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As expected, Simon Pegg adds humor to the latest “Mission: Impossible” film, “Ghost Protocol.” He was briefly seen in the third installment, but this time around, his character of Benji gets more exposure. And more laughs.

What does it take to revive a passion for one’s work, years on, whether said vocation is saving the world or churning out sequels in a blockbuster franchise? How does one reclaim human contact in today’s isolating, gadget-dependent world?

I admire Brad Bird! From "The Iron Giant" to "Ratatouille," the director is a brilliant storyteller. This interview was done as a teaser interview prior to the release of "Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol" aka "MI4."

I was lucky to be invited to see 20 minutes of the upcoming M:I4, Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol and all I can say was, I was very impressed!

In Part 2 of our Filmmakers Notebook Q&A with David P. Baker we find out more about his plans for the remake of "Mission X" and some of his thoughts about financing, distribution and social media as well as the possibility of the filmmaker coming out here to Las Vegas in the future!

This festival is near and dear to my heart? Why? Because of the festival's mission of "helping to save one of America's few indigenous art forms -- the cinema."

In this fourth installment of the popular franchise, Tom Cruise returns to his Ethan Hunt character with help from producer J.J. Abrams. Cruise is also getting a story credit along with Abrams. Josh Appelbaum and André Nemec wrote the screenplay for Brad Bird, making his first live-action feature.

(For my full interview with Saoirse Ronan click here, with Eric Bana click here, and with director Joe Wright click here)

Within the next few days I’ll have lots of posts from my time at CinemaCon. but since this event is time sensitive, Iwanted to share this information today. If you’re in the Seattle area, you can help these filmmakers support Japan by attending this benefit. If you’re not close by, please pass the word to anyone you know who is. Thanks!

Check out my "Jane Eyre " interviews with director Cary Fukunaga, Michael Fassbender, and Mia Wasikowska.