Author: Rob Williams
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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…
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RunPee Transformers Hub
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Transformers is one of those franchises that passed me by. Too old to be interested when it started and didn’t have any children that were interested in it later on. However, that hasn’t stopped it becoming one of the highest grossing media franchises of all time with an income in excess of ¥2 trillion ($25…
