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Tag: Tom Cruise

Boulder Weekly, Reviews

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – THE FINAL RECKONING

May 22, 2025June 6, 2025 Michael J. Casey

For the past 30 years, Ethan Hunt has had a choice. “Your mission, if you choose to accept.” And he accepts; he always does. But what if Hunt never had a choice to start with? I guess the choice: “Yes … Continue reading MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – THE FINAL RECKONING

Boulder Weekly, Reviews

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE — DEAD RECKONING PART ONE

July 6, 2023August 3, 2023 Michael J. Casey

For 30 years, Ethan Hunt has been living in an augmented reality. Everywhere he turns are deceptions, lies, trickery, false narratives, and people who are not who they say they are. It’s all in a day’s work for Mr. Hunt, … Continue reading MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE — DEAD RECKONING PART ONE

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EDGE OF TOMORROW

June 15, 2014December 1, 2021 Michael J. Casey

Major Cage (Tom Cruise) is a bit of a weasel. The aliens have landed on Earth and started a hopeless war, and Cage hasn’t lifted a finger to do anything about it. He is the PR man for the United … Continue reading EDGE OF TOMORROW

In Their Words

In Their Words — Saturday, July 13, 2013

July 13, 2013December 9, 2021 Michael J. Casey

I’m proudest of the fact that I’ve been able to make a few movies in the studio system that are slightly unorthodox and personal. But it’s never quite as easy as you dream that it could be. —Cameron Crowe Continue reading In Their Words — Saturday, July 13, 2013

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OBLIVION

April 20, 2013December 14, 2021 Michael J. Casey

What does it mean to bear witness? Is it simply to record an event, to interpret an occurrence, to prove that someone or something existed? Philosophers have speculated that the sole purpose of mankind’s existence is to bear witness to … Continue reading OBLIVION

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