"Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning", had a franchise record opening on Memorial Day weekend. This is said to be the final installment of franchise although I wouldn't call another film in the future "impossible". One of the most memorable things about the franchise is it's iconic sound, the
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:
With a little more than a week to go for the final installment of the Mission: Impossible franchise ever, first reactions are finally rolling in from early screenings. To say this is a huge moment is an understatement--starting from 1996, Tom Cruise's Ethan Hunt has been with us for nearly thirty
It wouldn’t be a Mission: Impossible movie if it didn’t take things to the extreme. So for the final film in the long-running action franchise, things will really go above and beyond - and we’re not just talking about Tom Cruise’s stunts. Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning revealed a
Day 4 of CinemaCon in Las Vegas kicked off with a presentation from Paramount Pictures. Paramount joins Sony, Lionsgate, Universal/Focus Features, Amazon MGM, and Warner Bros. Discovery so far in dropping news and sneak peeks at their upcoming film slate. The presentation got an action-packed
Tom Cruise returns to the Mission: Impossible franchise as Ethan Hunt. The new 30-second trailer launched during the Superbowl shows the hero running, flung underwater, breaking into a nuclear submarine and hanging from a plane. The Final Reckoning is the eighth film in the franchise, which started
Throughout all of our lives, there are people we grow close to who act as beacons, a light in human form that allows us to find our way through the darkness. Sometimes this light merely diminishes or changes, but other times these beacon friends can become anchors, as their influence exerts itself
Undertaking a story like The Odyssey on screen is a titanic trial. Like the trials that Odysseus faces in his return to Ithaca, Christopher Nolan's decision to make his next film based on Homer's epic poem was a choice. I come from a storytelling background, and I have a degree in screenwriting.
Though marital arts action cinema is vast and varied, it is rare for one to elevate the genre and push it forward. There have been few recently - The Raid comes to mind, and while not technically "martial arts" I'd argue John Wick counts - that feel as if something new and special is happening.