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Unspooled

Edge of Tomorrow

Unspooled

Paul Scheer & Amy Nicholson

Film Reviews, Tv & Film

4.64.7K Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2024

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

This week Paul & Amy break down the 2014 Sci-Fi action movie Edge of Tomorrow aka Live. Die. Repeat. aka All You Need is Kill. The two discuss Tom Cruise's rise in becoming the action star he is today, how incredible Emily Blunt is, and the film's brilliant combination of video gaming and war movie aesthetics. You can find Amy’s book, Anatomy of an Actor: Tom Cruise here: https://www.amazon.com/Tom-Cruise-Anatomy-Amy-Nicholson/dp/0714868019 And don’t forget to check your local library and the Libby app for Amy’s book. Next week we'll be continuing on with our Disaster Movie Summer with the 2013 comedy, This Is The End. You can rent This Is The End on Amazon Prime and Apple TV streaming services but don't forget to check your local library or apps like Hoopla and Kanopy! You can join the Unspooled conversation on Paul’s Discord at https://discord.gg/ZwtygZGTa6 Follow Paul and Amy on Letterboxd for more of their movie hot takes! https://letterboxd.com/paulscheer/ https://letterboxd.com/theamynicholson/ Paul’s book Joyful Recollections of Trauma is out now! Find it at https://www.harpercollins.com/products/joyful-recollections-of-trauma-paul-scheer Check out more of Paul's writing on his Substack https://substack.com/@paulscheer Episodic Art by Kim Troxall: https://www.unspooledart.com/ Learn more about the show at Unspooledpod.com, follow us on Twitter @unspooled and on Instagram @unspooledpod, and don’t forget to rate, review & subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or where you listen to podcasts.

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0:00.0

The year is 2014.

0:03.0

And hey mate, I think there's something wrong with your podcast.

0:07.0

I know. There's a dead guy on it. Oh, Hello everyone and welcome to unspoed.

0:35.0

Hello everyone and welcome to unspoed.

0:36.9

Hello everyone and welcome to unspoed.

0:39.4

We should just do this over and over again.

0:41.6

I am Paul Shear. I am Paul Shear and that is Amy Nicholson and we are not repeating ourselves for your enjoyment.

0:51.0

No, this week we are breaking down the edge of tomorrow, aka live,

0:56.8

die repeat, aka all you need is kill and let's take you back to 2014.

1:02.7

So Amy, I want you to think about 2014

1:05.8

because it's a time where people are not

1:09.6

trusting Tom Cruise.

1:11.8

Okay, it is a time where we have seen Rock of Ages, the first Jack Reacher, and we've also seen this

1:18.7

movie Oblivion that has a shockingly similar poster at least least to me, as a discerning

1:24.0

movie-going audience of this new movie that comes out called

1:29.4

Edge of Tomorrow. And I have to say I didn't see it. I was like I'm done. I'm done with

1:35.4

Tom Cruz. I don't know if he's got it anymore. And then it started hearing. Oh, this

1:41.0

is good. This movie is really good. I mean, this is like an ambitious

1:45.0

Sci-Fi Groundhog Day Apocalypse War movie. But I saw it after it left a theater.

1:53.0

Oh, I saw it right away.

1:54.0

I mean, this is like this summer that my Tom Cruise book came out.

1:57.0

So anything cruise, I was completely there, on top of all cruising.

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