Tom Hanks
Wes Anderson’s “Asteroid City” Gets Character Posters
Three new character posters featuring Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, and Tom Hanks from Wes Anderson's "Asteroid City" have just been released.
Elvis Lives in Baz Luhrmann’s New Biopic
The first trailer for Baz Luhrmann's biopic on the King of Rock 'n' Roll, called Elvis, starring Austin Butler and Tom Hanks, has just been released.
Take a Look Behind the Scenes of ‘News of the World’
Take a look behind the scenes of News of the World from Universal Pictures, which stars Tom Hanks and is in theaters this Christmas, with this new featurette. The film tells a moving story written and directed by Paul Greengrass, reuniting for the first time with his star from their 2013 Best Picture nominee Captain Phillips. Five years after the end of the Civil War, Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd (...[Read More]
Trailer for ‘News of the World’ Released
This Christmas, Universal Pictures is proud to present Tom Hanks starring in the moving story of News of the World, written and directed by Paul Greengrass, reuniting the two for the first time since their work on the 2013 Best Picture nominee Captain Phillips. Five years after the end of the Civil War, Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd (Hanks), a veteran of three wars, now moves from town to town as a ...[Read More]
The Preview Reel: At Last, The Circle is Complete
Welcome to this week’s “Preview Reel” column, where we look at the week’s upcoming wide release movies. After a predictably quiet weekend from newcomers seven days ago, we approach yet another relatively quiet weekend where Fate of the Furious is expected to dominate again. The only wide release newcomer this week is the Tom Hanks and Emma Watson thriller, The Circle. Luckily, this lull will be ov...[Read More]
The Preview Reel: Hanks and Eastwood to Triumph
Welcome to another “Preview Reel” column, where we look at the week’s upcoming wide-release movies. The summer movie season is officially behind us, and even though there seemed to be more disappointments than pleasant surprises, we have a lot to look forward to this fall. This weekend features a potential early award contender in Sully, a romantic thriller in When the Bough Breaks, and another ha...[Read More]
Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks Revisit the Cold War in Bridge of Spies
A dramatic thriller set against the backdrop of a series of historic events, DreamWorks Pictures/Fox 2000 Pictures’ Bridge of Spies, starring Tom Hanks and directed by Steven Spielberg, tells the story of James Donovan, a Brooklyn lawyer who finds himself thrust into the center of the Cold War when the CIA sends him on the near-impossible task to negotiate the release of a captured American U-2 pi...[Read More]
Movies We Hate: Forrest Gump
I wish that I could love Forrest Gump. I promise, I do. For those reading this from under the comfy confines of a rock, Forrest Gump is the endearing odyssey of the lovable and mentally handicapped titular character played by Tom Hanks. After overcoming a crippling physical handicap as a child, he falls in love with Jenny Curran, (Robin Wright) a woman with prototypical daddy issues, who chooses t...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: Sci-Fi Meets the Surreal in Cloud Atlas
Another week brings another new trailer to dissect and analyze. In this week’s column, I turn my cold, bespectacled gaze onto the second trailer for the upcoming sci-fi/drama epic Cloud Atlas. Premise: An epic story of humankind in which the actions and consequences of our lives impact one another throughout the past, present, and future, as one soul is shaped from a murderer into a savior, ...[Read More]