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Tom Cruise

Impossible Tom Cruise stunts, teen life in Eighth Grade and real journalism in Shock & Awe

Plus class and race issues in Blindspotting, three good ones at the VanCity, and, for the kids, Teen Titans playing around with the movies

The Mummy with Tom Cruise, pure hokum; try Megan Leavey or Churchill instead

Or maybe It Comes at Night or My Cousin Rachel. They have their supporters.

New action with Tom Cruise, our Academy Awards hopeful and the return of a classic

And much more: two glimpses inside North Korea, a cool Canadian film, a cameraperson’s scrapbook and Ewan McGregor’s shaky debut as a director

Mission Impossible – Rogue Nation, Vacation, and a historic debate

Reviews of the latest Mission Impossible, Vacation, Best of Enemies, Tangerine, Madame Bovary and Eden

Rock of Ages, That's My Boy, The Artist is Present, Foreverland and more films reviewed

Tom Cruise is the scene stealer in the film version of the Broadway’s Rock of Ages.

How Scientologists celebrate the holidays

Scientologists celebrate the holidays, too.

Christmas movies: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Sherlock Holmes 2, Mission Impossible 4 and Young Adult

Gary Oldman is the new George Smiley, the spy fiction favorite from John Le Carre’s Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.

Brad Pitt back pedals on Jen Aniston marriage diss

Brad Pitt tried to smooth over his comments about his marriage to Jennifer Aniston in the upcoming Parade Magazine. During a recent interview, he let slip these comments: "It became very...