Author: Rob Williams
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Movie Review – Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
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And here comes one of the big titles that everyone is hoping will turn the tide of poor box office results. Personally I think it’s a bit like the whole working from home ethos that became so popular during the various lockdowns. People liked being able to roll out of bed and start working while…
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Indie Movie Review – 97 Minutes
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There seems to be a spate of films based on aeroplanes that have or are being hijacked. Gerard Butler recently had a go with Plane. Idris Elba is due to lead AppleTV+’s Hijack miniseries which launches this week; 28th June to be precise. Liam Neeson had a turn in 2014 with Non-Stop. And there are…
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Rewatch Review – Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol saw quite a few changes for the franchise; some more obvious than others. It is the first in the Cruise era to have a subtitle rather than a number. Apparently, Tom has never been a fan of numbered sequels as he’s always considered each film as a standalone feature in…
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Movie Review – Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny
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I’ll be honest, I had concerns going in to see Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny. I love the franchise. I can still remember seeing Raiders Of The Lost Ark in the cinema and I’ve seen every one on the big screen before going on to buy them for home viewing. I even have…
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Movie Review – Asteroid City
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One of my father’s shortcomings was his unfailing conviction that what he knew that what he had seen before was always better than a new version. The new version of Batman/Doctor Who/Mission: Impossible/anything really was never as good as the one he’d seen. “Bah…it’s not as good as the original” he’d say. Invariably, before he’d…
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Rewatch Review – Mission: Impossible III (2006)
I’m not sure what it is but Mission: Impossible III seems to be shot on lower quality film stock to the others. The opening scenes seem to be shot on a home video recorder. In fact, I’ve seen better quality films made with iPhones! I did read somewhere that it was Paramount’s first foray into…
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Rewatch Review – Mission: Impossible II (2000)
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Sometimes things are very finely balanced. One little nudge and things all fall apart all over the place. Such is sometimes the way with the casting of films and Mission: Impossible II is no exception. For example, the role of Mission Commander Swanbeck was originally offered to Ian McKellen. He turned it down due to…
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Rewatch Review – Mission: Impossible (1996)
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Thirty years after the TV debut Mission: Impossible finally hit the big screen. Well, there was a two parter from season two named The Council which was cobbled together and given a theatrical release outside of the USA under the title Mission: Impossible vs The Mob. So, it’s thirty years later and it’s time to…
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RunPee Mission: Impossible Hub
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in HubDum! Dum! Dah! Dah! Dum! Dum! Duh! Duh! Dum! Dum! Go on. If you try hard enough you can get the opening phrase of Lalo Schifrin’s iconic theme from that line. I was little more than a pup when I first heard it. I was just nine years old when it started on the TV…
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Disney Shuffles Blockbuster Release Dates
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Having a a huge company like Disney bankrolling your franchise must seem like a dream come true when you check your bank balance. It might start to get a bit more nerve wracking when your new parent starts tightening deadlines! I wonder how everyone feels when they actually start to push release dates back? I…