Labor Day weekend’s always been a good one for catching up on the movies you missed, and, with only the flimsy Nazi drama Operation Finale and so-so sci-fi flick Kin as competition, it’s little surprise that Crazy Rich Asians, The Meg, and Mission: Impossible—Fallout continued their reign over late summer cinema. …
The near-universal praise being heaped upon the newest entry in the Mission: Impossible franchise translated into a series-best opening, as Mission: Impossible—Fallout made $61.5 million this past weekend at the domestic box office. (The No. 2 spot now goes to Mission: Impossible II, which pulled in a $57.8 million…
One of these days, Tom Cruise is going to seriously hurt himself. It’s kind of inevitable, isn’t it? Cruise, who just turned 56 but still throws himself into every role like a teenager certain of his own invincibility, has a new Mission: Impossible movie out, the terrifically exciting Fallout. The star’s insistence on…
“Moving like the lit fuse that blazes brilliantly across the opening credits of both the original Mission: Impossible television series and its first big-screen adaptation, Fallout turns out to be a breathlessly exciting action spectacular: the blockbuster spy thriller as sustained endorphin rush. Escalation is the…
The summer movie season starts to wind down this weekend with Mission: Impossible—Fallout, the latest entry from one of Hollywood’s most reliably entertaining franchises. In a first for the series, which usually changes helmers with each film, Rogue Nation writer-director Christopher McQuarrie returns to orchestrate…
In the latest installment of GQ’s “Celebrities Break Down Their Iconic Roles” series, Simon Pegg takes a trip down his own IMDB page to discuss the biggest performances of his career. While the British-born actor is best known these days for his supporting roles in blockbuster sci-fi and action franchises, he found…
Tom Cruise seems to want nothing more than to encourage his thetan onto its eventual trip to Venus by endangering his body for our amusement. This is fine because, as we all know, supporting a dangerous cult in its quest to enrich itself and torture its wayward members means the afterlife is nothing to fear. It’s also…
Only about 30 rocket-paced minutes have whizzed by before Mission: Impossible—Fallout first flirts with truly impossible odds. Ethan Hunt, the human missile of American intelligence that Tom Cruise has been popping back in to play for more than 20 years now, is masquerading as a mysterious terrorist, the perfectly…
Note: This interview discusses plot points of Mission: Impossible—Fallout.
Jeremy Renner has had an unusual year. And we’re not just saying that because the guy broke both of his arms filming a movie where grown men play tag, although that might be part of it.
Mission: Impossible—Fallout hits theaters on July 27th, with the promise of even more insane Tom Cruise stunts and maybe some weird stuff with Henry Cavill’s beard. To prepare for the release of Fallout, YouTube film essayist Patrick Willems takes a long look at the Mission: Impossible series,…
So many movies, so little time. Every week brings a new crop of them, opening in multiplexes and arthouse theaters across the nation, and arriving in increasingly high volumes on streaming platforms like Netflix. How’s a voracious moviegoer to keep up? That’s where The A.V. Club comes in. The first week of every…
We thought the drama surrounding Henry Cavill’s multi-million dollar mustache ended when the actor shaved the damn thing off earlier this year. Alas, such was not the case. Not only will it haunt any future screenings of Justice League, which will forever find Superman’s upper lip afflicted by uncanny shadows, but it…
Tom Cruise broke his ankle performing a stunt for the upcoming Mission Impossible: Fallout, and, if the trailers are to be believed, it’s a miracle he didn’t also shatter his entire torso before exploding into a flaming hail of bruised flesh. But it wasn’t leaping between buildings or all this helicopter-related…
For pure entertainment value, it’s hard to top the Mission: Impossible series— even the Fast And Furious films lack the consistent track record delivered by the Tom Cruise-led franchise adaptation of the old TV show. Each film is the vision of a different auteur, and yet all have delivered a reliably thrilling…
When Joss Whedon stepped in to direct the reshoots on the Justice League movie, the production hit upon a surprisingly difficult issue: Henry Cavill, who plays Superman, had grown a big mustache for a role in Mission: Impossible—Fallout. Paramount refused to let him shave it for Justice League, in what was called a …
In addition to being wildly entertaining, the Mission: Impossible films perform the laudable work of letting us bear witness to sequence after sequence of Tom Cruise nearly getting his damn fool self killed, possibly in service of some deep-rooted masochistic desire. As our own A.A. Dowd put it in his review of last…
It’s finally time to get a glimpse at the action movie so exciting, people are smashing their own ankles just to be in the damn thing: Mission: Impossible—Fallout (formerly Mission: Impossible 6). The latest installment in the Tom Cruise-starring action franchise deployed its first full trailer during the Super Bowl…
We’ve heard a lot about the ankle-breaking on-set accident that knocked Tom Cruise off the set of Mission: Impossible—Fallout (formerly Mission: Impossible 6) for a few months; Cruise’s thrill-seeker penchant for doing his own stunts is well-documented, and the accident ultimately forced filming on the movie to go on…
Up until now, everything we’ve heard about the upcoming Mission: Impossible 6 has been centered around Tom Cruise’s love for risking his life on increasingly dangerous stunts. All the way back in March, we reported that Cruise had spent a year training for “the most impressive and unbelievable” stunt he’s ever done,…
