Tom Hanks Reviews, Interviews & More
For whatever reason Warner Brothers delayed the release of Cloud Atlas until now, which is surprising as it came out in October, and most films have a four to five month window before the hit home video. Well, we're glad it's here. It's a very strong week for catalog titles as well, so check out what's hitting this week.
It's funny that when many people watch the trailer for Captain Phillips, the first reaction is often that it has a Zero Dark Thirty vibe. It's funny because director Paul Greengrass has been a pioneer of the psuedo-documentary style since his 2002 breakthrough film Bloody Sunday. Here he directs Tom Hanks in a...
This is one of the most pathetic weeks of new releases in quite some time. Seriously, ridiculously under-stuffed. There’s an HBO movie, and one of the cult films that got some attention a while back, and two musicals from Fox. And that’s about it.
Cloud Atlas hits theaters today, and even with Tom Hanks as one of the leads, it's been a tricky sell and a divisive movie, which may explain why it's at 60% on Rotten Tomatoes. But Tom Hanks believes in this project, and found a great way to sell it on The Colbert Report.
Cloud Atlas was considered an unfilmable book, but that didn't stop directors Tom Tykwer and Andy and Lana Wachowski from turning into a movie. It's a narrative that takes place over six time frames, from the distant past to way in the future where lives and people keep intersecting over the course of human history. It's a bold narrative, one that's going to send some...
If you’re too not busy trying to wrap your mind around his newest film, the phantasmagoric Cloud Atlas, Tom Hanks would like to take a moment or two of you time, and perform some Beat-styled slam poetry—about the epically cheesy 1990s sitcom, Full House. Indulge him, won’t you?
There is a communal spirit that runs through those who worked on Cloud Atlas. It seems odd for Tom Hanks – one of the biggest Hollywood stars working today – to go out selling this movie as hard as he can, but he has. And when joining our room, he and co-star (and fellow Oscar winner) Halle Berry started doodling. By the end of the interviews, it turned out all...
If you’re reading this, you’ve probably already viewed the six-minute mega-trailer to Cloud Atlas, the mysterious new project from directors Andy and Lana Wachowski (The Matrix trilogy) and Tom Tykwer (Run Lola Run). And while a two-minute theatrical trailer can’t exactly replace the bombast...
The last we heard from the Wachowski's, they delivered Speed Racer, which is a fascinating film that's easily about twenty minutes too long, but kind of great. It bombed, and rumors swirled about the filmmakers. It's hard not to describe the trailer for Cloud Atlas - their latest movie directed along with Tom Tykwer - as out and proud. This...
How’s this for Oscar Bait: The Blind Side director John Lee Hancock helms Kelly Marcel‘s 2011 Black List script about Walt Disney’s 14-year effort to convince author P.L. Travers to allow him to adapt her novel Mary Poppins into a film, with Emma Thompson in talks to...
Universal and Tom Hanks's production company Playtone have optioned the book In The Garden of Beasts, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Hanks is also supposedly eyeing a lead role in the film. Based on the Erik Larson novel, the non-fiction novel tells the story of William Dodd, an American Embassador in 1930's Germany who grows to see the rising evil around...
Is Tom Hanks Old Yeller in Stephen Daldry's Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close? It seems likely. Honestly, it's surprising that it's taken ten years for Hollywood to make a film that uses (and perhaps exploits) the tragedy of September 11, 2001 to make a movie about death (and perhaps a chance to feel good about being alive). Hanks stars with newcomer Thomas Horn,...
Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts are movie stars in a world that no longer respects stardom. Studios are more interested these days in titles that have name brand recognition (it requires less work) and so the two appearing together in a film in 2011 means that it's met with a curious indifference. Shouldn't Larry Crowne be a bigger deal? Well, like the film itself, the appeal is mellow and...
It's strange that two of the biggest stars in the world are making a low key romantic comedy, but such is the industry. When Julia Roberts rocketed to the A-list, it was because of her role in the hundred million dollar hit Pretty Woman, while Tom Hanks cemented his leading man status with a film like Sleepless in Seattle. Hanks and Roberts...
Studios can promise you the end of a franchise, but when a a film makes more than $1.6 billion, they're going to rethink it. Tom Hanks, the voice of the Toy Story's beloved Woody, just told the BBC that Toy Story 4 is happening. During the premiere of his newest movie Larry Crowne, Hanks also told "Showbiz Tonight"...
"Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts, together at last!" That's the marketing hook for Hanks's film Larry Crowne, which he co-wrote and directed - or at least what's supposed to be appealing about this. Then again, they were in Charlie Wilson's War together, and that disappeared. The first trailer played up the idea of a man (Hanks) starting his life...
Well, for anyone that isn’t totally sick of Green Day or American Idiot (hello to all three of you), this will come as great news: the pop-punk band’s concept record turned Broadway musical has been sold to Universal Studios and will now be adapted into a film, allowing its dark dominion over pop culture and all of our minds to be complete (kind of like...
When we last heard from the Wachowskis they were smarting from the failure of 2008's Speed Racer, and still known in the public for failing to deliver with the Matrix sequels. They will now be returning with a collaboration with Tom Tykwer to co-write and direct Cloud Atlas, which has signed Tom...
Universal is releasing Larry Crowne - which was co-written, directed and stars Tom Hanks - on July 1. In the film he appears alongside Julia Roberts with a murderer's row of support, including Breaking Bad's Bryan Cranston, Oscar nominee Taraji P. Henson, Blaxploitation legend Pam Grier, and comedians Cedric the Entertainer...
Tom Hanks is nothing but smart about what projects he takes, and he's been very good at managing his career as both a star and an actor. That - according to Deadline Hollywood - he's circling Sony's adaptation of A Captain's Duty makes sense as he's a perfect fit for the role. Based on the true story of Richard Phillips, the film is being produced by Scott Rudin,...
