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Cannes Film Festival: Highlights From Week 1

This year's Cannes film festival has all the usual glitz and glamour but is also heavy on politics.

International Business Times

Mission: Impossible became a Tom Cruise vanity project – their demise could save him

IN FOCUS: Since 1996, the actor has used the long-running franchise as a vessel for the kind of star image he wants to project at any given time: bad boy, devoted husband, daredevil, mysterious saviour of the world. As the series reaches its possible conclusion, Adam White ponders who Cruise…

The Independent UK

Mission: Impossible ranked – All eight Tom Cruise blockbusters, from worst to best

THE COUNTDOWN: As the perpetually building-climbing Ethan Hunt faces ‘The Final Reckoning’, Adam White and Louis Chilton rank all eight of the Mission movies (so far?) – from the one with Philip Seymour Hoffman to the one with all the slow-motion doves

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The Guide #191: After three decades, Tom Cruise is done with Mission: Impossible – so what’s next?

In this week’s newsletter: In retiring his messianic action hero schtick, a return to challenging, messy roles could lead to a late-era flowering of his career

The Guardian - UK

Ana de Armas playfully breaks her silence on Tom Cruise amid romance rumours

The Knives Out star, 37, and Mission Impossible actor, 62, were caught attending David Beckham’s birthday party together earlier this month

Evening Standard

Tom Cruise is working on "numerous other films," but confirms Top Gun: Maverick sequel is still happening

"It took me 35 years to figure out Top Gun: Maverick"

Total Film

Tom Cruise: It takes decades to prepare for Mission: Impossible stunts

The actor was speaking at the global premiere of Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning in London.

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Tom Cruise climbs on planes as he hits red carpet at Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning London premiere

The film marks the eighth, and possibly final, instalment of the action spy franchise, with other stars of the film expected on the red carpet

Evening Standard

'Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning' Review: Tom Cruise Delivers The Best And Worst Of The Franchise

The eighth and final movie of the 'Mission: Impossible' franchise is a movie of two halves, representing the highest and lowest points of the series.

Inverse

Tom Cruise returns to Cannes with Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning

Three years after soaring into Cannes with Top Gun: Maverick, Tom Cruise returned to the Croisette on Wednesday for the premiere of Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning.

Euronews

Tom Cruise gives positive update on Top Gun: Maverick sequel

Tom Cruise and the 'Top Gun: Maverick' creative team are "thinking and talking about many different stories" for the upcoming sequel.

BANG Premier

Tom Cruise returns to Cannes with Mission Impossible finale

The eighth – and perhaps last – iteration of the Mission: Impossible film franchise made its big premiere on the first day of the Cannes film festival Wednesday, with producer and star Tom Cruise taking to the red carpet alongside fellow cast members.

Radio France Internationale

Tom Cruise and Mission: Impossible cast members break red carpet rule at Cannes premiere

The rule was introduced in 2018 to protect the ‘quality’ of the red carpet and film festival as a whole

The Independent UK

‘Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning’ review: Ethan Hunt’s final run is a thrilling, nostalgic ride

See Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning on the biggest screen possible. You won't regret it.

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Total Film

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning review: "Wraps up this spy franchise in spectacular style with Tom Cruise in peak condition, even if its villain lacks terror"

The Independent UK

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning is a massive Tom Cruise ego trip, and I absolutely adored it

4/5 This (potentially final) entry in the long-running franchise is inherently absurd, but who cares?

Evening Standard

Tom Cruise joins Mission: Impossible cast selfie on Cannes red carpet

The picture, taken by director Christopher McQuarrie, also featured Angela Bassett and Hannah Waddingham.

The Guardian - UK

‘We couldn’t tell if he was conscious’: Tom Cruise got stuck on top of biplane shooting Mission: Impossible sequel

The star, who at 62 performed his own stunts for the forthcoming Final Reckoning, tells Cannes press conference ‘I don’t mind encountering the unknown’

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Evening Standard

Cannes controversies: now critics protest about lack of access to stars

Jo-Ann Titmarsh reports from Cannes on the controversies that have hit this year’s film festival, which now sees film critics protesting, as well as De Niro speaking out against Trump and jury president Juliette Binoche having her say on Gérard Depardieu

Evening Standard

Hannah Waddingham joins Tom Cruise at Mission: Impossible photocall in Cannes

Cruise, 62, sported Top Gun-style sunglasses during the event.

BANG Premier

Christopher McQuarrie 'absolutely feels relief' about completing Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning stunts

With the movie including death-defying aerial and water stunts, 'Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning' director Christopher McQuarrie "absolutely feels relief" that no one suffered any major injuries during production.

International Business Times

Cruise Unleashes 'Mission: Impossible' Juggernaut At Cannes

Tom Cruise's "Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning" powers into the Cannes film festival for its premiere on Wednesday on a steamroller of hype.

Total Film

After studying them for 40 years, Tom Cruise says Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning features an underwater scene "unlike any other"

"We have always tried to push our filmmaking to the next level"

BANG Premier

Simon Pegg teases bold Tom Cruise stunts in Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

As the recent trailer reveals Tom Cruise will be hanging off the side of a plane in 'Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning', Simon Pegg has teased his co-star's stunts are "just beggar belief".

Evening Standard

Tom Cruise hangs off moving planes in new Mission: Impossible trailer

The American actor returns to play the highly-skilled spy agent, Ethan Hunt, where he declares: ‘I need you to trust me, one last time.’

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