Sully (movie 2016) review: Tom Hanks personifies the ‘all-American hero’ as idealized by director Clint Eastwood in this drama that distorts real-life events. Laura Linney costars.
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Meryl Streep Oscar Nominations Record Broken (Again)
11 minutes readMeryl Streep Oscar nominations record: Smirky mother in August: Osage County. Meryl Streep Oscar nominations record The 2014 Oscar nominations were announced earlier today at the Academy of Motion Picture …
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Golden Globes’ hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler (photo © HFPA). Tina Fey and Amy Poehler funny & daring enough at the 2014 Golden Globes telecast? Acting as a lighter …
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Captain Phillips (Movie 2013): Misplaced Tom Hanks Focus
5 minutes readCaptain Phillips (movie 2013) review: Tom Hanks’ American seaman is the wrong central character in Paul Greengrass’ unsatisfying political thriller. Barkhad Abdi costars.
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Tony Awards: ‘Lucky Guy’ with Tom Hanks. Tony Awards 2013: Tom Hanks, Nora Ephron & Cicely Tyson among nominees April 30 update: The Tony Awards 2013 nominations were announced earlier …
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Cloud Atlas: 1 of Tom Hanks’ Worst Debuts Ever
6 minutes readCloud Atlas with Tom Hanks. Tom Hanks’ Cloud Atlas box office: One of Hanks’ weakest wide-release debuts ever Oct. 28 update: Featuring Academy Award winners Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Susan …
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Michael Clarke Duncan: ‘The Green Mile’ Actor
2 minutes readMichael Clarke Duncan in The Green Mile, as the inmate John Coffey. ‘The Green Mile’ actor Michael Clarke Duncan dead following heart attack hospitalization Michael Clarke Duncan, a Best Supporting …
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Toy Story 3 Box Office: Record-Breaking Pixar Debut
6 minutes readToy Story 3 box office: About to become the year’s biggest domestic release, the animated adventure shattered Pixar’s opening-weekend record.
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Indie Spirit Awards: Helen Mirren, Anne-Marie Duff, Paul Giamatti in The Last Station ‘Indie’ Spirit Awards’ mostly mainstream winners The Academy Awards show will be held on Sunday. The Razzie …
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Gordon Willis, Roger Corman, and Lauren Bacall: Honorary Oscars. Gordon Willis, the cinematographer of classics such as The Godfather: Part II, All the President’s Men, and The Purple Rose of …
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Adam Beckett Salute: ‘Infinite Animation’
4 minutes readAnimator Adam Beckett Salute Animator and visual effects artist Adam Beckett will be celebrated by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences with the special program “Infinite Animation: The …
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‘Saving Private Ryan’ + ‘Harvey Milk’: Steven Spielberg WWII B Movie + Murdered Gay Politician
7 minutes readSaving Private Ryan with Tom Hanks. Tom Sizemore, and Matt Damon. Steven Spielberg’s 1998 Best Picture nominee Saving Private Ryan will be the next feature in the Academy of Motion …
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Marilyn Monroe Sex Film? + Lyda Borelli Revisited & 2001: A Space Odyssey in 21st Century
5 minutes readFrom NBC News Senior Investigative Producer Jim Popkin: “The FBI does not have a pornographic home movie of actress Marilyn Monroe in its files and never did, FBI officials tell …
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A 40th anniversary screening of Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 masterpiece, 2001: A Space Odyssey, will take place on Friday, April 25, at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts …
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Charlie Wilson’s War Box Office: Tom Hanks & Julia Roberts Political Dramedy Fails to Ignite
5 minutes readCharlie Wilson’s War box office: Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts have failed to lure audiences to Mike Nichols’ political comedy-drama. Amy Adams and Philip Seymour Hoffman costar.
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Erotic Movie Destricted Not Restricted to Sex Shops + Pakistan & China Ban ‘Offensive’ Thriller
4 minutes readErotic movie Destricted Erotic movie ‘Destricted’ allowed to be screened outside British sex shops Quentin Thomas, head of the British Board of Film Classification – that’s the United Kingdom’s censorship …
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Wendie Jo Sperber: Back to the Future Actress & Steven Spielberg’s 1941 Scene-Stealer
2 minutes readBack to the Future Actress Wendie Jo Sperber Dead at 47. The scene-stealing Sperber was also featured in the Tom Hanks sitcom Bosom Buddies.
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What’s the Highest Grossing Comedy Ever?
4 minutes readWhat’s the highest grossing comedy ever? That depends on how you come up with the box office figures, how you interpret them + how you define ‘comedy.’
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Cast Away (2000): Genuine Tom Hanks, Phony Existentialism
6 minutes readCast Away (2000) review: Tom Hanks is excellent in Robert Zemeckis’ adventure movie exalting the Triumph of the Human Spirit nonsense.
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Road to Perdition (2002): First-Rate Tom Hanks + Paul Newman
7 minutes readRoad to Perdition (2002) review: Tom Hanks and Paul Newman are fantastic in Sam Mendes’ plot-hole-filled and cliché-ridden gangster noir.
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Venice Festival Snafus + Harvey Weinstein ‘Death Threat’
6 minutes readThis year’s Venice Film Festival was fraught with snafus that had a negative impact on average attendees and celebrities alike, including Al Pacino.
Tom Hanks in Captain Phillips. Tom Hanks’ Captain Phillips weekend box office: One of actor’s biggest domestic openings in the past decade Oct. 13 update: Starring two-time Oscar winner Tom …
Horror Movies Top Box Office + Daniel Radcliffe Is Back
The Woman in Black with Daniel Radcliffe. In The Woman in Black, Daniel Radcliffe may not have a mega-blockbuster on the scale of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part …
2009 Box Office: Blockbusters Galore But ‘Quality Movies’?
Does the 2009 box office serve as evidence that domestic audiences are eager for ‘good movies’? Only if you take a ‘glass half full’ approach to the issue.
Apollo 13 Movie Revisited + Kathleen Quinlan & Crew Images
Apollo 13 movie with Bill Paxton, Tom Hanks, Gary Sinise, and Kevin Bacon. Ron Howard’s 1995 Best Picture nominee Apollo 13 will be the next film in the Academy of …
Paris, France, middle of the night. An old man is walking alone in a darkened gallery in the Louvre. He approaches a painting. Another man – the evil twin of …
Sleepless in Seattle (1993) review: Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks can’t rescue Nora Ephron’s unromantic and unfunny romantic comedy.