Tag: Christopher McQuarrie

Tom Cruise Reflects on Original ‘Mission: Impossible’ Film 25 Years Later

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of first Mission: Impossible film, Tom Cruise took a break from filming the franchise’s latest installment (the seventh) with director/screenwriter Christopher McQuarrie for a series of video interviews to look back on his path from actor to producer, why he chose Mission: Impossible as the first film he wanted to produce, his memories of working with director Brian De Palma, and more. Based on the classic 1960s TV series, Mission: Impossible was originally released May 22, 1996. A newly remastered 25th anniversary collector’s edition Blu-ray was released May 18 from Paramount Home Entertainment.

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LG Touts Filmmaker Mode at CES

LG Electronics touted support for the UHD Alliance’s Filmmaker Mode Jan. 6 at CES with video testimonials by directors Chris Nolan and Christopher McQuarrie hailing the feature that brings the home viewing experience closer to the filmmakers’ intention.

“We’re proud to be among the first to embrace the UHD Alliance’s new Filmmaker Mode,” said Tim Alessi, senior director of product marketing at LG Electronics.

Current TVs use advanced video processing capabilities to offer consumers a broad range of options in viewing various types of content, ranging from sports to video games. Filmmaker Mode allows viewers to enjoy a more cinematic experience on their UHD TVs when watching movies by disabling all post-processing (e.g. motion smoothing, etc.) so the movie or television show is displayed as it was intended by the filmmaker, preserving the correct aspect ratios, colors and frame rates.

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LG also showed a 65-inch, 20mm thick TV; its rollup OLED TV, which Alessi said would be introduced this year; and support for DolbyVision IQ.

In addition, the electronics company touted Nvidia G-Sync-compatible TVs that can play games in 4K with up to 120 Hz. Alessi noted that game playing capability on TVs is increasingly important to consumers.

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