Bridge of Spies, 2015. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Starring Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Amy Ryan, Austin Stowell, Jesse Plemons, Sebastian Koch and Alan Alda. SYNOPSIS: During the Cold War, an American lawyer is recruited to defend an arrested Soviet spy in court, and then help the CIA facilitate an exchange of the spy for the […]
Movies Are Getting Worse & It’s All Our Fault
Samuel Brace thinks movies are getting worse, and its all our own fault… My friend and I went to see Bridge of Spies, the new Tom Hanks/Steven Spielberg movie. It was a Friday, a Friday night, the end of a long day and an even longer week. “Is this supposed to be good?” she asked […]
Tom Hanks returning to World War II for Greyhound
It looks like Tom Hanks could be heading back to World War II, with Deadline reporting that the Saving Private Ryan star has written the script for Greyhound, which is being directed by Aaron Schneider (Get Low). Greyhound will see Hanks as a career naval officer given the command of a destroyer, who along with […]
Movie Review – Bridge of Spies (2015)
Bridge of Spies, 2015. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Starring Tom Hanks, Amy Ryan, Mark Rylance, and Alan Alda. SYNOPSIS: An American lawyer is recruited by the CIA during the Cold War to help rescue a pilot detained in the Soviet Union. Bridge of Spies asks us one simple yet important question: does everyone, including potential threats […]
Wayne Bastrup joins Tom Hanks in Clint Eastwood’s Sully
Wayne Bastrup has joined Tom Hanks and Aaron Eckhart in the Clint Eastwood directed ‘Miracle on the Hudson’ movie Sully, which is currently filming in New York and is based on the true events that took place in 2009 on US Airways Flight 1549. Bastrup, who appeared in this year’s Terminator Genisys, will play Brian […]
Alicia Vikander to star in The Circle opposite Tom Hanks
THR is reporting from Cannes on the news that Ex_Machina star Alicia Vikander is to star in tech-thriller The Circle, opposite Oscar winner Tom Hanks (Saving Mr. Banks). The actress, who has been getting rave reviews for her performance in Alex Garland’s sci-fi film, will take the lead in the project for James Ponsoldt, the […]
Laura Linney set to join Captain Sully as Tom Hanks’ wife
Deadline is reporting that Oscar nominee Laura Linney is set to join the cast of upcoming true story Captain Sully. The film is being directed by Clint Eastwood (American Sniper) and will see Linney co-star as the wife of Tom Hanks’ title character Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, who became an American hero six years ago […]
Aaron Eckhart joins Captain Sully alongside Tom Hanks
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that The Dark Knight star Aaron Eckhart is set to join Tom Hanks (Saving Mr. Banks) for Clint Eastwood’s Captain Sully. Oscar winner Hanks plays the legendary pilot Chelsey “Sully” Sullenberger, who safely landed a plane on the Hudson River in 2009, saving 1555 passengers on-board and making international headlines. […]
The most overpaid actors of 2014
Forbes has posted its annual list of the most overpaid actors in Hollywood, and just like last year, former funnyman Adam Sandler finds himself in the unenviable position of first place, although he did have some competition from Johnny Depp following the disappointing box office for Dark Shadows and The Lone Ranger. The list is […]
Felicity Jones in talks to star opposite Tom Hanks in Inferno
Actress Felicity Jones is in talks to join Tom Hanks in the adaptation of the Dan Brown novel Inferno. According to Deadline the actress will star in the third adaptation of the Dan Brown book series, the first two being The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons. Inferno follows Harvard symbologist Professor Langdon (Hanks) […]
