Jamie Jirak is a freelance Entertainment Journalist with a background in theatre and comedy. She graduated from Columbia College Chicago with a degree in Critical Film Studies, and currently lives in Los Angeles. Check out her podcasts: Love in the Time of Hydra and Phase Hero.
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning is out now, and the title suggests it might be the franchise's last. Tom Cruise has been playing the role of Ethan Hunt for nearly 30 years, and moviegoers are wondering if he'll survive. Warning: Major spoilers for Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Brian De Palma's Mission: Impossible was released in 1996 and marked Tom Cruise's first outing as Ethan Hunt. No one could have predicted the franchise would still be thriving 30 years later. The eighth (and potentially final) installment is now playing in theaters, and it has many connections to
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning is now playing in theaters, and the movie features many nods to the seven films that came before. Up until 2023, the only returning characters from Brian De Palma's Mission: Impossible (1996) were Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and Luther Stickell (Ving Rhames).
It's been nearly two years since Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning hit theaters. At the time of its release, the seventh installment of the beloved franchise was labeled "Part One." However, due to factors such as lower-than-expected box office numbers, Part Two was renamed to Mission:
Ben Affleck first played Christian Wolff in The Accountant in 2016, and despite the film's mixed reviews from critics, it garnered a following and grossed over $155 million worldwide. The action-packed film featured some exciting twists and turns, including the reveal that Jon Bernthal's Braxton
The tragic news broke yesterday that actor Michelle Trachtenberg has passed away at age 39. She began her career young and rose to fame after starring in Nickelodeon's Harriet the Spy in 1996. Over the years, Trachtenberg appeared in films such as Inspector Gadget, EuroTrip, Black Christmas, 17
For a film called All Of A Sudden, very little happens suddenly in Hamaguchi Ryusuke’s sensitive portrayal of friendship and care. The director (Drive My Car) has a particularly patient style of filmmaking that is not universally appealing, but it captures humanity in all its messy earnestness.
Joe Bob Briggs and Darcy the Mail Girl returned for The Last Drive-In: Joe Bob's Halloween House Party, delivering a double feature built around two very different approaches to Halloween horror. This time, the legendary horror host paired Body Bags (1993) with WNUF Halloween Special (2013),
Paweł Pawlikowski’s new film is a dense exploration of a very specific part of Thomas Mann’s life and Germany’s history. Winning Best Picture at Cannes and chosen as Poland’s submission for Best International Film, the film expects a certain level of historical and geographic knowledge