The Pounds 63m Flop ; or Why the Media Is on a Mission to Bury Tom Cruise His Latest Film Is Making Money. but Critics Have Decided That His Devotion to Scientology Is Alienating Fans
Gumbel, Andrew, The Independent on Sunday (London, England)
The received wisdom in Hollywood for the past week has been near- unanimous: the first big blockbuster of the summer season, Mission: Impossible III, is a commercial disappointment, and it's all the fault of its star, Tom Cruise.
Variety, the entertainment industry bible, declared right after last weekend's opening box-office figures were posted that audiences had grown "weary of Tom Cruise's pervasive media presence, from his chair-hopping antics on the Oprah show to his ongoing advocacy for Scientology".
The New York Times wondered "if the real mission isn't the search for the damsel in distress or the hunt for the super-villain, but the resurrection of a …
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Article title: The Pounds 63m Flop ; or Why the Media Is on a Mission to Bury Tom Cruise His Latest Film Is Making Money. but Critics Have Decided That His Devotion to Scientology Is Alienating Fans.
Contributors: Gumbel, Andrew - Author.
Newspaper title: The Independent on Sunday (London, England).
Publication date: May 14, 2006.
Page number: 41.
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