Even though it may not have performed at quite the same monetary level, the ‘Mission: Impossible’ franchise pulled a ‘Fast and Furious’ this weekend by topping the charts and boosting its series to nearly-new heights.
Two new wide releases movies contend for your attendance this weekend. One is from a franchise we’ve come to trust, and the other from a franchise that hasn’t been worth watching in decades.
Few tones in all of filmmaking are more difficult to pull off than whimsy. One of the few directors who has managed to master that cutesy craft is Jean-Pierre Jeunet. (His ‘Amélie’ is the cinematic equivalent of a warm embrace.) U...
