The Artist, Warrior, M:I, & Moneyball Top My "20" and "11" of 2011
- This time last year, everyone was singing the praises of a surefire Oscar-frontrunner called The Social Network and rightfully so. That masterful film featured strong pe...
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Cinefantastique Spotlight Podcast: Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
- What says Christmas Spirit more than nuclear holocaust, life-or-death chases in an automated car park, and scaling the world's tallest building? Maybe that's why Paramou...
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Zaki's Review: Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol
- As I alluded to last week, I got off to a bit of a rocky start with the Mission: Impossible movie series, with my initial outrage at how the first film in 1996 blowtorch...
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Movie Review: Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
- You know a tent-pole movie series is in trouble when it has to explain its title in its dialogue. As in Tom Cruise saying, about midway through Mission: Impossible - Gho...
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Tom Cruise Confirms 'Top Gun' Sequel Talks
- Over 25 years since his last flight, Maverick may be taking to the air -- and the big screen -- once again. By currently promoting his fourth "Mission: Impossible" film,...
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What Is Tom Cruise So Sensitive About?
- He's a larger than life star, but will that be enough to silence critics? Casting Tom Cruise in an action flick is as close to a sure thing as a studio can get (never mi...
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The 10 Best Classic TV Theme Songs
- The TV theme song is sort of a dying art: Some shows still have them -- and they're making a comeback of late -- but most choose a quick diddy and they're done. Having a...
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Survivor 22: Rerun Island: Russell Blows It, Mansweater Sucks It, and Big Mouth Stamps It.
- "Wave your little hand and whisper 'So long dearie,' You ain't gonna see me any more. But when you discover that your life is dreary, Don't you come a knocking at my doo...
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Brad Bird on The Iron Giant
- In 1999, Warner's released The Iron Giant. Well... released may not be the best term. Slipped into theaters under the cover of night so that anyone who might be remotely...
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Jeremy Renner To Take Over ‘Mission: Impossible' Franchise
- Whatever the case, Renner was stoked to be honored during MTV News' Thankful Week as one of the actors we're most grateful for in 2010. During our extended chat - which ...
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A group of extraordinary spies, each experts in their own fields, belong to the Impossible Missions Force (IMF) -- first headed up by Daniel Briggs and later overseen by Jim Phelps. The IMF is a government agency that undertakes only the most hazardous of espionage missions. The beginning of each episode featured the now-famous tape-recorded message outlining the latest task for the group to tackle. Popular during the Cold War, the group's missions usually centered on overthrowing the government of some small communist country causing problems for the free world. The IMF crew included disguise expert Rollin Hand, charmer Cinnamon Carter, electronics technician Barney Collier, strong man Willy Armitage and, in later episodes, disguise-master Paris.

