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Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

Impossibly the fourth in the franchise isn't a mission too far and proves itself a worthy edition. Ethan hunt is back, after breaking out of prison in Moscow with the help of the IMF he's brought up to speed and forced into a new mission to infiltrate the heart of Russia itself, the Kremlin. Mid mission things go sour and the operation is called off as Hunt still in disguise escapes the Kremlin behind him bursts into flames, the Russians view this as an act of war sending Hunt and his team on the run. Meeting with the secretary of defense in secret Hunt is informed that the whole IMF has been disbanded, Hunt is on his own and the orders are to take him in... Unless he chooses to accept a new mission. The president activates ghost protocol meaning the remnants of the IMF must on their own discover who's responsible for bombing the Kremlin, bring them to justice and at the same time prevent a nuclear holocaust sparking between Russia and America.  Tom Cruise is Ethan Hunt,

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Based on the book of the same name and the Swedish film adaptions, David Fincher hits audiences hard with his adaption of the dark and stylish crime thriller. Mikael Blomkvist is an established journalist and co-editor of the newspaper Millenium who after printing an issue on the illustrious Wennerstrom group he finds himself prosecuted at the wrong end of a law suit, his name and reputation badly damaged he decides to bow out of his publication and fade from the public eye. Lisbeth Salander is the top and low key researcher for Milton security who has to deal with her own fragile existence from a mysterious and dark childhood and who is asked to produce a report on the infamous journalist Mikael Blomkvist. Salander doesn't realize the mystery the report involves her in and the chilling case it leads her to. Henrik Vagner, an old business tycoon looks to the journalist to find the answer to an unsolvable crime that happened years before offering him a way out of his current predica

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

The boys are back and the game is afoot. The first film ended on the promise of Professor Moriarty as the next big case for Sherlock to foil and follow on it does as both Holmes and Watson are thrown back into chaos as the game begins. While Watson has plans for settling down with his new wife, Holmes confrontation with a new nemesis, alliance with a mysterious fortune teller and complicated relations with his brother Mycroft send events spiraling and forcing both men into Moriarty's game. The stakes are raised and it soon becomes apparent that Moriarty means business, not only threatening lives but threatening to break the barriers of countries as well with a war that would span the whole world. All is to play for as Holmes faces his most deadly match and possible equal, Holmes must put emotion aside and pull out all his tricks in order to best Moriarty before he can bring chaos and destruction to the world. They've been here before but Robert Downey Jr(Holmes) and Jude Law(