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The era of big stars is over, so are we on the cusp of the era of directors?

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George Chrysostomou on whether we’re entering the era of the director… For many a year now, movies have been marketed and sold on the big name stars who appear in them. For a very long time, this method of selling a movie worked. There were periods of time that people would see Sylvester Stallone attached […]

Christopher McQuarrie is wanted for Mission: Impossible 7, but he’s undecided about returning to the director’s chair

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With Mission: Impossible – Fallout debuting to a franchise record opening as well as near-universally stellar reviews, it will come as absolutely no surprise to hear that Paramount Pictures and Tom Cruise are already eyeing a seventh instalment in the spy series, nor will it come as a surprise that Fallout helmer Christopher McQuarrie is […]

Tom Cruise has thought about taking Mission: Impossible into space

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With the latest chapter Mission: Impossible – Fallout setting a franchise high opening weekend at the box office, the Mission: Impossible franchise is certainly showing no signs of slowing down despite being six entries and 22 years into its run. Given the critical and commercial success of Fallout, a seventh entry in the series is […]

Movie Review – Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018)

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Mission: Impossible – Fallout, 2018. Directed by Christopher McQuarrie. Starring Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Henry Cavill, Angela Bassett, Alex Baldwin, Sean Harris, Vanessa Kirby, Michelle Monaghan, and Wes Bentley.   SYNOPSIS: Ethan Hunt and his IMF team, along with some familiar allies, race against time after a mission gone wrong. So […]

Movie Review – Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018)

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Mission: Impossible – Fallout, 2018. Written and Directed by Christopher McQuarrie. Starring Tom Cruise, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames, Rebecca Ferguson, Henry Cavill, Sean Harris, Vanessa Kirby, Angela Bassett, Michelle Monaghan, Wes Bentley, Frederick Schmidt, Liang Yang, Kristoffer Joner, Wolf Blitzer, and Alec Baldwin.   SYNOPSIS: Ethan Hunt and his IMF team, along with some familiar […]

Movie Review – Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018)

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Mission: Impossible – Fallout, 2018. Written and Directed by Christopher McQuarrie. Starring Tom Cruise, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames, Rebecca Ferguson, Henry Cavill, Sean Harris, Vanessa Kirby, Angela Bassett, Michelle Monaghan, Wes Bentley, Frederick Schmidt, Liang Yang, Kristoffer Joner, Wolf Blitzer, and Alec Baldwin SYNOPSIS: Ethan Hunt and his IMF team, along with some familiar allies, […]

Christopher McQuarrie is open to directing Man of Steel 2, can’t predict if Tom Cruise would be interested in Green Lantern Corps

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Christopher McQuarrie has said that he would be interested in directing Man of Steel 2 and has revealed that he’s never talked with Tom Cruise about a potential Green Lantern film. A director of the calibre of Christopher McQuarrie is going to be discussed for many high profile films, and with the critical praise that […]

Mission: Impossible – Fallout featurette showcases Tom Cruise’s hair-raising stunts

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With a little over a week to go until the release of Mission: Impossible – Fallout, a new featurette has arrived online for the sixth instalment in the blockbuster franchise which focuses on Tom Cruise’s hair-raising stunts and includes interviews with writer-director Christopher McQuarrie, cast members Cruise, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, and stunt coordinator Wade Eastwood; […]

Watch red carpet interviews from the UK premiere of Mission: Impossible – Fallout

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No one could accuse Tom Cruise of resting on his laurels. As the star, producer and resident daredevil in chief of the Mission: Impossible franchise, he has continued to push the boundaries of action cinema well into his fifties. The latest outing for the IMF is Mission: Impossible – Fallout, which sees Cruise’s Ethan Hunt […]

Second Opinion – Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018)

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Mission: Impossible – Fallout, 2018. Directed by Christopher McQuarrie. Starring Tom Cruise, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames, Rebecca Ferguson, Henry Cavill, Sean Harris, Vanessa Kirby, Angela Bassett and Alec Baldwin. SYNOPSIS: Ethan Hunt must deal with a returning terrorist villain, a new group of zealots and an interfering CIA operative in his latest very improbable mission. […]