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We discuss the ending of new Tom Cruise flick Oblivion (see review below) in new podcast The Big Rewind . (SPOILERS)

From the director of Tron Legacy comes this Tom Cruise-starring post-apocalyptic sci-fi in which a drone repairman with a testicle-shaped helicopter goes around a devastated Earth working on his final task before being sent to the next planet humans have decided to inhabit. Cruise is Jack Harper, a normal-enough dude with a penchant for white leather who starts having regular nightmares depicting a life he can't recall. Which makes sense since he and his partner, along with many others, all agreed to have their memories erased after the war... for some reason. Slowly but surely, he starts to find out that his reality isn't quite as straight-forward as he originally believed. It's hardly a new premise but with its cool visuals and fresh-ish approach, Oblivion certainly looked like a promising sci-fi thriller. Director Joseph Kosinski once again delivers a great-looking film full of interesting futuristic technology and big ideas. Once again, however, there is someth

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