Tag: Tom Hanks

“Welcome junior star gazers and space cadets!”: Wes Anderson’s <i>Asteroid City</i> captures the underlying innocence of human experience and the world unknown

“Welcome junior star gazers and space cadets!”: Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City captures the underlying innocence of human experience and the world unknown

“Trust your curiosity” I love Wes Anderson movies because not only are they so well thought-out in a way that is always a sequential layered masterpiece that comes together beautifully in the end, but because there’s always a subtle (and often weird) love story and…

And you thought you knew Mary Poppins: <i>Saving Mr. Banks</i> review

And you thought you knew Mary Poppins: Saving Mr. Banks review

“Responstible” is not a word! It hasn’t even been 48 hours since first seeing Saving Mr. Banks and I might have to go back and watch this one again because my fulfillment of Jason Schwartzman and B.J. Novak singing / playing piano every five seconds…

Aye, aye, Captan!: Paul Greengrass’ <i>Captain Phillips</i> doesn’t need cinematic effects for its suspenseful thrills

Aye, aye, Captan!: Paul Greengrass’ Captain Phillips doesn’t need cinematic effects for its suspenseful thrills

“They’re not here to fish.” All is quiet in Vermont days before Captain Richard Phillips (Tom Hanks) is sent out on a mission to board a cargo ship to the Somalian shores where piracy threats traffic in all directions. But work is work, and the…