MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING PART ONE Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Christopher McQuarrie Stars: Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Rebecca Ferguson, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames, Pom Klementieff, Esrai Morales, Shea Whigham, Vanessa Kirby, Cary Elwes, Henry Czerny, Greg Tarzan Davis. I am a fan of the original Mission: Impossible tv series, which ran from 1966-1973,… Continue Reading »
TOP GUN: MAVERICK
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Joseph Kosinski Stars: Tom Cruise, Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Glen Powell, Monica Barabaro, Jon Hamm, Ed Harris, Val Kilmer, Charles Parnell, Lewis Pullman, Jay Ellis, Manny Jacinto, Bashir Salahuddin, Danny Ramirez. It’s been 36 years since Top Gun burst onto our screens full of gung-ho energy and testosterone, and with… Continue Reading »
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – FALLOUT
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Christopher McQuarrie Stars: Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Henry Cavill, Rebecca Ferguson, Alec Baldwin, Sean Harris, Vanessa Kirby, Angela Bassett, Michelle Monaghan, Wes Bentley. Most film franchises seem to run out of inspiration before too long, but the Mission Impossible series seems to have gone from strength to strength,… Continue Reading »
AMERICAN MADE
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Doug Liman Stars: Tom Cruise, Domhnall Gleeson, Sarah Wright Olsen, Caleb Landry Jones, Jesse Plemons, Lola Kirke, E Roger Mitchell, Mauricio Mejia. Thirty years ago, Tom Cruise played a cock-sure, gung-ho naval pilot in the classic Top Gun. Now he plays another hot shot pilot in this bizarre story about… Continue Reading »
THE MUMMY
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Alex Kurtzman Stars: Tom Cruise, Russell Crowe, Annabelle Wallis, Jake Johnson, Sofia Boutella, Courtney B Vance, Marwan Kenzai. Universal has launched a brand new franchise under the umbrella of Dark Universe, in which the studio plans to remake all of those classic monster movies from their vaults, like Dracula, Frankenstein,… Continue Reading »
JACK REACHER: NEVER GO BACK
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Edward Zwick Stars: Tom Cruise, Cobie Smulders, Danika Yarosh, Holt McCallany, Aldis Hodge, Patrick Heusinger, Robert Knepper, Jason Douglas, Madalyn Horcher, Robert Catrini. Jack Reacher, a taciturn and hard as nails former military policeman who now wanders across America usually finding trouble in backwater towns, is the hero of a… Continue Reading »