1 week ago Impossibly frustrating: why Mission: Impossible 8 was a major letdown

Audiences may have flocked to the Final Reckoning but Tom Cruise’s latest mission ends up being incredibly underwhelmingIf the title is sincere, and this really is the final reckoning, then it’s been a franchise of two halves. Mission: Impossible diehards tend to underrate the first half (which ran from Brian De Palma’s brisk 1996 original to 2011’s fun Ghost Protocol) as much as they overrate the second (which launched with 2015’s Rogue Nation). Yet the rumbles and grumbles emanating from public screenings suggests a disgruntled consensus is forming around the concluding instalment: that this is an altogether disjointed way to resolve the affairs of Ethan Hunt and his IMF crew, and a shaky way to ignite the movie summer season. Ninety minutes in which nothing happens over and over again, followed by 70 minutes of M:I B-roll.To better diagnose this latest glitch in the Hollywood machine, we need to return to the relighting of the fuse. This was the franchise to which Tom Cruise retr...

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2 w. ago Tom Cruise's Oscar nominated Mission Impossible film airs tonight on TV

Tom Cruise has starred as the lead in the Mission Impossible series for eight films and with the final instalment now in cinemas, fans can refresh their memories on TV tonight

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2 w. ago Tom Cruise says it ‘took decades to figure out’ latest Mission Impossible stunt

Cruise debuted the latest installment of the ‘Mission Impossible’ franchise at the Cannes Film Festival

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3 w. ago Every Mission: Impossible film: Here are all 8 of the Tom Cruise action films rated best to worst

The latest (and maybe last) of one of the most successful film franchaises of all time is about to hit cinemas.

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3 w. ago Show me the tummy! Tom Cruise doesn’t need sleep, help or clothes in Mission: Impossible

The Hollywood icon defies age and Arctic climes to save the world in the epic messianic spectacle The Final Reckoning. But why won’t he bare his soul?Tom Cruise spends about 30% of the final Mission: Impossible movie in his knickers. It being a very long film, that’s a lot of time spent looking at his body, glossy and gnarled and expensive as a walnut armoire, possibly in high-definition Imax and, even if not, certainly as big as a bus.In The Final Reckoning, Cruise unbuttons to wallop goons (twice), wriggle from the Arctic seabed towards the waves, hop on a treadmill and take a long hot shower in front of the crew of a strikingly camp US military submarine. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Princess Andre wows on Mission Impossible red carpet in Leicester Square alongside dad Peter

Princess Andre posed for pictures on the Mission Impossible red carpet as fans brace for the final film in the Mission Impossible series, 'The Final Reckoning'

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3 w. ago Inside the Mission Impossible Cannes premiere as Tom Cruise fans queue for over six hours

Tom Cruise fans were so eager to see his new Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning film that they queued for over six hours outside of the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday evening

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3 w. ago Ana de Armas, 37, looks radiant in a chic white dress as she steps out in NYC after boyfriend Tom Cruise, 62, jetted to London for the Mission: Impossible premiere

The actress, 37, turned heads on the outing as she modled a chic white dress with delicate gold buttons that cinched in at her slender waist.

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3 w. ago Tom Cruise’s 10 wildest stunts from the Mission: Impossible franchise as new movie lands

From scaling the Burj Khalifa to piloting a helicopter, here are some of the actor’s most daring stunts

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3 w. ago Tom Cruise shares an affectionate moment with Mission: Impossible ex Hayley Atwell at the Cannes Film Festival premiere of new movie

The actress, 43, is the leading lady of the film and has reprised her role as Grace, a former thief turned IMF agent and ally to Tom's Ethan Hunt.

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3 w. ago Pom Klementieff goes braless in a plunging lilac gown as she defies the new Cannes Film Festival dress code for star

Pom Klementieff left little to the imagination as she attended the star-studded Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning premiere during the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday evening. 

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3 w. ago Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning review: did someone not get the party time memo?

Despite Tom Cruise stripping down to his swimming trunks, this is missing Vanessa Kirby and a stunt as breathtaking as the previous instalment

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3 w. ago Tom Cruise shares an affectionate moment with Mission: Impossible's leading lady Hayley Atwell at Cannes Film Festival premiere

The actress, 43, is the leading lady of the film and has reprised her role as Grace, a former thief turned IMF agent and ally to Tom's Ethan Hunt.

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3 w. ago Tom Cruise is joined by his dazzling leading ladies Hayley Atwell, Pom Klementieff and Hannah Waddingham at the very A

Man of the moment Tom Cruise led the A-list arrivals on the red carpet at the premiere of his Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning during Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday.

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3 w. ago Eva Longoria dazzles in a green sequinned gown as she poses up a storm at Mission Impossible premiere during Cannes Film Festival

The actress, 50, stole the show as graced the star-studded red carpet in the stunning figure-hugging dress featuring a halterneck design and short train.

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3 w. ago ‘We couldn’t tell if he was conscious’: Tom Cruise got stuck on top of biplane shooting Mission: Impossible sequel

The star, who at 62 performed his own stunts for the forthcoming Final Reckoning, tells Cannes press conference ‘I don’t mind encountering the unknown’Tom Cruise got stuck on the wing of a biplane shortly before it ran out fuel during the filming of Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, the director of the eighth instalment of the action franchise has revealed.Speaking to an audience at the Cannes film festival hours before the film’s premiere, director Christopher McQuarrie recounted the filming of a stunt sequence in which Cruise, in his long-running role as the field agent Ethan Hunt, walked between between the two wings of a biplane as the aircraft was mid-air over South Africa. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Simon Pegg shows off his edgy new look as he poses with a diamond gun necklace at Mission Impossible photocall during Cannes Film Festival

The actor, 55, posed for some fun photos wearing a diamond gun necklace while walking the red carpet at Palais des Festivals.

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3 w. ago Tom Cruise shows off his youthful appearance as arrives at Cannes without girlfriend Ana de Armas ahead of the Mission Impossible premiere

Tom Cruise appeared in great spirits as he waved to the crowd while arriving in Cannes on Wednesday ahead of the Mission Impossible premiere. 

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3 w. ago Simon Pegg credits Mission: Impossible films for rescuing him from his alcoholism

The star struggled with depression throughout his first ‘Mission: Impossible’ film

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3 w. ago Ana de Armas, 37, flashes her abs as she steps out in New York while boyfriend Tom Cruise, 62, prepares for Cannes premiere of new Mission: Impossible film

Ana de Armas cut a stylish figure as she exited her hotel in New York City while her boyfriend Tom Cruise appeared on the set of C à vous during the Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday. 

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