The nadir of the franchise, but perhaps the apex of Ethan Hunt's haircuts.

It is hard to explain to kids these days exactly how widespread the millennial nümetal Mountain Dew-commercial style became. I loved this when it first came out, because I loved John Woo. Hooboy is he lacking subtlety. I also have a trivial personal connection to this film: my father was a rep for 5.10 climbing shoes, which meant that Tom and I wore the same Ascent model…

This movie makes me want to put on a suit and go to a jazz club and make out with my wife. It's aphrodisiac.

I'd heard about Wong Kar Wei's ability to create a romantic atmosphere and mood. I was aware of it academically before today, but to experience it is a whole other thing. You can stop this film at any frame and talk for 20 minutes about it. I just finished Chungking Express, an earlier film of his,…

This sounded a lot more interesting than it actually ended up being. I love Nicolas Cage as much as the next but his character was infuriating and it seemed like every time he was about to start being a good person he goes and screws it up. This leads to the movie being significantly longer than it should be and it really starts to drag at the end. Funnily enough we just started watching Dark Matter on Apple TV because…