Posts tagged Mission Impossible: Ghost Protcol
PODCAST: Episode 205 of "The Cinephile Hissy Fit" Podcast

For their 205th episode, two mask-pulling film critics, two special agent dads, and two stuntman teachers, Will Johnson and Don Shanahan, return for their second of four retrospective episodes discussing the Mission: Impossible franchise. Covering the next two, this episode breaks down the J.J. Abrams entry, Mission: Impossible III from 2006 and the Brad Bird live-action graduation of Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol from 2011.

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MOVIE REVIEW: Edge of Tomorrow

Go ahead and continue Tom Cruise's solid streak one more movie with the very entertaining "Edge of Tomorrow" opening this week.  The funniest thing is Tom is essentially playing the opposite of his usual macho self and it still works.  We're used to the take-charge man-of-action characters out of him, not the wimp and coward he plays here.  Because of that, there's a certain unexpected humor coming out of "Edge of Tomorrow" that boosts its doom-and-gloom alien invasion setup.  

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