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Two decades on, the after-effects of Mission: Impossible 2 are much stronger for other franchises than the Mission: Impossible franchise itself. M: I-2 villain Dougray Scott was famously lined up to take the role of Wolverine…

AMC appears to have found a potential ally, or overlord, in Amazon. After preliminary meetings between the two this week, AMC’s stock rose astronomically. As the theater slump continues, any news is good news to…

While the TV channels will be flooded this season with A Christmas Story, It’s a Wonderful Life, and numerous other traditional comedies and heartfelt dramas, there should be room in some households for a less…

Rain Man was first released in December of 1988. To say people were more ignorant about autism back then would be a vast understatement. In fact, I doubt this film would be made today —…

It seems like every month in 2018 I’ve started these “best of” articles with something to the effect of “hey, this month was pretty great!” That trend continues with July 2018, which shows that everything…

Well, Mission: Impossible – Fallout was pretty great. Not only is shaping up to become a box office success, but it’s a serious critic success as well. As it currently stands, Fallout holds a 97% critic score on Rotten…

By the sixth movie in the franchise, a property is normally faced with an identity crisis: adapt or succumb or growing disinterest that results in waning box office numbers. But for Mission: Impossible – Fallout, salvation actually…

Sometimes a movie catches you at exactly the right moment; a sweet spot of time, place, and circumstance where you’ll buy whatever that movie is selling. I watched Cocktail when I was a teenager at a…

Mission: Impossible is one of the longest running franchises in Hollywood that hasn’t been rebooted. Since the original film’s debut in 1996, Hollywood has given us four different iterations of Batman, three of Spider-Man, and…

In a time where every franchise is rising to the top the of the box office, Mission: Impossible is following that trend strongly, and Paramount hopes that this continues into the future as they sorely need…

We are just over a week away from the release of the sixth installment of the Mission: Impossible franchise. It is mind-blowing to me that this series has survived this long. Like a fine wine,…

When it comes to movies, it’s fair to say that plenty of them just don’t quite live up to expectations — that’s not to say that the entire film misses the mark. Every now and…

Before the calendar switches to October and the awards season begins, Tom Cruise and Doug Liman are back with another collaboration in American Made, the story of Barry Seal.  This absurdly true story promises a devishly good…

Throughout cinema history, there have been a select few individuals that have captivated the most artistic of movie fans as well as general audiences. But which movie star is the best to ever step in…

The next big action vehicle for Tom Cruise comes with greater importance to a hopeful franchise, The Mummy!  Setting the staged for the proclaimed Dark Universe, Universal Studios wants to bring back all its beloved monsters.…

Here’s a review of the new release Jack Reacher: Never Go Back.  In this case, the title of the film acts as a warning because I won’t be going back to the theaters to see…

With the sequel Jack Reacher: Never Go Back coming out this coming weekend, I thought it be fun to revisit the original Jack Reacher!  As always, the review will be spoiler free. Background Jack Reacher…