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Whether it's Hollywood's inability to spawn new blockbuster icons or the entertainment industry's commitment to placate an audience with an insatiable desire for nostalgia, the summer of 2023 has taken on a distinctly Twilight-of-the-world feeling. -Action-Gods. The season began with Arnold Schwarzenegger doing the streaming equivalent of a '90s Arnold Schwarzenegger classic, now featuring musings on parenthood and near retirement, on Netflix's FUBAR. Then Harrison Ford added meditations on parenthood and retirement in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. The only reason Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One isn't about fatherhood and approaching retirement is the fear that if Tom Cruise were ever to confront, or even address, his own aging, the factory of metaphorical dreams would implode. Creators: Dave Andron, Michael Dinner Stars: Timothy Olyphant, Boyd Holbrook, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor Into this fray of grizzled tough-guy icons advances Timothy Olyp...