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...CARE AND TWEAKING OF SEQUELS. The givens of M:i:III are a theme (spy team saves world with gadgets and lifelike masks), a jazzy jingle (Lalo Schifrin's, from the 1960s TV series) and, crucially, a star--the star, Tom Cruise, as Mission stud Ethan Hunt. Problem is, Cruise's stature instantly torpedoes the notion of team spirit. The others push buttons and get in trouble; he rides motorcycles, runs the length of Shanghai and eats up all the screen time. Is there room for a collective hero in star vehicles? Discuss...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: M:i:III : Your Assignment | 5/7/2006 | See Source »

...Care and Tweaking of Sequels. The givens of M:i:III are a theme (spy team saves world with gadgets and lifelike masks), a jazzy jingle (Lalo Schifrin?s, from the 1960s TV series) and, crucially, a star?the star, Tom Cruise, as Mission stud Ethan Hunt. Problem is, Cruise?s stature instantly torpedoes the notion of team spirit. The others push buttons and get in trouble; he rides motorcycles, runs the length of Shanghai and eats up all the screen time. Is there room for a collective hero in star vehicles? Discuss...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Smart-Dumb Summer Blockbuster | 5/4/2006 | See Source »

...Action Film as Star Autobiography. Cruise, some people think, is crazy. Yeah, like a fox. He has tended his fame long enough to know how to work it into this otherwise impersonal epic. Here Ethan is engaged (to Michelle Monaghan, who has strong Katie Holmes vibes) and takes his domestic life as passionately and seriously as his career. He has had a painful microbomb implanted in his brain?that explains a lot about the star?s shenanigans this past year. And at the end, his team jumps up and down in evocation of Cruise?s stunt on Oprah. Is celebrity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Smart-Dumb Summer Blockbuster | 5/4/2006 | See Source »

...Wilson. Harvard then took the lead for good with a run in the fourth, this time courtesy of the bottom of its order. Junior catcher Andrew Casey moved sophomore Taylor Meehan to third with a double to left field. Meehan rushed home on a wild pitch from Brown starter Ethan Silverstein...

Author: By Julie R.S. Fogarty and Jonathan Lehman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: With Division Lead, Crimson Controls Fate | 4/25/2006 | See Source »

WHAT'S NEW Cruise's character Ethan Hunt gets a life beyond dodging explosions-and a girl (Michelle Monaghan). "This guy happens to be really good at what he does, but it's a prison," says Abrams. "This woman is a light and gives him a sense of hope." Providing the darkness is Hoffman, who sheds his Capote lisp for a really scary sneer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Run For Your Lives! The Blockbusters Are Coming! | 4/23/2006 | See Source »

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