Tag: Ving Rhames

Choosing its own path, Dawn of the Dead's remake alters the theme for a post-9/11 world, but lacks the same punch.

Eccentric, bizarre, but sure-handed in its comic surrealism, Pulp Fiction never offers a moment of reprieve.

Out of Sight's smoothly written dialog plays well as both a comic crime caper and kitschy Hollywood romance.

Lost in translation, Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within is on the precipice of classic sci-fi, but turns to mush in trying to appease west/east cultures simultaneously.

A grueling Vietnam that offsets a number of historically inverse films from the era, Casualties of War is a difficult watch but essential in its reality.

Stop or My Mom Will Shoot did actually happen, and Estelle Getty is only reason anyone mentions it.

“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 …

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 …

Sympathies to operators everywhere Call Operator a shelf-grabber – it’s dynamic cover art has explosions, a SWAT team, Ving Rhames, and Luke Goss. In tandem, those images are a …

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 …