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Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One

By Adam Woodward

Tom Cruise and co gear up for another high-stakes mission, but it’s diminishing returns amid all the ambitious action.

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Tom Cruise: Hollywood’s last leading man

By Susan Akyeampong

A certain image of masculinity perpetuated by Tom Cruise is on the decline in Hollywood – but that isn't necessarily a bad thing.

Top Gun: Maverick

By Jake Cunningham

Tom Cruise smashes the sound barrier once again in this thrilling belated sequel to the beloved ’80s classic.

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Claire Denis and David Cronenberg headline the 2022 Cannes Film Festival

By David Jenkins

This year’s stacked line-up also includes new work Kelly Reichardt, Ruben Ostlünd and Park Chan-wook – but no David Lynch.

A new Top Gun: Maverick trailer breaks through the sound barrier

By Charles Bramesco

Fighter jets, egos, legacies – they’re all up in the air in the next-gen sequel to the military action classic.

David Squires on… Tom Cruise’s curry odyssey

By Adam Woodward

TC takes a well-earned break from filming the latest Mission: Impossible film to indulge his love of Indian food.

Magnolia at 20 – In praise of PTA’s cathartic masterpiece

By Emily Cashen

Two decades on from its UK release, this sprawling epic still has much to teach us about the joys of letting go.

Re-enter the danger zone with the first Top Gun: Maverick trailer

By Charles Bramesco

Tom Cruise returns as the fighter pilot par excellence in Joseph Kosinski’s high-octane sequel.

Eyes Wide Shut is returning to cinemas for its 20th anniversary

By Adam Woodward

The re-release of Stanley Kubrick’s final masterpiece will be accompanied by a new documentary short.

The 30 best films of 2018

By Little White Lies

Our annual countdown of the movies that made the biggest impression on us this year, from Hereditary to The House That Jack Built.

Mission: Impossible – Fallout

By Adam Woodward

Tom Cruise and Christopher McQuarrie combine for one of the most purely entertaining action movies of the new century.

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Tarantino’s ninth feature will be set in the summer of ’69

By Hannah Strong

It’s back to LA for QT as the writer/director’s next project begins to take shape.

American Made

By Victoria Luxford

Tom Cruise gets a lot more than he bargained for in this madcap ’80s adventure.

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How The Mummy set the tone for the modern horror blockbuster

By Danilo Castro

Stephen Sommers’ 1999 film offers the perfect blend of scares, thrills and high camp.

The Mummy

By David Jenkins

The twinkling insta-charm of Tom Cruise can’t save this mangled mutt of a movie epic.

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Watch Tom Cruise get funny in the trailer for American Made

By Little White Lies

Doug Liman’s latest plays the slick, sliver-tongued chancer story for laughs.

The Mummy returns. Again. Watch the first official trailer

By Tom Williams

Tom Cruise stars in the upcoming reboot, which sees a modernisation of the previous trilogy.

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