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Simon Pegg teases Pom Klementieff return in Mission: Impossible 8

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With the eighth installment of the Mission: Impossible franchise having been delayed until 2025 – and undergoing a name change as it drops ‘Part Two’ from its title – it may be a while before we hear any news about Mission: Impossible 8, but series star Simon Pegg did tease the return of a familiar face. Taking to […]

Are the Old School Action Veterans Headed Into Forced Retirement?

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With diminishing returns and a lack of interest from big-screen audiences, are old-school action heroes heading to the retirement home…? In the 1980s and 1990s, you couldn’t move for action heroes. Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger led a musclebound movement that led to younger, more grounded heroes like Will Smith, Keanu Reeves and Tom Cruise […]

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One sets 4K, Blu-ray and Digital release

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Paramount Pictures has announced that the seventh instalment in the action-packed blockbuster franchise Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One arrives on digital on October 10th, followed by a 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD release on October 31st; check out the cover artwork and details below…   Bonus content includes:  Commentary by director Christopher […]

Exclusive Interview – Lorne Balfe on Gran Turismo, Mission Impossible, Tetris and more

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Lorne Balfe has had an incredibly exciting 2023 working on some of the most successful blockbusters including Dungeons and Dragons, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning and now Gran Turismo. We sat down with Lorne to discuss the scores for the films, how he balances his workload and moving from films to video games… Were you […]

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One opens to $235 million worldwide

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Hollywood’s had a bit of a tough time at the box office recently with its big budget tentpoles with the likes of The Flash and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny bombing hard and ramping up the pressure on the struggling theatrical industry. However, in a repeat of last year with Top Gun: Maverick, […]

Movie Review – Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)

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Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, 2023. Directed by Christopher McQuarrie. Starring Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Vanessa Kirby, Henry Czerny, Esai Morales, Pom Klementieff, Cary Elwes, Shea Whigham, Mariela Garriga, Greg Tarzan Davis, Charles Parnell, Rob Delaney, Indira Varma, Mark Gatiss, Anton Valensi, Nico Toffoli, and Frederick Schmidt. […]

Video Review – Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One is the perfect blockbuster

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EJ Moreno with a video review of Mission: Impossible 7… Tom Cruise leads what feels like a perfect action movie & summer blockbuster. Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One offers everything you’d expect and then some. When your film only suffers from “why can’t I have more” syndrome, you know you’re in for a […]

Tom Cruise will not slow down his action career, planning twenty more years of stunts

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Tom Cruise just celebrated his 61st birthday and is not slowing down his action career anytime soon. While promoting his upcoming film, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, the actor spoke about his career and where he sees himself in twenty years. It seems like he still pictures himself taking risky stunts and doing […]

Go behind-the-scenes of Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning’s spectacular train set-piece

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“No one else in the world is doing this level of practical filmmaking” claims Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning director Christopher McQuarrie, who’s introducing a behind-the-scenes look at one of the film’s many spectacular stunts.  The train sequence, which makes up the breath-taking finale of the blockbuster sequel, was filmed on top of a carriage that […]

Ranking the Mission: Impossible Franchise

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With Dead Reckoning Part One coming very soon, we look back at the Mission: Impossible Franchise so far to give you our ranking from worst to best… Tom Cruise is about to kick off his latest cinema salvation exercise and stunt show, continuing his awesomely successful franchise. Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One is […]