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Mark & Jack – Mission: Impossible Part 1
Season 2, Ep. 235
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In this episode, Mark Kermode and Jack Howard rank the eight Mission: Impossible films in order of preference, and talk about everything from Tom's tumbles to theme tunes. Part two of their conversation is uploaded next week.
Films and people mentioned in the two episodes are:
Mission: Impossible (1996)
Mission: Impossible 2 (2000)
Mission: Impossible III (2006)
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011)
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015)
Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018)
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (2025)
Limp Bizkit
Lalo Schiffrin
Mike Oldfield
Nick Hornby
John Wu
Secrets of Cinema
Kim Newman
Nick Jones
Wallace & Gromit
Oceans 11
Brian de Palma
JJ Abrams
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Tom Cruise – action movie Jesus
Eddie Hamilton
Simon Pegg
Doctor Who
Michael Bay
Ben Bailey Smith
Chris McQuarry
Brad Bird
The Incredibles
Indiana Jones
Dark Knight Rises
Michael Giacchino
Paddington
Jurassic Park – Lost World
Joe Kramer
Lorne Balfe
Han Zimmer
Sean Harris
Turandot
Nessun Dorma
Simon Mayo
Alex Baldwin
Stanley Kubrick
Punch Drunk Love
Henry Cavill
Stone Cold
Brian Bosworth
Terminator 2
No Time to Die
Ethan Hawke
Julie Delpy
Top Gun Maverick
Vanessa Kirby
Rebecca Ferguson
Hayley Atwell
James Bond
Face-Off
John Travolta
Nic Cage
Lea Seydoux
Paula Patton
Ana de Armas
Star Wars
John Boyega
Jon Voight
Vanessa Redgrave
Michelle Monaghan
True Detective
Dune
Buster Keaton
Thandiwe Newton
Sean Connery
Jason Bourne
Danny Boyle
Kermode on Film is an HLA Agency production
This episode was edited by Jack Howard
© HLA Agency
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