Movie Review: Saving Private Ryan
Generic [SPOILER ALERT!!!] I love the Oscars, and usually defend them. I so want them to represent the truly great films for the year, particularly …
Tom Hanks
Fall Movie Preview: The Mainstream Popcorn Entertainment
No, the Oscars doesn’t just dominate the fall, there’s also some fun stuff that will be released as well: MIDDLE SCHOOL: THE WORST YEARS OF …
Movie Review: Sully
Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger is a professional pilot. Tom Hanks is a professional actor. And Clint Eastwood is a professional director. It’s pretty obvious then that …
2016 Summer Movie Preview: August and September
August and September are a little bit the dregs of the movie world, but there is enough intrigue and chance for surprise to be hopeful: …
Movie Review: Bridge of Spies
Bridge of Spies is a fruitcake movie. Fruit- great. Cake – great. Fruitcake – crappy. The jury is out on Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg. …
Movie Review: Saving Mr. Banks
Much like author P. L. Travers, Saving Mr. Banks spends the majority of its time trying to get us to like it. You poor film: …
Movie Review: Captain Phillips
Captain Phillips should not work. In today’s version of a thriller, you need crazy stunts, over-the-top dialogue, and a mono-e-mono battle between the lead villain …
Movie Review: Toy Story 3
Toy Story 3 is Pixar’s piece de resistance. Coupling the originality of the first Toy Story with the pathos of the second one, Toy Story …
Movie Review: Cloud Atlas
Watching Cloud Atlas feels like watching 2001: A Space Odyssey. In its time, 2001 was panned by audiences and critics alike; after a few generations, …