Dave Landau gives surprising defense of Tom Cruise’s box-office bomb ‘Digger’

Dave Landau gives surprising defense of Tom Cruise’s box-office bomb ‘Digger’

“Digger” — the satirical black comedy starring Tom Cruise — was a major box-office flop, grossing just $8 million domestically on opening night despite an estimated $160-$180 million production budget.Critics complain the movie is unfunny, features over-the-top, abrasive performances, and has a preachy climate message.Comedian and BlazeTV host Dave Landau, however, disagrees and says he very much “enjoyed” the film.“I was laughing out loud throu…

Review | We need to talk about ‘Digger’

Warning: Spoilers Ahead! Warner Brothers’ latest film “Digger” was released on Oct. 2, and in the three weeks since, audiences are much smaller than expected. In addition to viewers not showing up, a slew of negative reviews from critics and moviegoers alike led to distributors pulling “Digger” from theaters nationwide. This film, the last major...

Tom Cruise’s Digger is a commercial flop – but also the perfect climate film for our time

The movie follows Digger Rockwell, whose drilling triggers a vast iceberg that’s five times the size of Washington DC Digger, the new Alejandro González Iñárritu film, is bombastic, misanthropic and an epic, critically savaged flop. It is also the near-perfect climate change film for our era. Digger Rockwell, the eponymous protagonist played by Tom Cruise,…