: ' Tom Hanks'

Top 10 Oscar-Worthy Transformations

How does one separate the actors from the actors? Simple. A true thespian is not one who will shy away from devoting everything – including their appearance – to a role that speaks to them. It [...]

Oscar Buzz: WB Launches Oscar Campaigns for ‘Dark Knight Rises,’ ‘Magic Mike’ & More!

It’s now officially that time of year when studios get ready to schmooze and impress Oscar voters in any way that they can. Today, Warner Bros. launched its For Your Consideration websites for the following films: [...]

Maxwell’s Movie Review: Cloud Atlas

Some movies are like real life – painfully realistic, often cynical or sad, these seek to portray a truth about the world we live in. Many of these are marvelous films – the best among them [...]

This Just In: Saving Mr. Banks

So Tom Hanks will be in a movie whose first word is “saving” and Paul Giamatti will be in it too. No, it’s not Saving Private Ryan (although I applaud your educated guess), but it is [...]

NYCC 2012: What I’m Looking Forward to Seeing

October 11-14th marks the 2012 New York Comic Con at the Javits Center in New York City, and by golly ain’t I excited! (That really works if you pull that off with a 9 year old [...]

11 Mind-Blowing Movies

Over the past few weeks I’ve been watching the Cloud Atlas trailer nonstop. Sometimes, almost literally on a loop. I’m torn between wanting the film to come out right now and wanting it to never be [...]

Coming Soon: Cloud Atlas

See, now I don’t know if any of you would have seen this, but in Dr. Strangelove , Peter Sellers portrays several characters within the movie. [...]