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Forget the Alamo

‘Forget the Alamo’ Rewrites the Texas Myth

June 16, 2021June 22, 2021 Neal Pollack 1 Comment Bryan Burrough, Chris Tomlinson, Davy Crockett, Donald Trump, Forget the Alamo, Jason Stanford, Jim Bowie, Phil Collins, Tom Hanks, Walt Disney, William Travis

An entertaining deconstruction of the ‘Heroic Anglo Narrative’

News of the World

‘News Of The World’

December 28, 2020January 5, 2021 Neal Pollack 3 Comments Django Unchained, Helena Zengel, John Ford, News of the World, Paul Greengrass, The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs, Tom Hanks

Everyone has PTSD in this Tom Hanks Western about Reconstruction in Texas

COVID-19

Actors CREATORS FILM TELEVISION

All the Stars Who’ve Had COVID-19

September 11, 2020September 16, 2020 Jake Harris 0 Comments Adam Schlesinger, Alyssa Milano, Anna Camp, Bryan Cranston, Chris Cuomo, COVID-19, Idris Elba, John Prine, Michael Rooker, Nick Cordero, Rita Wilson, Robert Pattinson, The Rock, Tom Hanks, Tony Shalhoub

From the tragic to the absurd

Greyhound

Run Silent, Not Too Deep

July 11, 2020 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Greyhound, Tom Hanks

‘Greyhound’: Submarine Captain Tom Hanks’ latest tribute to The Greatest Generation

Irrfan Khan

Actors CREATORS Remembrance

Irrfan Khan, RIP

April 29, 2020May 1, 2020 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Irrfan Khan, Lilly Singh, Mindy Kaling, Tom Hanks

World-beloved actor dies from cancer at 53

SNL

‘SNL’ and Second City Find Laughs in Streaming Self-Confinement

April 22, 2020April 28, 2020 Omar Gallaga 0 Comments Aidy Bryant, Chloe Fineman, Chris Martin, Colin Jost, Edgar Blackmon, Ego Nwodim, Fred Willard, Heidi Gardner, Jack McBrayer, Jeff Tweedy, Kate McKinnon, Larry David, Lorne Michaels, Michael Che, Mikey Day, Saturday Night Live, Second City, SNL, Tom Hanks, Tyler Davis

Not so live, but still alive

Rear Window

Twenty-five Movies About Being Crammed into a Tight Space

April 17, 2020April 26, 2020 Rachel Llewellyn 0 Comments 127 Hours, Alien, Alive, Amy Adams, Buried, Castaway, Colin Farrell, Dwight Yoakam, Forest Whitaker, Gerald's Game, Grace Kelly, Grey Gardens, Home Alone, I Am Legend, James Caan, James Franco, Jared Leto, Jimmy Stewart, Jodie Foster, Kathy Bates, Kristen Stewart, Leslie Nielsen, Lifeboat, Lord of the Flies, Matt Damon, Misery, Moon, Nicole Kidman, Open Water, Panic Room, Phone Booth, Rear Window, Ryan Reynolds, Sam Rockwell, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen King, The Martian, The Mist, The Others, The Poseidon Adventure, The Road, The Shining, The Stanford Prison Experiment, The Woman In The Window, Tom Hanks, Viggo Mortensen, Will Smith

Legends of shut-in-ema

‘A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood’

November 21, 2019 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood, Marielle Heller, Matthew Rhys, Mr. Rogers, Susan Kelechi Watson, Tom Hanks

Meow Meow Mr. Rogers Biopic Meow Meow

We Can All Be Mr. Rogers

November 20, 2019 Zack Teibloom 0 Comments Gavin Edwards, Kindness and Wonder, Mr. Rogers, Tom Hanks

Spend More Time in the Neighborhood

Joker’s to the Right

September 16, 2019September 16, 2019 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Adam Driver, Adam Sandler, Anthony Hopkins, Armando Iannucci, Dev Patel, Joaquin Phoenix, Jojo Rabbit, Josh and Benny Safdie, Marielle Heller, Mr. Rogers, Noah Baumbach, Rian Johnson, Scarlett Johanssen, Taika Waititi, Todd Phillips, Tom Hanks

Hope and Despair at the Toronto International Film Festival

‘Toy Story 4’: the Clingy Cowboy

June 21, 2019June 22, 2019 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Annie Potts, Jordan Peele, Keanu Reeves, Keegan Michael Key, Pixar, Tom Hanks, Tony Hale, Toy Story 4

An Animated Parable About a Needy Ex-Boyfriend

Actors Directors Remembrance

Penny Marshall, 1943-2018

December 18, 2018October 7, 2019 Ken Kurson 3 Comments A League of Their Own, Beverly Donofrio, Fran Lebowitz, Laverne DeFazio, Lorraine Bracco, Penny Marshall, Riding in Cars With Boys, Robert De Niro, Robin Williams, Ron Perelman, The Odd Couple, Tom Hanks

Director to Some, Laverne to Many, Beloved by All

Tom Hanks astronaut

Actors CREATORS NON-FICTION

‘The World According To Tom Hanks’

December 17, 2018March 15, 2020 Lary Wallace 0 Comments A Hologram For The King, Apollo 13, Brian Grazer, Chet Haze, Dave Clark Five, David S. Pumpkins, Forrest Gump, From The Earth To The Moon, Gavin Edwards, Red Vines, Star Trek, Steven Spielberg, The World According To Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Tom Hanks, Toy Story

The coolest square

Steve Carrell

Actors CREATORS FILM

Funny People Going Sad

November 27, 2018November 27, 2018 Mia McCullough 1 Comment Better Call Saul, Bob Odenkirk, Jason Bateman, Melissa McCarthy, Ozark, Robin Williams, Steve Carell, Tom Hanks

We Lose When Comic Actors Chase Awards