Tom Cruise

  • Dead Reckoning: Mission Improbable but still Impossibly fun…

    In the Arctic, the Russian nuclear submarine Sebastopol appears to be attacked by an unknown external enemy, but realises  – too late – that the problem comes from within their own systems. Fake news takes on a whole new meaning when it turns out that an AI program (or...
  • Maverick: Testosterone tentpole succeeds, but on autopilot…

    Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell is a pilot with a reputation for pushing boundaries to the limit – on a personal and professional level. Undeniably one of the Air Force’s all-time ‘Top Gun’ talents, he’s never had any interest in serious promotion as long as he can continue to fly, but...
  • Next ‘Mission’ misses 2022 release as Paramount shuffles dates…

    As Ethan Hunt, Tom Cruise has accepted every ‘impossible’ mission and survived every high-octane incident, but there must be some wondering if he and his team are going to be defeated my microbes. This weekend brought the news that Paramount pictures are further delaying the release of the next...
  • McQuarrie and Cruise make future Mission (x2) Statements…

    The mission, should you chose to accept it, is to look a few years in to the future and  pencil in the summers of 2021 and 2022 for the next two entries in the Mission Impossible series, both of which will be written and directed by Christopher McQuarrie and...
  • Child’s Play: Cruise exits but Jack Reacher’s for tv..?

    While Tom Cruise is an A-List actor with a strong reputation for a great work ethic and a list of memorable performances, there have been several occasions in his long career where his participation has flown in the face of the source material. Author Anne Rice famously decried –...
  • Fallout – Impossible’s re:mission position…

    Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise)’s new mission, should he choose to accept it, is to stop the sale of three spheres of plutonium that could wreak havoc if detonated. What’s left of the IMF’s opposite numbers /nemesis-organisation ‘The Syndicate’ is infusing itself with an even more extreme set of zealots,...
  • Mission Impossible 6

    ‘Mission’ statement sees Cruise promise ‘upped ante’…

    Though one might argue that the ever-escalating stakes and suspension of belief are what sometimes leads to fatigue in cinema franchise chapters, Tom Cruise is of the opinion that more is more.  Though he got some bruises and bumps when a stunt went wrong last year (famously, some footage...
  • Mission Impossible 6

    ‘Mission’ stunt proves impossible, even for Cruise…

    Tom Cruise may have areas of controversy, but he’s well known for being an absolute professional on the set, getting on with everyone from the caterers to his co-stars – and he’s also infamous for being very hands-on with the stunt-work. In the last outing he strapped himself to...
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