Simon Pegg

Simon Pegg

21 movies reviewed by Now Playing Podcast

Simon Pegg appeared in 21 movies reviewed by Now Playing Podcast and has been discussed in Mission: Impossible, Pegg/Frost, Star Trek and others retrospective series. See all Series with movies featuring Simon Pegg →

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Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning

The Enemy of The Entity Is My Friend

Reviewed Oct 21, 2025
Ethan Hunt and team continue their search for the terrifying AI known as the Entity — which has infiltrated intelligence networks all over the globe — with the world's governments and a mysterious ghost from Hunt's past on their trail. Joined by new allies and armed with the means to shut the Entity down for good, Hunt is in a race against time to prevent the world as we know it from changing forever. Genres: Action, Adventure, Theatrical Release, Thriller
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Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One

Because it’s a global crisis when Tom Cruise loses his ...

Reviewed Jul 18, 2023
Ethan Hunt and his IMF team embark on their most dangerous mission yet: To track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity before it falls into the wrong hands. With control of the future and the world's fate at stake and dark forces from Ethan's past closing in, a deadly race around the globe begins. Confronted by a mysterious, all-powerful enemy, Ethan must consider that nothing can matter more than his mission—not even the lives of those he cares about most. Genres: Action, Adventure, Theatrical Release, Thriller

The Adventures of Tintin

Keeping up with the Indiana Joneses

Reviewed Jun 30, 2023
Intrepid young reporter, Tintin, and his loyal dog, Snowy, are thrust into a world of high adventure when they discover a ship carrying an explosive secret. As Tintin is drawn into a centuries-old mystery, Ivan Ivanovitch Sakharine suspects him of stealing a priceless treasure. Tintin and Snowy, with the help of salty, cantankerous Captain Haddock and bumbling detectives, Thompson and Thomson, travel half the world, one step ahead of their enemies, as Tintin endeavors to find the Unicorn, a sunken ship that may hold a vast fortune, but also an ancient curse. Genres: Adventure, Animation, Mystery, Theatrical Release

Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol

Cruise certainly hits a high point in this series -- 144 ...

Reviewed Jul 28, 2015
Ethan Hunt and his team are racing against time to track down a dangerous terrorist named Hendricks, who has gained access to Russian nuclear launch codes and is planning a strike on the United States. An attempt to stop him ends in an explosion causing severe destruction to the Kremlin and the IMF to be implicated in the bombing, forcing the President to disavow them. No longer being aided by the government, Ethan and his team chase Hendricks around the globe, although they might still be too late to stop a disaster. Genres: Action, Adventure, Theatrical Release, Thriller

Paul

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Reviewed Sep 6, 2013
For the past 60 years, a space-traveling smart-ass named Paul has been locked up in a top-secret military base, advising world leaders about his kind. But when he worries he’s outlived his usefulness and the dissection table is drawing uncomfortably close, Paul escapes on the first RV that passes by his compound in Area 51. Fortunately, it contains the two earthlings who are most likely to rescue and harbor an alien on the run. Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction, Theatrical Release

Star Trek Into Darkness

It's been four years since the last film, so only one yea...

Reviewed May 16, 2013
When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated the fleet and everything it stands for, leaving our world in a state of crisis. With a personal score to settle, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one man weapon of mass destruction. As our heroes are propelled into an epic chess game of life and death, love will be challenged, friendships will be torn apart, and sacrifices must be made for the only family Kirk has left: his crew. Genres: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Theatrical Release

Star Trek (2009)

It's taken 11 movies, but the mystery is finally uncovere...

Reviewed May 9, 2009
The fate of the galaxy rests in the hands of bitter rivals. One, James Kirk, is a delinquent, thrill-seeking Iowa farm boy. The other, Spock, a Vulcan, was raised in a logic-based society that rejects all emotion. As fiery instinct clashes with calm reason, their unlikely but powerful partnership is the only thing capable of leading their crew through unimaginable danger, boldly going where no one has gone before. The human adventure has begun again. Genres: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Theatrical Release, Time Travel