Tag Archives: Christopher McQuarrie

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One review — Cruise in control, for the most part

July 13, 2023 flawintheiris

Directed by Christopher McQuarrie | Written by McQuarrie and Erik Jendresen, adapted from the TV series by Bruce Gellar | 163 min | ▲▲▲▲△ There's a reason the Mission: Impossible franchise is considered the peak of Hollywood's action mountain, a status it's held for more than 25 years. The first four movies were each stylistically… Read More

Top Gun: Maverick review — A vertiginous victory, just

May 28, 2022 flawintheiris

Directed by Joseph Kosinski | Written by Peter Craig, Justin Marks, Ehren Kruger, Eric Warren Singer, and Christopher McQuarrie | 131 min | ▲▲▲△△ If you remove the Mission: Impossible series from the equation, Tom Cruise has never made a sequel to any of his hit movies. Given his 40+ years in the Hollywood spotlight… Read More

Mission: Impossible – Fallout review — Spy actioner goes from strength to strength

July 30, 2018 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Christopher McQuarrie | 146 min The Mission: Impossible franchise has proven surprisingly hardy. This is the sixth entry, going back to Brian DePalma's 1996 movie, the first cinematic adaptation of the Bruce Gellar's TV series, turning 1960s spycraft into a pre-millennial Tom Cruise action picture. Until this one, each subsequent entry… Read More

Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation review — Spy thriller franchise hits a high point

July 31, 2015 flawintheiris

Written and directed by Christopher McQuarrie, from a story by McQuarrie and Drew Pearce, based on the TV series created by Bruce Gellar | Prime Video We get 19 years, and the fifth entry is the best so far? How is that even possible?!! But it is. I give it a slight edge over the… Read More

Edge of Tomorrow review

June 6, 2014 flawintheiris

Directed by Doug Liman | Written by Christopher McQuarrie, and Jez and John-Henry Butterworth, adapting Hiroshi Sakurazaka's novel All You Need Is Kill. Things I've learned about the source material for Edge of Tomorrow since I experienced — no, was assaulted by — the film last night at the Bayer's Lake IMAX: Author Sakurazaka named… Read More

The Wolverine review

July 30, 2013 flawintheiris

Directed by James MangoldWritten by Mark Bomback and Scott Frank (and Christopher McQuarrie worked on early drafts)Well, it'll surprise no Marvel Comics fan that The Wolverine doesn't come close to being as good as its source, the four issue Wolverine miniseries from the early 1980s it's based on, the one written by Chris Claremont and… Read More

Jack Reacher review

January 21, 2013 flawintheiris

Directed and written by Christopher McQuarrie, adapting the Lee Child book, One Shot.A sad coincidence, I suppose, that I'm writing about Jack Reacher today, and earlier I heard of the death of Michael Winner, a British director who was responsible for a number of thrillers and action movies of the 1970s, movies Jack Reacher is directly… Read More