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46: Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

Épisode 46

samedi 14 juin 2025 • Durée 01:39:34

This week, Ethan Hunt returns for the eighth (and probably ultimate?) time in Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning! Does the movie recover from its broken first act? Is this really going to be the last mission? Does this feel like The Most Expensive Movie Ever Made?

Unanswered Questions:

How do we understand Luther's arc in this film, and in the series as a whole?
Whatever happened to Marie and Alanna Mitsopolis and the other dropped elements from Dead Reckoning?
Is Ethan really changed by his confrontation with The Entity?

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45: End Of Part One

Épisode 45

jeudi 17 octobre 2024 • Durée 45:43

This week, we wrap up the first part of The Last Star In Hollywood, and look ahead to what’s next for Tom Cruise. What’s the definitive Cruise performance? Which unmade sequel would we like to see? What are the chances of Cruise taking home an Academy Award within the next five years?

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36: Oblivion

Épisode 36

jeudi 18 juillet 2024 • Durée 01:13:30

This week, twists and turns in Joseph Kosinski’s 2013 high-concept sci-fi adventure Oblivion! How many twists is too many twists? Is Vica a cute nickname? Is this film completely overshadowed by Edge of Tomorrow, or jut mostly overshadowed?

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Unanswered Questions:

Is Andrea Riseborough good is this movie?
Is there a way to make the movie work while keeping all the twists?
What’s the thematic significance of Jack’s Secret Cabin?

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Bonus: The American President

Épisode 35

jeudi 4 juillet 2024 • Durée 01:23:58

To mark American Independence Day, and because Elizabeth is away in LA making movie magic, we’re unlocking our Patreon bonus episode on Rob Reiner’s 1995 political rom-com The American President!

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Unanswered Questions:

What is Sorkin’s deal with women?
Is there a place for idealism and privacy in modern American politics?
What’s the future for the Hollywood romantic comedy?

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35: Jack Reacher

Épisode 35

jeudi 27 juin 2024 • Durée 01:38:22

This week, Tom Cruise explores the road not taken with Christopher McQuarrie’s 2012 action-thriller Jack Reacher. Is Cruise a bad match for Lee Child’s drifter hero? How can a car chase be so boring? What’s harder: walking, or talking?

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Unanswered Questions:

What is the political or philosophical connection between Reacher and the Zek?
How does Lee Child’s British perspective on Americanism manifest itself in the text?
How indebted is the script to the original novel?

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Join us next week for the first of Cruise’s back-to-back high-concept sci-fi adventures, Joseph Kosinski’s .

34: Rock Of Ages

Épisode 34

samedi 22 juin 2024 • Durée 01:29:57

This week, Tom Cruise rawks in Adam Shankman’s 2011 adaptation of the jukebox musical Rock of Ages. Does this movie have anything to say? Is Cruise the secret sauce? What’s the opposite of a flex?

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Unanswered Questions:

Would this movie be better is Stacee Jaxx were the protagonist?
Is there a theme to be found?
What’s the best song on the soundtrack?

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33: Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol

Épisode 33

jeudi 13 juin 2024 • Durée 01:31:02

This week, Ethan Hunt returns to save both the world and Tom Cruise’s career in Brad Bird’s 2011 spy thriller, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol. Is this a high point for the franchise? Did Josh Holloway deserve better? Is every action sequence better when it’s scored with a Dean Martin track?

Content warning: gun violence, peril, heights

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Unanswered Questions:

Does this Ethan make sense of the first three movies?
Does this film improve the franchise’s record with women, or not?
Why is Tom Wilkinson uncredited?

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32: Knight And Day

Épisode 32

jeudi 6 juin 2024 • Durée 01:22:13

This week, Cruise and Cameron are reunited in a chaotic, excessive, and surprisingly fun action-comedy, James Mangold’s Knight And Day. How many writers is too many? Is this an example of perfect casting? Can real-life beauty compensate for 2010-quality CGI?

Content warning: gun violence, peril, drugs, sexual assault

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Unanswered Questions:

Is there an edit which can make more sense of this film?
Could Knight And Day have launched a franchise?
What would be a better title?

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31: Valkyrie

Épisode 31

vendredi 31 mai 2024 • Durée 01:07:01

This week, a rare late-period swing at legitimacy by Cruise in Bryan Singer’s World War II drama Valkyrie. Did Cruise’s personal reputation doom this movie before it hit theatres? Does the film succeed despite Singer, or because of him? Who is the best British character actor out of the dozen or more in this ensemble?

Content warning: sexual assault, sexual assault of a minor, violence, suicide, death

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Unanswered Questions:

Should Cruise have attempted a British accent to better fit with the rest of the cast?
Are the changes to the documented history of the Valkyrie plot justified?
Does Carice van Houten the best sexual chemistry with Cruise?

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30: Tropic Thunder

Épisode 30

mercredi 22 mai 2024 • Durée 01:01:34

This week, let’s be controversial with Ben Stiller’s 2008 action-movie satire, Tropic Thunder! How do we talk about comedy? Is friction inherently interesting? Who can stick the landing on double-reverse satire?

Content warning: discussions of racism, ableism, antisemitism, hate speech, drug use, gun violence, military violence, gore, misogyny, profanity

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Unanswered Questions:

Which of the controversial elements of the film have aged the worst? Which have aged the best?
Is Stiller a convincing leading man?
Should Robert Downey Jr. have been nominated for the Academy Award?

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