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Here: Forrest Gump Reteam Suggests Time Flies Like an Arrow, Fruit Flies Like a Banana

Here: Forrest Gump Reteam Suggests Time Flies Like an Arrow, Fruit Flies Like a Banana

By Liz Braun

ReviewJim SlotekOctober 29, 2024Here, Robert Zemeckis, Eric Roth, Richard McGuire, Tom Hanks, Paul Bethany, Robin Wright, Reteam, Forrest Gump, Dramedy, GenerationalComment

Original-Cin Q&A: Austin Butler, Callum Turner Bring War Heroes to Life in Masters of the Air

Original-Cin Q&A: Austin Butler, Callum Turner Bring War Heroes to Life in Masters of the Air

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekJanuary 25, 2024Masters of the Air, Band of Brothers, The Pacific, Gary Goetzman, Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, Austin Butler, Callum Turner, Raff Law, Barry Keoghan, Anthony Boyle, Josh Bolt, WWII, Drama, Series, AppleTV+Comment

Asteroid City: Wes Anderson Does Wes Anderson as Only Wes Anderson Can

Asteroid City: Wes Anderson Does Wes Anderson as Only Wes Anderson Can

By Karen Gordon

ReviewJim SlotekJune 22, 2023Asteroid City, Wes Anderson, Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Jeffrey Wright, Liev Schreiber, Tilda, Bryan Cranston, Adrien Brody, Rupert Friend, Americana, Story within a story, Edward Norton, Willem DafoeComment

Oscars vs Razzies: The Thin Line Between Best and Worst Just Got Blurry

Oscars vs Razzies: The Thin Line Between Best and Worst Just Got Blurry

By Jim Slotek

ViewsJim SlotekJanuary 24, 2023Oscar nominations, The Razzies, Elvis, Austin Butler, Tom Hanks, Sarah Polley, Domee Shi, The Banshees of Inisherin, Pinocchio, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Ana de Armas, BlondeComment

A Man Called Otto: Agreeable Tom Hanks Dramedy a Welcome January Reprieve

A Man Called Otto: Agreeable Tom Hanks Dramedy a Welcome January Reprieve

By Kim Hughes

ReviewJim SlotekJanuary 11, 2023Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, A Man Called Otto, Marc Forster, Tom Hanks, Mariana Treviño, Rachel Keller, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, January openingComment

Pinocchio: Wooden You Know, the 'Live-Action' Remake Would Be Less Real Than the Cartoon?

Pinocchio: Wooden You Know, the 'Live-Action' Remake Would Be Less Real Than the Cartoon?

By John Kirk

ReviewJim SlotekSeptember 26, 2022Pinocchio, Robert Zemeckis, Tom Hanks, Benjamin Evan Ainsworth, Disney animated films remade realistically, Cynthia ErivoComment

Elvis: Baz Luhrmann's Tale of the King Hits the Stage Rocking, But Slows Down Over Time

Elvis: Baz Luhrmann's Tale of the King Hits the Stage Rocking, But Slows Down Over Time

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekJune 23, 2022Biopics about music legends, Elvis, Baz Luhrmann, Elvis Presley, Col. Tom Parker, Tom Hanks, Hank Snow, Austin ButlerComment

Original-Cin Q&A: Steve Zahn talks his movie Cowboys, catching hell from Tom Hanks, and Christian Bale's little known sense of humour

Original-Cin Q&A: Steve Zahn talks his movie Cowboys, catching hell from Tom Hanks, and Christian Bale's little known sense of humour

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekFebruary 10, 2021Father son road movies, Cowboys, Anna Kerrigan, Steve Zahn, Tribeca Film Festival, Sasha Knight, Jillian Bell, Christian Bale, Jack Black, That Thing You Do, Tom HanksComment

News of the World: Poignant Tom Hanks Western an Astute Mirror of Current Times

News of the World: Poignant Tom Hanks Western an Astute Mirror of Current Times

By Liam Lacey

Review, PreviewJim SlotekDecember 21, 2020News of the World, Tom Hanks, Paul Greengrass, Helena Zengel, Western, Elizabeth Marvel, adaptation, Paulette JilesComment

All Joking Aside: Yet another sad drama about comedy that really does leave the jokes aside

All Joking Aside: Yet another sad drama about comedy that really does leave the jokes aside

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekAugust 18, 2020Dramas about comedians, Sad clown tropes, All Joking Aside, Canadian movies, Punchline, Sally Field, Tom Hanks, Shannon Kohli, James Pickering, Raylene Harewood, Brian Markinson, Mark Breslin, Yuk Yuk's comedy clubs, Graeme Thompso, Andrew “Dice” ClayComment

Greyhound: Captain Tom Hanks writes and delivers a tight, tense, theatre-experience war film

Greyhound: Captain Tom Hanks writes and delivers a tight, tense, theatre-experience war film

By Jim Slotek

PODCAST! Ep. 32: Intense agreement about Tarantino's latest, Cats nightmares and TIFF talk

By Jim Slotek, Bonnie Laufer, Karen Gordon and Liam Lacey

Toy Story 4: Latest Chapter in Winning Franchise a Bracing Look at Childhood Lost

By Karen Gordon

ReviewJune 19, 2019Keegan-Michael Key, Keanu Reeves, Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Christina Hendricks, Annie Potts, Jordan Peele, Toy Story 4, Sequel, Franchise, Disney PixarComment

The Post: Spielberg's political flashback is Trump-comfort for Nixon survivors

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJim SlotekJanuary 4, 2018Awards season movies, journalism, Vietnam War, Pentagon Papers, Donald Trump, Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg

California Typewriter: A love story that clacks

By Jim Slotek

InterviewJim SlotekOctober 25, 2017Analog, documentary, Tom Hanks, John Mayer, Sam Shepard, David McCullough, Jeremy Mayer, Doug Nichol, Typewriters, New Kids On The Block