
Does Tom Cruise unbalance the film, or does he save it from being an even greater disaster?

Further reading:

Thanks for listening! For bonus shows, extra content and more, support The Last Star In Hollywood and the Next Word network by visiting Patreon.com/NextWord!

Join us next week as we round out Cruise’s penultimate, experimental trilogy with Doug Liman’s 2017 action-comedy American Made!

The Last Star In Hollywood is a Next Word production.

★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★