Your mission, should you choose to accept it: Bilge Ebiri—the man, the myth, the legend—joins us to bookend our discussion of all things Mission: Impossible from a couple of summers ago, on the occasion of the final (?) film of a nearly 30 year franchise.
We get into: the perils of Cruise-dom, building an extension on a plane you’ve already built, Luther!, missing Rebecca Ferguson, decompression chambers & gel manicures, Benji Impossible, no closure, loving these movies, and more.
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Relevant reading:
Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning Is a Huge Mess. But It’s a Fun Mess. – Bilge Ebiri, New York Magazine
How YouTube and Internet Journalism Destroyed Tom Cruise, Our Last Real Movie Star – Amy Nicholson, LA Weekly
Where Does Tom Cruise Go From Here? – Bilge Ebiri, Vulture
The Entity: On the Technologies of Late Cruisedom – Jadie Stillwell, Bright Wall/Dark Room
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