Digger and What’s Making Us Happy
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Digger and What’s Making Us Happy

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 2, 202622 min
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Digger is a loud, surprising, audacious, and sure-to-be-polarizing entry in this year’s Oscars race. The film stars Tom Cruise as a powerful oil baron who’s helped unleash an existential threat on the world — but that’s only the beginning. The looming devastation attracts the attention of the president (John Goodman) and a well-intentioned scientist (Riz Ahmed). The film takes some pretty big narrative swings along the way. But will Digger work for everyone? Want more Tom Cruise? Check out these episodes: In 'Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning,' Tom Cruise is too controlled 'Top Gun...

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