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There's a new 'Climate Reality Check' test — these 3 Oscar-nominated features passed

Does climate change exist? And does a character know it? Barbie, Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One and Nyad met the criteria for a new challenge inspired by the famous Bechdel Test.

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Star Wars: The Acolyte's official release date has leaked, and its Disney Plus debut may not be far off

The release date for 2024's first live-action Star Wars show has seemingly been revealed.

TechRadar

Aftersun to Past Lives: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

Paul Mescal stars in an utterly lovely, delicately heartbreaking portrait of a father-daughter relationship; while a wonderful, wistful romance grapples with first love

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Star Wars: The Acolyte: Disney Plus release date, trailer, cast, plot, and more

Here's everything we know about The Acolyte, the next Star Wars show that'll debut on Disney Plus.

TechRadar

‘It’s exactly as they’d have done it in the 1910s’: how Barbenheimer is leading the anti-CGI backlash

Old-school practical effects date back to the silent era and are created with artistry and care. Is the novelty of CGI green-screen action wearing off in favour of craft models?

The Guardian - UK

Tom Cruise’s Latest Blockbuster Fails To Match The Excitement Of Its Predecessor

Tom Cruise's Mission: Impossible falls short of previous film's high bar.

Zenger

Latest Mission: Impossible shows the ‘silent Asian’ stereotype is alive and well

Pom Klementieff’s assassin Paris is largely mute throughout the latest instalment of the franchise, flying in the face of the recent forward-thinking use of Asian actors in Hollywood

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The week in TV: Love Island; The Traitors: Australia; Celebrity Save Our Sperm; Heat – review

Passion, likable contestants and more diversity have rejuvenated the original bronzed beauty; The Traitors shows no sign of franchise fatigue; and three celebrities show some real balls

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on film stunts: impossible missions have been undervalued for too long

Editorial: Tom Cruise’s eye-popping exploits should draw attention to a craft that upholds the magic of cinema

The Guardian - UK

‘He is taking it to the next level’: the expert verdict on Tom Cruise’s epic Mission: Impossible stunts

Amy Johnston, a stunt veteran of Suicide Squad, Deadpool and more, analyses the new blockbuster’s hair-raising action sequences – and praises the star’s commitment to realism

The Guardian - UK

Mission: Impossible takes flight at box office … before Barbie and Oppenheimer join the party

Early release for the latest Tom Cruise action film proves a shrewd move, amid talk of an eventful summer season

The Guardian - UK

Mission: Impossible 7 director originally wanted to digitally de-age Tom Cruise

‘We may still play with it. We never say never,’ said director Christopher McQuarrie

The Independent UK

Why Mission: Impossible is the best franchise in Hollywood

The latest installment in Tom Cruise’s death-defying action series is a reminder of how for over 25 years, the films have been uncommonly good

The Guardian - US

Dead Reckoning’s script is dismal – Mission: Impossible has officially jumped the shark

Tom Cruise’s action sequel has been showered with acclaim from critics and fans alike. Louis Chilton doesn’t understand the hype

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Chicago Sun-Times

In latest ‘Mission: Impossible,’ astonishing stunts surround a routine thriller plot

Tom Cruise shares the glory with a great ensemble of teammates and villains in a sequel sprinkled with humor and homages.

The Independent UK

‘We have to kill off the whole team’: The inside story of how Tom Cruise and Brian de Palma made Mission: Impossible

As the new ‘Mission: Impossible’ film ‘Dead Reckoning’ prepares to hit cinemas, Geoffrey Macnab looks back at how Tom Cruise and a run of celebrated directors transformed a Sixties TV series into a blockbuster franchise

Evening Standard

Tom Cruise death-defying stunt left Mission: Impossible crew in ‘absolute terror’

Tom Cruise left the crew of Mission Impossible in “absolute terror” as he filmed a death-defying stunt for the latest instalment of the franchise, Dead Reckoning Part One.

The Guardian - UK

The 25 best stunts in cinema – ranked!

In the forthcoming Mission: Impossible film, Tom Cruise drives a motorbike off a cliff and wrecks a 70-tonne train. But how does such derring-do compare with cinema’s most hair-raising escapades?

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Daily Mirror

Call The Midwife cast fume as Tom Cruise halts filming daily with his noisy helicopter

Tom Cruise and Matt Damon are sharing Longcross Studios in Surrey with the BBC cast while filming Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning, but have caused quite the stir with their choice of transport to work

Total Film

The best new TV shows coming your way in 2024

Don't miss out on the best new TV shows coming soon

The Guardian - UK

‘Their T-shirts are too white!’: what real chefs think about The Bear and other onscreen restaurants

Tom Kerridge, Max Halley and Erchen Chang have seen a lot of service. Who better to judge the accuracy of kitchens in film and TV, from Ratatouille to Stanley Tucci in Big Night?

Daily Mirror

When does Paramount Plus launch in UK, how much does it cost and what's on it?

Paramount+ has been one of the main subscription services in the USA for years now. It is about to finally launch in the UK, bringing with it some of the biggest shows in recent years

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