Mission Impossible Fallout: Under Hunt’s Skin
SOME MISSIONS ARE NOT A CHOICE. In my original review of the first movie in this franchise, I wrote…
The Mummy
WELCOME TO A NEW WORLD OF GODS AND MONSTERS. When a mysterious tomb is found in Iraq, the military…
Magnolia: Meet the Miserables
THINGS FALL DOWN. PEOPLE LOOK UP. AND WHEN IT RAINS, IT POURS. After the success of Boogie Nights (1997),…
American Made
THE SKY IS NEVER THE LIMIT. In the late 1970s, TWA pilot Barry Seal (Tom Cruise) quits his job…
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
NEVER GIVE IN. NEVER GIVE UP. NEVER GO BACK. When his friend and military colleague Susan Turner (Cobie Smulders)…
Legend
THERE MAY NEVER BE ANOTHER DAWN. The Lord of Darkness (Tim Curry) orders goblins to kill two unicorns and…
Eyes Wide Shut
After attending a Christmas party that results in an argument with his wife (Nicole Kidman), New York doctor Bill…
Risky Business
THERE'S A TIME FOR PLAYING IT SAFE AND A TIME FOR RISKY BUSINESS. Chicago high-school student Joel Goodson’s (Tom…
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
DESPERATE TIMES. DESPERATE MEASURES. As the IMF is about to be shut down by the government, Ethan Hunt (Tom…
Top Gun
UP THERE WITH THE BEST OF THE BEST. Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise) attends the Navy’s Fighter Weapons School,…
The Firm
POWER CAN BE MURDER TO RESIST. Brilliant Harvard law student Mitch McDeere (Tom Cruise) is recruited by a Memphis…
Born on the Fourth of July: All Quiet on the Southeastern Front
A STORY OF INNOCENCE LOST AND COURAGE FOUND. It took a while for me to realize that the date…
Edge of Tomorrow
LIVE. DIE. REPEAT. In the future, humanity is battling a fierce alien race that originally attacked Germany; former ad…