For Tom Cruise, Mission: Impossible is as much about moviemaking as it is about spectacle
From De Palma's series launcher on, Cruise has used the tales of Ethan Hunt to ponder the nature of cinema as performance, perception, and manipuation.
Unbreakable remains a high point for Shyamalan and Bruce Willis
The first of M. Night Shyamalan's Eastrail 117 trilogy frustrates with its approach to superhero comics as a medium but excels in its drama-and-thrillcraft.