“Mission Impossible – Fallout (2018)” Review
My mission, if I chose to undertake it, was to watch all 5 previous MI films so I could watch this one with @joenicholls, thank to my compulsive completism which […]
Author: Simon Wood
“Mission Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015)” Review
As well as a record number of familiar faces (Renner joins Pegg and Rhames in returning) and with exactly the same situation as Ghost Protocol (i.e. the Impossible Monetary Fund gets […]
“Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011)” Review
This opens well – not just with the beautiful aerial shots of Budapest but with a ridiculously enjoyable prison break, with an exasperated Simon Pegg watching Cruise emerge from the […]
“Mission Impossible III (2006)” Review
I’m not a dedicated Trekkie or Star Wars fan and I hadn’t actually seen anything directed by J J Abrams but, on the strength of Mission: Impossible III I can […]
“Mission Impossible II (2000)” Review
Tom Cruise is basically playing a different, more watchable Ethan Hunt in this. We get a little insight into what makes him tick in the breathtaking under-the-titles ‘holiday’ sequence. Gone […]
“Mission Impossible (1996)” Review
Owing to my obsessive completism I cannot watch the latest Mission Impossible film, which is getting some good reports, without seeing the previous… [looks up IMDB] … five (already?) films, […]
“Toy Trap” Lost Episode Review
Never mind the plot, the delight here is the domesticity. Dr Keel is fixing his doorbell. And he cooks for Steed, although Steed seems to be rather desperate to persuade […]
“Double Danger” Lost Episode Review
Breaking a man out of prison, a couple of goons are ambushed. They are frightened enough of their boss to fear telling him of their failure, and consider running away. […]
“The Yellow Needle” Lost Episode Review
When an assassination attempt is made on an African head of state (the Prime Minister of ‘Tenebra’) we might expect Steed to be on security duty. In fact, the connection […]
“The Springers” Lost Episode Review
Note: as mentioned, I’ve been delving into my drafts folder; first up are some Lost Episodes of The Avengers as produced on audio by Big Finish. This one is from the third […]
“Tunnel of Fear” Review
It’s over three years since I watched every episode in existence of The Avengers. Yet tonight I’ve been able to watch an episode of The Avengers that I’ve never seen before.
28 More Films
After the autumnal equinox, I decided to use the winter to watch to watch 25 new (to me) films. The aim was to do so before the vernal equinox, when […]