Report: The more Tom Cruise runs, the better the movie does
According to a new groundbreaking study from some of the top minds in the entertainment industry (read: a guy at Rotten…
How is Mission: Impossible still this good?
The summer movie season starts to wind down this weekend with Mission: Impossible—Fallout, the latest entry from one of…
James Corden seems genuinely terrified getting thrown out of a plane by Tom Cruise
Tom Cruise seems to want nothing more than to encourage his thetan onto its eventual trip to Venus by endangering his…
Christopher McQuarrie on the perils of practical action and Henry Cavill’s pesky mustache
Note: This interview discusses plot points of Mission: Impossible—Fallout.
Here's why the Mission: Impossible films are so great, besides Tom Cruise running
Mission: Impossible—Fallout hits theaters on July 27th, with the promise of even more insane Tom…
Here's the first look at Mission: Impossible 6, now known as Mission: Impossible—Fallout
Up until now, everything we’ve heard about the upcoming Mission: Impossible 6 has been centered around Tom Cruise’s…
How realistic are Hollywood elevator action scenes?
Nothing raises the stakes of an action movie quite like a quality elevator sequence. Put some characters in a confined…
Henry Cavill reveals that his pesky Mission: Impossible ‘stache is actually evil
Earlier this week, we reported that a mustache Henry Cavill grew for his role in the next Mission: Impossible movie was…
Even home invasions are more fun when soundtracked to “shitty flutes”
The internet has already made known its love for truly shitty flute covers of familiar songs. There’s a whole subreddit…
Here’s 19 minutes of Tom Cruise running
When you strip the average Tom Cruise movie down to its essence, what you generally end up with is a charming and…
Mission: Impossible has had the coolest theme song for 50 years running
On September 17, 1966, a landmark TV program debuted over on CBS: Bruce Geller’s Mission: Impossible, an…
Tom Cruise chooses to accept Mission Impossible 6
Things have gotten pretty perilous for the Mission Impossible team lately, with the long-running action franchise…
In 1996, TV-to-movie adaptations reached saturation point—and a creative peak
It may be difficult to remember now that big-ticket superhero movies arrive on a near-monthly basis, but back in 1996,…
Here’s 44 years of Brian De Palma films in 6 minutes
The world is currently enjoying a bit of a Brian De Palma moment. Noah Baumbach and Jake Paltrow’s new documentary on…
Master the alphabet with this supercut from 85 films
Films are great learning tools. Where else can viewers get cheat sheets on Chaos Theory, counting cards, or how to make…
What do you watch when you’re too hungover to function?
This week’s question is from Senior Editor Marah Eakin:
It’s March 18, and if you’re like a lot of young Americans—or…
Dos Equis’ Most Interesting Man had a most interesting career in television
One of the most epic beer runs in television history comes to an end tonight. According to an article in Ad Age, a Dos…
Christopher McQuarrie will return to write and direct another Mission: Impossible
Suggesting that he really wants to be behind the camera when Tom “Sure, I’ll hang onto the side of an airplane” Cruise…
Making movies is just an incredible pain in the ass sometimes
The men and women who work on Hollywood blockbusters may seem distant, unknowable, and perhaps even all-powerful to the…
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Rogue Nation preserves the stand-alone fun of the Mission: Impossible series
Ethan Hunt is a secret agent. He works with a team of high-tech specialists to save the world from terrorists. Often,…