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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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Movies To Look Forward To In 2025
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in Movie NewsAnother year and another cycle of movies to look forward to. One thing that I always enjoy is looking back at this list later and realizing that usually there’s two or three movies that weren’t on the yearly list that were really great. It’s like getting a surprise gift. January Better Man (PG-13) Release Date:…
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Best and Worst Movies of 2024 Based on Peeple’s Poll Results
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I look forward to writing this post every year. I love reviewing the list of movies to see how users rated the movies in the Peeple’s Poll and reflect on the RunPee Review Grades. The Peeple’s Poll is a user poll built into the RunPee app that asks users what their expectation rating is before a…
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Movie Review – The Fall Guy
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Going in I had higher than normal expectations based on the cast, Emily Blunt, Ryan Gosling, et al., and Director David Leitch’s previous successes with action/humor movies such as Bullet Train, and Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw. I’m happy to report that I didn’t feel a shred of disappointment. The story is engaging…
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TV Review- Signora Volpe
Funny how things turn out isn’t it? Only a couple of weeks ago I was sent links to review a TV series featuring a female investigator. I decided to go ahead and review it. One of the reasons was that each episode was around feature film length. The other reason was that I was a…
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Fall 2023 Movies To Look Forward To
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in ListDuring summer blockbuster season there just aren’t many movies released. That’s because each blockbuster is going to show on multiple screens at theaters for many weeks, sometimes months. There just aren’t many screens left over for small-budget movies. But starting in early September that ends and there’s plenty of screens available for new movies each…
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Who Will Become Bond No. 7?
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in ListBond is a multimedia powerhouse and occupies a relatively unique place, both in Hollywood, and popular culture. In effect, he’s anachronistic – a throw-back, and even the most modern Bonds of Craig and Brosnan operating within the realm of 60s pastiche. And while Tom Cruise and the Mission Impossible franchise, and the gritty thrillers of…