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What a fun time it was watching 'Mission Impossible: Fallout', the 6th installment of the very popular and profitable Paramount Studios franchise based on the 1960's television series. It stars Tom Cruise once again as Ethan Hunt with Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames, and Alec Baldwin back in their roles from previous MI films. This is the epitome of a summer movie. Multiple car chases through exotic locations, a brutally exciting bathroom fight scene (brilliantly choreographed), and a 'take your breath away' helicopter chase sequence. All of this supports the continuation of Ethan and the crew's involvement with tracking down The Syndicate and its new followers appropriately named The Apostles who are hell bent on wreaking nuclear havoc upon the world. The real stars of this movie, however, are the Director, Christopher McQuarrie (who also directed the previous MI film Rogue Nation which began this story arc as well as previous writing responsibilities for The Usual Suspects, Edge of Tomorrow amongst others), and Editor Eddie Hamilton (Rogue Nation, Kingsmen: Golden Circle, Kick Ass, Kick Ass 2 and others). Together, McQuarrie and Hamilton deliver a rapid-fire, edge-of-your-seat roller coaster ride that is an absolute joy to watch. Cruise, who produced the film and did many of his own stunts, once again shines as a bonafide action movie hero. So your mission-which you should definitely choose to accept-is to buy a ticket, get some popcorn, and sit back and be prepared for an exhilarating viewing experience.

As a child, I only watched Mr. Roger's Neighborhood sporadically...enjoyed it, but wasn't a hard core viewer. What a mistake. After seeing the wonderful documentary 'Won't You Be My Neighbor' today, I wish I had viewed his show exclusively. The documentary is a beautiful tribute to a man who devoted his life to children's education via the television medium. However, it's more than that. Through interviews with his wife, cast members, co-workers, and others, a portrait of a GOOD man emerges. A man who preached love and the belief that everyone is special because you are you. Whether you watched him as a child, or just knew a little about him, do yourself a favor a go see this movie, and be prepared to be moved and challenged to be a better person.

'Diane', a character-driven study of a woman coming to grips with her past life choices, aging, loss of friends and family, and most importantly, her ongoing struggle to relate to her drug-addicted son, ws featured at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival. Mary Kay Place (remember her from the TV series 'Mary Hartman Mary Hartman', or movies 'Being John Malkovich' and 'The Big Chill'?), is quite good as the title character and is in virtually every seen of the movie, which, according to director Kent Jones in a post-viewing Q&A, was filmed in 20 days and has won Best Narrative at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival. Diane spends the movie always reaching out to others with a helping hand but just cannot seem to grasp the idea that she needs, via those that she helps, to focus inward at times and be at peace with herself and her choices. It is a very interesting movie with several great performances, but at times leaves the viewer scratching their head about timeline, certain images, and seemingly non-congruent scenes, but overall a very good study of a flawed human. By the way...the name Diane is derived from Diana, goddess of the hunt, childbirth, and the forest-very appropriate for the movie's character.