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Tom Cruise teases another death-defying airborne stunt for Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning

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Tom Cruise is no stranger to performing crazy stunts on any number of his films and he just teased another major death-defying airborne stunt for Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One and Part Two. In the video, Cruise is seen in a helicopter and thanks fans for their support for Top Gun: Maverick’s huge success along with the […]

Blu-ray Review – Tropic Thunder (2008)

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Tropic Thunder, 2008. Directed by Ben Stiller. Starring Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr., Steve Coogan, Jay Baruchel, Danny McBride, Brandon T. Jackson, Bill Hader, Nick Nolte, Matthew McConaughey, and Tom Cruise. SYNOPSIS: Kino Lorber continues releasing minor classics with a new Blu-ray of Tropic Thunder, featuring a 4K remaster supervised by director Ben […]

Blu-ray Review – Legend (1985)

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Legend, 1985. Directed by Ridley Scott. Starring Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, Tim Curry, David Bennent, Alice Playten, Billy Barty, and Cork Hubbert. SYNOPSIS: Fans of Ridley Scott’s Legend will want to get their hands on Arrow Video’s handsome new Blu-ray release as soon as they can. In addition to including the U.S. theatrical and director’s […]

Henry Cavill and Alec Baldwin may return for Mission: Impossible sequels

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Last week it was reported that Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation and Mission: Impossible – Fallout director Christopher McQuarrie has signed on to reunite with Tom Cruise for two more instalments in the blockbuster spy series, which will be shot back-to-back for release in 2021 and 2022 respectively. While we can assume that Cruise’s Ethan […]

Tom Cruise takes a leap of faith in new Mission: Impossible – Fallout image, trailer date likely revealed

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After dangling off a helicopter yesterday, Tom Cruise has taken to social media yet again to share another image of a death-defying stunt he performed for Mission: Impossible – Fallout, while teasing the “most thrilling mission yet.” Check out the actor in the midst of a massive leap (one that it almost looks like will send […]

Mission: Impossible 6 will feature multiple death-defying Tom Cruise stunts

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Spider-Man sure does whatever a spider can, and so does Tom Cruise who has a seemingly addictive habit of staring death in the face during many of his risky yet spectacularly entertaining Mission: Impossible stunts. Generally, each movie contains one massively dangerous action sequence (think of Cruise darting across that plane for real in Mission: […]

Tom Cruise arrives back on set for Mission: Impossible 6 after injury

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Tom Cruise is back at work after his injury kept him away from the Mission: Impossible 6 set. We learned back in August that the film’s production would be shut down for nine weeks following Cruise breaking his ankle while performing a stunt where the Hollywood legend had to jump between two buildings. But now Cruise […]

Christopher McQuarrie teases major Mission: Impossible 6 stunt sequence

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The Mission: Impossible series has become well known for its jaw-dropping stunt set pieces, and with the currently-in-production sixth instalment, director Christopher McQuarrie has promised something that will top the insanity of the Burj Khalifa and plane sequences in Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol and Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation. What this sequence we don’t […]

Reports say Tom Cruise had too much control over The Mummy, and is to blame for its failings

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The Mummy was supposed to be the launching pad for Universal’s Dark Universe, a inter-connected world that brought together the classic Monsters from the studio’s history. However a trashing by the press [read our reviews here and here, although Luke Owen loved it on the Flickering Myth Podcast] and a tepid domestic opening of $32 million […]

Michelle Monaghan returning for Mission: Impossible 6

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Christopher McQuirrie’s Mission: Impossible 6 will see another returning face to the franchise. The director posted a picture of Michelle Monaghan to his Instagram account without a comment, but it’s quite clear she’s on the set of the latest film. Monaghan was introduced in J.J. Abrams’ Mission: Impossible 3 as Julia Meade, the fiance to Tom Cruise’s then-retired IMF […]