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Watch Fearless, Possibly Crazy Tom Cruise Scale World’s Tallest Building for Mission Impossible 4

How hardcore is Tom Cruise ? So hardcore that he actually scaled the tallest structure in the world — Dubai’s Burj Khalifa, which stands at just over a half-mile high — for a perilous, stomach-churning action sequence in the upcoming Brad Bird-directed Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol . Video proof of the superstar’s stunt hardcore-ness ahead.

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Watch Fearless, Possibly Crazy Tom Cruise Scale World’s Tallest Building for Mission Impossible 4

In Honor of Anonymous, 5 Reimaginings of Shakespearean Classics with Today’s Auteurs

This week’s new feature Anonymous is alluring for two reasons: It explores the possibility that Shakespeare didn’t write his masterworks, and it looks unintentionally hilarious. If I could dress up for Halloween as Vanessa Redgrave’s line-reading of “None of your plays will ever carry your name,” I would. In tribute to this dubious drama, let’s explore what the Bard’s plays would sound like if they were written or retooled by current auteurs. Ready for Why Did I Get Jealous Too ?

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In Honor of Anonymous, 5 Reimaginings of Shakespearean Classics with Today’s Auteurs

REVIEW: Timberlake and Seyfried Make Glamorous Time Bandits in Sleek, Thoughtful In Time

Not even the most enormous movie marketing budget in the world could buy the perfect timing of Andrew Niccol’s In Time , an allegory about the disparity between the rich and the poor in this country that’s so confident it barely even bothers to masquerade as a thriller even though, supposedly, that’s the way to sell tickets. So what if the characters occasionally spout Marxist pamphleteering dialogue like “The truth is, there’s more than enough”? In Time has so much style and energy that it comes across as an act of boldness rather than just a liberal-minded tract, though of course, it’s that too. If there were ever a movie made for the 99 percent, this is it.

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REVIEW: Timberlake and Seyfried Make Glamorous Time Bandits in Sleek, Thoughtful In Time