Is Tom Cruise malevolent?

      The premiere of a new Tom Cruise movie is more focused on Tom Cruise himself than on the film. There are constant promotional events and red-carpet interviews with journalists who might have been created just for the occasion to pose questions to him. Clips from these interviews often go viral, leading to endless movie rankings, and amid all this, there lingers the recognition that Cruise is linked to (or actively involved in) the disturbing activities of Scientology. It's easy to see that our shared intrigue arises from a curiosity about who this man truly is and whether he could be considered, for lack of a better term, evil.

      Therefore, I posed two questions to a group of notable figures in the film industry.

      First: Is Tom Cruise evil?

      Second: In which film does Tom Cruise most embody his true self?

      Responses from our B-Side and contributors like Jordan Raup, Extended Clip, Jokermen, Hesse Deni, Shawn Glinis, Fran Hoepfner, Tommy Prieto, Will Sloan, and Ethan Vestby are provided below, and you can subscribe here:

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Is Tom Cruise malevolent?

The launch of a new Tom Cruise movie is more focused on Tom Cruise himself than on the actual film. There are constant press tours and red-carpet interviews with so-called journalists who might have been created just for the occasion to pose questions to him. These interview snippets often go viral swiftly, along with countless rankings of the films, and in the midst of all this,