Tag: Tom Cruise

“Same Old Ethan” Few summer blockbusters appeal to film buffs, and then there’s Mission: Impossible. Practicality and Tom Cruise’s questionable non-commitment to safety creates faultless screen action. Implausible, yet …

Jack Reaching for Truth Jack Reacher isn’t fond of two things: the American justice system and foreign capitalists. It take an ex-military drifter – Reacher – to uncover the …

Nuka-Cola Funny how some movies end up accidentally prophetical. Here’s an action flick from 2011 with a deep-rooted fear of nukes, critical of American intelligence agencies, leery of Russian …

Kidnapping terrorists? Through the Vatican? Kinky. While absurd, the end point of Mission: Impossible III lies entirely with the Bush era. The corrupted American IMF seeks a weapon meant …

\ Woo-ing Audiences Critical and audience response to the first Mission: Impossible took potshots at the script’s complexity. It was fair criticism. Mission: Impossible II’s production team responded. The …

More Possible Than Expected Nestled comfortably in place during Hollywood’s ‘60s TV reboot cycle (dropping Addams Family, Flintstones, and others onto screens), Mission: Impossible plots out a course of …

Crime Cruise It’s the perfect title – American Made. Often stickered onto products designating their source, the phrase also holds truth in the case of Barry Seal (Tom Cruise). …

Dire Circumstances Prior to its release, IMAX’s YouTube account accidentally uploaded a trailer for The Mummy, featuring no sound other than the voice track. This included Tom Cruise screaming …

Reaching Jack Reacher: Never Go Back has the narrative execution of a late ‘90s chase thriller, but with the contemporary action dressing of Bourne. Reacher’s sequel uses snazzy cinematography …

Rogue Nation holds back, but it’s a technical beauty Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation breaks its trust with the audience when searching for thrills. After opening with a sensational …

Edge of Tomorrow becomes as viciously enthralling as its premise is alluring

Maybe Earth is better off without us, so long as it has Morgan Freeman.