Sully movie with Tom Hanks as US Airways pilot Chesley Sullenberger: Clint Eastwood homage to the “noble and decent American” threatened by a “heartless government.” ‘Sully’ movie review: ‘Taut, straightforward’ drama features Clint Eastwood’s latest all-American hero When considering Sully, Clint Eastwood’s taut, straightforward account…
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‘Sleepless in Seattle’ with Meg Ryan as the romantic Annie. ‘Sleepless in Seattle’ review: Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks in an affair to forget In Krzysztof Kieslowski’s Three Colors: Red, the last installment of his “Three Colors” trilogy, the word “magic” is never bandied about.…
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Cast Away movie with Tom Hanks stranded on a deserted Pacific island: Adventures of Robinson Crusoe reboot. ‘Cast Away’ movie: Tom Hanks excellent in high-concept Hollywood flick disguised as existential adventure drama Most people will see Robert Zemeckis’ Cast Away as a celebration of the…
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Meryl 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 Arts and Sciences’ Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs and…
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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 version of Ricky Gervais, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler took a series of (mostly) mild…
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Captain Phillips movie with Mahat M. Ali, Tom Hanks, and Faysal Ahmed. ‘Captain Phillips’ movie: ‘Incomplete’ and ‘less than completely satisfying’ In Paul Greengrass’ thriller starring Tom Hanks, Captain Phillips, the titular Captain is a merchant ship’s skipper whose cargo vessel, the MV Maersk Alabama, was…
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Tom Hanks in Captain Phillips. Tom Hanks’ ‘Captain Phillips’ weekend box office: One of Hanks’ biggest domestic openings in the past decade Oct. 13 update: Starring two-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks in the title role – though you wouldn’t know it by looking at the…
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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 today. Missing in action is a whole array of film celebrities, though a few managed…
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Tom Hanks Cloud Atlas box office: One of Hanks’ weakest (wide-release) debuts ever Oct. 28, ’12, update: Featuring Academy Award winners Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Susan Sarandon, and Jim Broadbent (plus Hugh Grant), and directed by The Matrix‘s Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski, and Perfume: The…
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Debbie Reynolds, Katherine Heigl, One for the Money Jan. 28, ’11, update: Forget Tuesday’s Oscar nominations announcement: Liam Neeson’s action vehicle The Grey, which will likely be totally ignored when the Oscar 2013 nominations are announced, will easily top the North American box office this…
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Road to Perdition with Tom Hanks and Tyler Hoechlin. British director Sam Mendes won an Academy Award for his first film, American Beauty, released in 1999. His second film, Road to Perdition, came out three years later. Mendes once again relied on the assistance of…
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Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz in James Mangold’s Knight and Day June 28 update: “Blame me, don’t blame Tom Cruise. We did lots of focus groups for this film, and no one ever said there was a star problem. Never. Tom Cruise was not the issue.…