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Cruise Control: The Mission Impossible Franchise at 25

May 1, 2021 by Tom Jolliffe

Coming up to 25 years after the release of Mission: Impossible, Tom Jolliffe looks back at the franchise that is still going strong… In the mid 9’s, modern adaptations of old TV shows tended to be a mixed bag. More often than not, the update didn’t match the popularity of the source. Whether it was […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol, Mission: Impossible, Mission: Impossible - Fallout, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, mission: Impossible 7, Mission: Impossible II, Mission: Impossible III, Tom Cruise

The Top 15 Film Scores of the 2010s

March 11, 2020 by admin

Hasitha Fernando on the top film scores of the 2010s… To say a film’s score is an integral aspect of it is a gross understatement. The right score can do a lot of things. It can elevate a film from the realm of mediocrity to the extraordinary, breathe life into characters, augment the emotional impact […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Hasitha Fernando, Movies Tagged With: Black Panther, How to Train Your Dragon, If Beale Street Could Talk, Interstellar, Maleficent, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, Ready Player One, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, The Hobbit, The Shape of Water, The Wolfman, tron legacy, War for the Planet of the Apes, Wolf Totem

Movie Review – Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018)

July 30, 2018 by Helen Murdoch

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 […]

Filed Under: Helen Murdoch, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Alec Baldwin, Angela Bassett, Christopher McQuarrie, Henry Cavill, Michelle Monaghan, Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol, Mission: Impossible, Mission: Impossible - Fallout, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, Mission: Impossible II, Mission: Impossible III, Rebecca Ferguson, Sean Harris, Simon Pegg, Tom Cruise, Vanessa Kirby, Ving Rhames, Wes Bentley

Tom Cruise – Unstoppable

July 4, 2018 by Helen Murdoch

Helen Murdoch on Tom Cruise and his continued success… With the sixth instalment of the Mission: Impossible franchise being released at the end of July, it got me thinking about the enigma of Tom Cruise and why regardless of how crazy he seems in real life, I always go and watch his films. My love […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Helen Murdoch, Movies Tagged With: Collateral, Jack Reacher, Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, Lion for Lambs, Magnolia, Minority Report, Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol, Mission: Impossible, Mission: Impossible - Fallout, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, Mission: Impossible II, Mission: Impossible III, Rock of Ages, The Last Samurai, The Mummy, Tom Cruise, Tropic Thunder, War of the Worlds

Mission: Impossible series hitting 4K Ultra HD this June

May 29, 2018 by Amie Cranswick

Ahead of this summer’s Mission: Impossible – Fallout, Paramount has announced that the first five instalments of the Tom Cruise-headlined blockbuster spy series – Mission: Impossible, Mission: Impossible II, Mission: Impossible III, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, and Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation are set to arrive on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray next month; check out the […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News Tagged With: Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol, Mission: Impossible, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, Mission: Impossible II, Mission: Impossible III

Should you choose to accept them, here are the best Mission: Impossible moments

May 16, 2018 by Matt Rodgers

Matt Rodgers on the best Mission: Impossible moments… The ability for the Mission: Impossible franchise to subvert the law of diminishing returns, in terms of both box-office and quality, as well as keeping the fuse lit under Tom Cruise’s dimming star power, is surely down to the stylistically diverse way in which the films are […]

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Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Matt Rodgers, Movies Tagged With: Brad Bird, Brian De Palma, Christopher McQuarrie, Ethan Hunt, J.J. Abrams, John Woo, Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol, Mission: Impossible, Mission: Impossible - Fallout, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, Mission: Impossible II, Tom Cruise

UPDATED: The Highest Grossing Movies of 2015

December 29, 2015 by Luke Owen

The year of 2015 is done and dusted, and the smoke has cleared on the battle for box office supremacy. There has been a couple of shockers this year, and the overall winner of both the domestic and worldwide title was far from expected. Similarly, there have been a few movies released this year that […]

Filed Under: Luke Owen, Movies, News Tagged With: Ant-Man, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Cinderella, Fifty Shades of Grey, Furious 7, Home, Hotel Transylvania 2, Inside Out, Jurassic World, Minions, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, San Andreas, Spectre, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2, The Martian

Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation becomes China’s highest grossing 2D Hollywood release

September 23, 2015 by Scott J. Davis

Tom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation has continued to break records upon its release in China this past weekend by becoming the highest-grossing 2D Hollywood film of all time. The Christopher McQuarrie-directed action spectacular from Paramount and Skydance has now earned over $124 million since its release on September 8th, surpassing Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar, […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Scott Davis Tagged With: Mission: Impossible, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation

Tom Hardy’s Legend tops the UK box office chart

September 16, 2015 by Gary Collinson

UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 11th September to Sunday 13th September 2015… It was all change at the top of the UK box office this past weekend with three newcomers occupying the top spots in the chart, led by the Tom Hardy-headlined Legend, whcih pulled in an impressive […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News, UK Box Office Tagged With: Inside Out, irrational man, Legend, Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, No Escape, Pixels, Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back, Straight Outta Compton, The Visit

Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation and Minions break Chinese records, Japan boosts Pixels box office

September 16, 2015 by Scott J. Davis

The Chinese box office continues to be a lucrative market for Hollywood, with Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation and Minions enjoying a massive reception upon their releases. Elswhere, Adam Sandler’s Pixels earns good returns in Japan… Tom Cruise-starrer Rogue Nation started with a record-breaking day on its opening last week, with $18.5 million grossed on […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Scott Davis Tagged With: Minions, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, Pixels, Terminator: Genisys

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