Another year has come and gone. 2011 is drawing to a close and bring, as expected, a new year filled with mystery and adventure. In the meantime, I thought I would join the internet crowd of retrospectives and run a few posts summing up the past twelve months of film in as interesting terms as possible. We’ll start with my personal favorites of the year before, in future articles, running through this year’s box office hits, flops, and interesting tidbits. Hopefully some of this will inspire a little discussion as to what your own favorites/least favorites were, and at the very least it will remind us how much damn money the film industry brings in. Continue Reading
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
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Directed By: Brad Bird
Written By: André Nemec and Josh Appelbaum
Produced By: Tom Cruise, JJ Abrams, Bryan Burk
Starring: Tom Cruise, Simon Pegg, Jeremy Renner, Paula Patton
Edited By: Paul Hirsch
Music By: Michael Giacchino
Distributed By: Paramount Pictures
Budget: $145 million
Runtime: 132 minutes
Rating: 8.5/10
The best in the series? Arguably so, depending on what qualifications you are using. It’s certainly the most extreme, action-packed heavy-loaded installment in the series to date, which makes it incredibly fun and entertaining to watch. If you like the Mission Impossible series then you know what to expect from them, and Ghost Protocol delivers on everything to the highest level possible. If you’ve never seen an MI film, I’d say this is as good a place to start unless you are going to start with the original. The cool thing about franchises like this, though, is that order doesn’t matter. Each film is standalone which makes them individually fun while at the same time encouraging your desire for sequels.
Warning – this review contains low-level spoilers for the film. Continue Reading
