Second Chance Cinema is about to evolve. That's right-- MC and Spro will still be breathing life back into the movies that you may or may not have heard of their first go around, Rudy will still be reading our reviews to open the show, but for Year 7-- we're going to be focusing half of our episodes into STUNTS.

That's right. The world the Academy is about to start acknowledging, we want to prepare you for all the high-octane, world-of-wonders stunt designers put together and performers risk their lives for.

So, for Year 7, stick around-- it's going to be our most exciting year, yet!

Thomas Cruise Mapother IV (born July 3, 1962) is an American actor and producer. He is considered a Hollywood icon and has received various accolades, including an Honorary Palme d'Or and three Golden Globe Awards, along with nominations for four Academy Awards. His films have grossed over $12 billion worldwide, placing him among the highest-grossing actors of all time. He is considered one of Hollywood's most bankable stars and is consistently one of the highest-paid actors in the world.

Cruise began his acting career in the early 1980s and gained recognition with leading roles in *Risky Business* (1983) and *Top Gun* (1986). He received critical acclaim for his performances in the dramas *The Color of Money* (1986), *Rain Man* (1988), and *Born on the Fourth of July* (1989). For his portrayal of Ron Kovic in *Born on the Fourth of July*, he won a Golden Globe Award and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. As a leading star in the 1990s, he starred in several commercially successful films, including the drama *A Few Good Men* (1992), the thriller *The Firm* (1993), the horror film *Interview with the Vampire* (1994), and the romance *Jerry Maguire* (1996). He won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for the latter. Cruise's performance in *Magnolia* (1999) earned him another Golden Globe Award and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

He later established himself as a star of science fiction and action films, often performing his own stunts. Cruise has portrayed the fictional agent Ethan Hunt in the *Mission: Impossible* film series since 1996. Other films in this genre include *Vanilla Sky* (2001), *Minority Report* (2002), *The Last Samurai* (2003), *Collateral* (2004), *War of the Worlds* (2005), *Knight and Day* (2010), *Jack Reacher* (2012), *Oblivion* (2013), *Edge of Tomorrow* (2014), and *Top Gun: Maverick* (2022).

Cruise holds the Guinness World Record for the most consecutive $100-million-grossing movies, a record achieved between 2012 and 2018. In December 2024, he was awarded the U.S. Navy's highest civilian honor, the Distinguished Public Service Award, in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the military through his screen roles. Forbes ranked him as the world's most powerful celebrity in 2006. He was named People's Sexiest Man Alive in 1990 and received the distinction of "Most Beautiful People" in 1997. Outside of his film career, Cruise has been an outspoken advocate for the Church of Scientology.

"Trojan War" is a 1997 American teen comedy film directed by George Huang and starring Will Friedle, Jennifer Love Hewitt, and Marley Shelton. The film was both a critical and box office failure. Produced on a budget of $15 million, it grossed only $309 in ticket sales, as it was shown in just two theaters in the United States and was pulled from screens after only one week.

The film premiered in the fall of 1997, with one of the theaters located in Boulder, Colorado. Interestingly, the only attendees were Friedle and Huang, who had traveled to Colorado for the screening.

As of 2007, "Trojan War" was recorded as the fifth lowest-grossing film since modern box office tracking began in the 1980s.