Peter Sobczynski

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1 week ago | petersobczynski.substack.com | Peter Sobczynski

Like so many aspiring filmmakers before them, the fraternal New Zealander duo of Danny and Michael Philippou elected to make their feature debut with a low-budget horror film that would serve as a sort of calling card for their talents—in their case, a story about a group of teens who are able to conjure up spirits with the help of a mummified hand and one discovering too late that this was perhaps not the smartest of ideas.

2 weeks ago | petersobczynski.substack.com | Peter Sobczynski

At the conclusion of Mission: Impossible—Dead Reckoning Part One (2023), the seventh installment of the surprisingly durable film franchise inspired by the long-running 60s-era TV show, the seemingly indestructible super-agent Ethan Hunt was left in a heretofore unheard-of position of vulnerability that was not due exclusively to the fact that it was only the first half of a two-part narrative.

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