In this episode, Mark Kermode and Jack Howard are back to rank the eight Mission: Impossible films in order of preference, and talk about everything from Tom's tumbles to theme tunes.

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

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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

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In this edition of Kermode on Film, Mark Kermode talks to legendary actor Brian Cox about his career, from Manhunter and the controversial L.I.E., all the way through to the final season of Succession.

This is part two of the Mark Kermode Live in 3D show, recorded live at the BFI Southbank in April 2023.

Films mentioned in this episode:

Succession

Manhunter

The Silence of the Lambs

L.I.E.

Woman of the Year

Bringing Up Baby

People mentioned in this episode:

Jesse Armstrong

Katherine Hepburn

Spencer Tracy

Cary Grant

Howard Hawks

Anthony Hopkins

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The opening title sequence of Kermode on Film uses quotes from:

• Mary Poppins, directed by Robert Stevenson and distributed by Walt Disney Motion Pictures – quote featuring Julie Andrews.
• Nope, written, directed and produced by Jordan Peele, and distributed by Universal Studios – quote featuring Keke Palmer.
• Withnail & I, written and directed by Bruce Robinson, and distributed by HandMade Films – quote featuring Richard E Grant.
• The Exorcist, written by William Peter Blatty and directed by William Friedkin, distributed by Warner Brothers – quote featuring Ellen Burstyn and Linda Blair.

We love these films. We urge you to seek them out, and watch them, again and again.

They are masterpieces!

Kermode on Film is an HLA Agency production

This episode was edited by Alex Archbold Jones

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