Tag: Christopher McQuarrie

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning | Review

Tom Cruise Can’t Stunt His Way Out Of A Middling ‘Mission’ Finale At this point in the Mission: Impossible series, franchise stewards — star Tom...

2025 Cannes: Kirill Serebrennikov in Cannes Premiere, Juno Mak in Midnight, Rebecca Zlotowski in OOC

A competition filmmaker mainstay, Kirill Serebrennikov has been downgraded to the Cannes Premiere section for the world premiere to The Disappearance of Josef Mengele....

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One | Review

Dead Again: McQuarrie Cruises Into the Eye of AI For his seventh revolution around the sun as the indefatigable IMF agent Ethan Hunt, Tom Cruise...

Top Gun: Maverick | Review

Take My Guilt Away: Kosinski Avoids Cruise Control in Enjoyable Action Sequel Against all odds, especially considering how unnecessary a sequel seems to be...

Mission Impossible – Rogue Nation | Review

This Time, It’s Rogue: Cruise Continues Singing It Forever Just Because Arriving nearly four years after the highly celebrated and significantly lauded fourth Mission Impossible...

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La petite dernière (The Little Sister) | Review

The Lost Daughter: Herzi Passes Up Potency in Standard...

Interview: Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud – Persepolis

The thrill of meeting Marjane Satrapi reminded me of being 6 years old at Disney Land when I met the living, breathing Cinderella. Except Cinderella was an actress with a blond wig and Marjane is the real woman behind her autobiographical graphic novel, turned movie, “Persepolis”. The distinctive mole on her nose and her dark sultry eyes rose off the page and appeared in front of me, smoking and speaking with a French accent.