Posts Tagged ‘Christopher McQuarrie’
Top 15 Films of 2018 – Allen’s Picks
The beauty of cinema is how it works as a reflection of our society – our hopes, our fears, and our desires. Films are a timestamp of who were, who we are, and what we could possibly be. A thousand years from now, people can…
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Film Review – Mission: Impossible – Fallout
Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018) is the best entry into the Mission: Impossible series and is the best action film since Mad Max: Fury Road (2015). Throughout this latest adventure, we hear super agent Ethan Hunt utter the phrase, “I won’t let you down.” While…
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Film Review – Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
Here we go again…another round with that other Tom Cruise action franchise, Jack Reacher. Cruise returns once again in Jack Reacher: Never Go Back as the titular character…a former military police officer who now travels across the country solving…military crimes. Naturally he felt too restricted by…
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Film Review – Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
In all of the advertisements for Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015), the key image features super agent Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) dangling off a cargo plane in mid-flight. Reports stated that Cruise performed the stunt for real, with the help of digitally removed wiring.…
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Film Review – Edge of Tomorrow
Edge of Tomorrow (2014) is one heck of a fun time. No doubt comparisons to other films will be made, as this could be seen as the love child of Groundhog Day (1993) and Starship Troopers (1997). But Director Doug Liman and screenwriters Christopher McQuarrie,…
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Episode 252 – DVD Rundown 5-7-2013
Spencer and Greg give their DVD rundown for May 7th, 2013. In this episode they discuss Jack Reacher, Fringe, Superman: Unbound and Mama.
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Film Review – Jack the Giant Slayer
I’m continually surprised at how underappreciated it feels like Bryan Singer is. Despite having directed one of the best thrillers (and my favorite movie) in The Usual Suspects, and helping to resurrect the comic book movie with his work on X-Men, he is generally overlooked…
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Film Review – Jack Reacher
Amidst all the hustle and bustle of the holiday awards season comes a little action film called Jack Reacher. I’m being a bit facetious when I say that, given that it is produced by and starring one Tom Cruise. Whether or not you like him…
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