Cruises

Tom Cruise is famous for doing death-defying stunts on his own, as we saw from his vertigo-inducing `off the cliff` scene in "M:I7". Braving stunts that could even lead to his death, the actor has managed to pull off incredible stunts, but he has suffered several injuries in the bargain, says `The Daily Telegraph`. Tom Cruise, who`s 61 but fitter than most men half his age, is not 100 per cent indestructible, after all. Here`s a roster of the injuries he suffered during the filming of "M:I7": Torn shoulder while…

Tom Cruise’s new film Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One is stuffed with spectacular stunts, but one in particular has grabbed the world’s attention: riding a motorbike off the top of a 1,240 metre-high crag, plummeting down its vertical, semi-cylindrical face, and opening his parachute, base-jump style, just before he hits the ground.Cruise says its “far and away the most dangerous thing ever attempted”, and in a video released by the film-makers, revealed he had trained for the stunt by making more than 500…

Tom Cruise enjoys a huge fan following in India. The day one collection of his new film ‘Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One’ is proof of this fact. As per reports, the seventh part of the action-packed drama minted over Rs 12 crore in all languages in India on the opening day. Christopher McQuarrie has directed the spy action film, which also stars Hayley Atwell. The film follows a 60-something Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his IMF team as they work to take down a mysterious, all-powerful…

America is back and puking on cruise ships again! According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the number of cruise ship outbreaks reported this year is already higher than it has been in about a decade. So far, all of these outbreaks have been caused by norovirus, a very unpleasant, though usually self-limiting, stomach bug.Won’t Virtual Reality Make Me Sick?The CDC’s Vessel Sanitation Program says there have been 13 recorded outbreaks of gastrointestinal illness aboard cruise ships under U.S.…

With the latest installment of the Mission: Impossible franchise set to be released later this month, everyone is assuming it will be a box office hit. And, part of that expectation is thanks to its superstar leading man, Tom Cruise. Although his off-screen life and behavior isn’t exactly free from controversy, there’s no doubting he’s a consumate professional and has the sort of star quality that others would die for. Aside from his notorious compulsion to do his own stunts, Cruise is simply brilliant at what he does,…

Tom Cruise has once again pushed the boundaries of daring stunts in the upcoming seventh installment of the Mission: Impossible franchise, Dead Reckoning Part One. British-American actress Hayley Atwell poses for a photo during a red carpet event for the film 'Mission Impossible � Dead Reckoning Part One' in Seoul on June 29, 2023. (Photo by JUNG YEON-JE / AFP)(AFP) With the film set to hit cinemas next week, audiences are in for a jaw-dropping experience as Cruise takes on his most audacious stunt to…

Anyone remember those strange days, way back in the distant pre-Covid era, when the death of cinema seemed to be imminent and even Tom Cruise couldn’t sell out multiplexes? So clouded was the Top Gun star’s future in 2010 that it seemed likely he might fade into oblivion while still in his late 40s. There was even talk that Cruise had slipped off the late Paramount chair Sumner Redstone’s Christmas Card list due to his weird sofa-jumping antics and continuing advocacy of Scientology.Fast forward to 2023 and thanks to a…

Ethan Hunt has aged pretty well.Image: ParamountYour mission, should you choose to accept it, is consider yet another ranking of Mission: Impossible films.With the five-year gap between Fallout, the franchise’s sixth entry, and this month’s seventh entry, Dead Reckoning Part One, many fans have had plenty of time to revisit the entire trilogy, which at this point has spawned almost three decades. Can you believe that? A child born when the first Mission: Impossible came out in 1996 is already a fully fledged adult.And…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeMargot Robbie and Greta Gerwig have not only joined in on the viral Barbenheimer trend, but they have accepted Tom Cruise’s mission in taking it two steps further.“Barbenheimer” is a new term popularised by eager fans who are preparing to see Barbie and Oppenheimer back-to-back in cinemas on their mutual release date of 21 July.Although, why stop at just two? On Friday (30 June),…

Tom Cruise is all set to mark his return as Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One, and if initial reviews are to be believed, the action thriller has already garnered strong positive reactions. Now during the promotional rounds for the film, co-star Pom Klementieff shared how Tom would refuse to kick her in the stomach for real while they were filming a fight scene. (Also read: Tom Cruise says he can do a better Mission: Impossible and Top Gun: Maverick) Tom Cruise refused to kick co-star Pom…