You know, after Mission: Impossible 2, all signs pointed to this series being dead in the water. But now as the 6th movie in the franchise is being released, it’s obvious that the franchise that Tom built has put that black mark behind them and has charged full steam ahead, gaining momentum with each subsequent…
One of Britain’s top spies, Lorraine Broughton (Charlize Theron), the titular Atomic Blonde, is a seductive, sultry and totally ruthless killing machine. When a list of MI6 spies active in the Soviet Union gets stolen by a KGB agent, only Broughton has the particular set of skills required to retrieve the microfilm containing the list.…
Rated PG-13 (for sequences of action and violence, sensuality and language) When Daniel Craig was first cast as the famous British spy, there was an outcry from the movie-going public. Now, four movies in, it’s hard to imagine anyone else playing the role. The 24th movie in the double-O franchise offers another peek at the past…
Rated PG-13 for violence and suggestive content I’ve always been a fan of the slick, stylized way that Guy Ritchie makes his movies. His films tend to employ fast paced edits from scene to scene and use creative transitions between multiple locations and camera angles. This approach worked well for Snatch and the two Sherlock…
PG-13 (action and violence, and brief partial nudity) The Mission Impossible Franchise is the little engine that could. Who knew that it would be still be going strong after four films in the series? The latest addition, Rogue Nation, takes place directly after the events of Ghost Protocol. It finds the Impossible Mission Force (IMF)…
With sequels rarely making more than their predecessors, Ghost Protocol has the unenviable task of being the fourth movie in a franchise that just doesn’t want to quit. MI3 already broke the trilogy curse by being the best in the series, so can MI4 live up to the pedigree of the three movies before it?…
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