Josh Spiegel

1 month ago | slashfilm.com | Josh Spiegel

Spoilers follow. One of the strange quirks of the nearly three-decade-old "Mission: Impossible" franchise of action films is that while the series is known for its amazing, jaw-dropping setpieces, the climaxes of these films aren't always the most notable part. "Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol," for example, has the incredibly tense sequence in which dedicated IMF Agent Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) scales the side of the tallest building in the world, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai ...

1 month ago | slashfilm.com | Josh Spiegel

Major spoilers follow. The "Mission: Impossible" franchise was, in its first few films, not a series focused too much on continuity. Each time a film was released, it wasn't just that there were few returning characters, but a different director brought with them a different stylistic palette and a different creative focus.

1 month ago | slashfilm.com | Josh Spiegel

Spoilers follow. The marketing campaign for "Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning" has not shied away from emphasizing the longevity of the eight-film franchise, along with a potential sense of ... well, finality.

1 month ago | crookedmarquee.com | Josh Spiegel

1955 was a banner year for the Walt Disney Company. Later this summer, even the theme-park-averse among us will be reminded that 2025 marks the 70th anniversary of Disneyland Park’s opening in Anaheim, California, establishing Disneyland as a quintessential part of the House of Mouse– in spite of the fact that a theme park didn’t exist in this form before Walt Disney and his Imagineers made it.

1 month ago | slashfilm.com | Josh Spiegel

Nearly 30 years after the release of the 1996 "Mission: Impossible" movie, most people assume the Brian De Palma film was a big success. There's the fact that it grossed over $450 million worldwide at the box office, in addition to earning solid reviews from critics. And any movie that spawns a franchise spanning four decades has to be special.