Mission: Impossible - Fallout is the sixth MI movie starring Tom Cruise since 1996 (the year we were married!). If you’ve never seen the original 1966 TV series, the 1988 reboot, or any of the previous movies, you might need to know how this all works. Mission: Impossible operatives are given a mission and an option to accept it. During each mission, there is at least one … [Read more...]
At the Movies | Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
The $5 billion Jurassic Park franchise about a theme park featuring cloned dinosaurs originated in the late 1980s when author Michael Crichton began writing first the screenplay and later the book. The rights to the novel were purchased by Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment before the book was even published. The first two films were based on Crichton’s novels, were … [Read more...]
At the Movies: Ocean’s 8 – A Conversation with Aaron & Elaine Vail
Based on the Rat Pack film from 1960, the Ocean’s franchise began in 2001 with George Clooney, Matt Damon and Brad Pitt as the stars of the heist trilogy. On June 5 this year, exactly 11 years after the release of Ocean’s Thirteen, the all-female cast spinoff directed by Gary Ross, Ocean’s 8, hit the theaters. The powerhouse cast includes Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne … [Read more...]
At the Movies: A Quiet Place
Aaron and I had planned to see and review Ready Player One since he provided a book review for that title a couple of months ago, but we missed it. So, we went to see the highly-recommended A Quiet Place instead. Directed by the lead actor, John Krasinski, this movie begins about three months after the invasion/phenomenon/infection/event (we don’t know!) that caused the … [Read more...]