Tom Cruise's peculiar dance with dangerous stunts — that often get uncomfortably close to death — as an actor goes a long way back. Even before he decided to revive the "Mission: Impossible" franchise ...

Is it better for a historical film to be accurate or to be meaningful? Do films need a surrogate outsider for audiences to relate to? Why is Tom Cruise the last samurai? Spoiler … he isn’t. Cinema ...

The film received four Oscar nominations.