Posts Tagged ‘Tom Hanks’
Episode 39 – The Ladykillers and Event Horizon
For this episode of the podcast, we take a look at two films that defy the reputations of their filmmakers. We review Joel and Ethan Coen‘s 2004 dark comedy, The Ladykillers, which represents a “bad” film made by traditionally “good” directors. Conversely, review the 1997…
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Film Review – Toy Story 4
When Toy Story (1995) was first released, I was twelve years old. Now I’m in my thirties and the series is in its twenties. Time has been far kinder to the franchise. I make that correlation because it’s remarkable how the team at Disney/Pixar has…
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Film Review – Shazam!
In the realm of superhero films, DC and Warner Brothers still have a long way to go to catch up to the success that the Marvel Cinematic Universe has established and fortified. But lately, there seems to have been an interesting change of pace coming…
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Film Review – The Nutcracker and The Four Realms
How to create a fairly generic preteen holiday fantasy: Start with a base of a cost effective public domain property, slather in copious amounts of CGI, pepper using the money you saved on originality to hire several talented actors who should know better, stir with…
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Film Review – The Post
What’s the first thing you think of when you hear the name Steven Spielberg? Any number of answers would work: Indiana Jones, killer sharks, friendly aliens, giant dinosaurs. Spielberg has made a career of making entertaining pictures that have reached a vast range of audiences.…
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Film Review – Inferno
“If Dante’s Inferno was less like poetry and more like prophecy” As someone who hasn’t read the book Inferno was based on, I would like to say that this film makes it on my list of top 10 movies to watch this fall. I enjoy…
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Film Review – Sully
On January 15th, 2009, U.S. Airways Flight 1549 took off from LaGuardia Airport in New York toward Charlotte, North Carolina. Soon after take off, the plane ran into a flock of birds, a number of which struck and disabled both engines. The captain of the…
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Film Review – Bridge of Spies
During a year full of some of the best big-budget spectacle movies that has come along in while, Steven Spielberg decides to deliver one of the year’s more subdued, big-budget dramas. Set against the Cold War of the early 60s, Bridge of Spies tells the…
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