A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood, 2019 Directed by Marielle Heller Starring Tom Hanks, Matthew Rhys, Chris Cooper, Susan Kelechi Watson, Enrico Colantoni, Maryann Plunkett, Tammy Blanchard, Wendy Makkena, Sakina Jaffrey, Carmen Cusack, Noah Harpster, and Maddie Corman SYNOPSIS: Based on the true story of a real-life friendship between Fred Rogers and journalist Tom Junod. […]
Movie Review – A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019)
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, 2019. Directed by Marielle Heller. Starring Tom Hanks, Matthew Rhys, Chris Cooper, Susan Kelechi Watson, Christine Lahti, Wendy Makkena, Tammy Blanchard, Noah Harpster and Maryann Plunkett. SYNOPSIS: Based on the true story of a real-life friendship between Fred Rogers and journalist Tom Junod. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, 2019. Directed by Marielle Heller. Starring Tom Hanks, Matthew Rhys, Susan Kelechi Watson, Chris Cooper, Enrico Colantoni, Maryann Plunkett, Tammy Blanchard, and Wendy Makkena. SYNOPSIS: After a jaded magazine writer is assigned a profile of Fred Rogers, he overcomes his skepticism, learning about empathy, kindness, and decency from America’s […]
Toronto International Film Festival Review – A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, 2019. Directed by Marielle Heller. Starring Tom Hanks, Matthew Rhys, Susan Kelechi Watson, Chris Cooper, Enrico Colantoni, Maryann Plunkett, Tammy Blanchard, and Wendy Makkena. SYNOPSIS: After a jaded magazine writer is assigned a profile of Fred Rogers, he overcomes his skepticism, learning about empathy, kindness, and decency from America’s […]
Movie Review – The Tomorrow Man (2019)
The Tomorrow Man, 2019. Written and Directed by Noble Jones. Starring John Lithgow, Blythe Danner, Derek Cecil, Katie Aselton, Sophie Thatcher, Eve Harlow, and Wendy Makkena. SYNOPSIS: Ed Hemsler spends his life preparing for a disaster that may never come. Ronnie Meisner spends her life shopping for things she may never use. In a small. […]
Tom Hanks’ Mister Rogers film rounds out its supporting cast
With filming now underway on TriStar Pictures’ as-yet-untitled Fred Rogers biopic, Deadline is reporting that director Marielle Heller (The Diary of a Teenage Girl) has rounded out the supporting cast of the film, which sees Tom Hanks taking on the role of the beloved children’s television personality and Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood host. Joining the previously […]