Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Baz Luhrmann Stars: Austin Butler, Tom Hanks, Olivia De Jonge, David Wenham, Richard Roxburgh, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Helen Thompson, Chaydon Jay, Alton Mason, Kelvin Harrison jr, Luke Bracey, Dacre Montgomery, Leon Ford, Gary Clark jr, Xavier Samuel, Nicholas Bell, Natalie Bassingthwaighte, Mark Leonard Winter Elvis Presley is one of the most successful recording artists of the twentieth century, having sold over 300 million records in his career. He also changed the face of music, and this biopic pays homage to his Continue reading
INFERNO
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Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Ron Howard Stars: Tom Hanks, Felicity Jones, Ben Foster, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Omar Sy, Irrfan Khan, Xavier Laurent, Ana Ulara, Ida Darvish. Inferno is the third film adapted from the series of novels written by Dan Brown featuring the religious symbologist Robert Langdon (played by Tom Hanks). A symbologist is the type of arcane profession that only exists within the cloistered world of academia or the pages of thriller novels. Although the second novel in the series, it was the bestselling The Da Vinci Code, which has sold Continue reading
SULLY
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Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Clint Eastwood Stars: Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart, Laura Linney, Mike O'Malley, Jamey Sheridan, Anna Gunn, Chrise Bauer, Michael Rapaport. On January 15, 2009, US Airways Flight 1549 took off from New York's Laguardia Airport. A few minutes after takeoff the plane was struck by a flock of geese, which disabled both engines. Veteran pilot Chesley Sullenberger (played here by Tom Hanks) was forced to make an emergency landing, bringing the plane, carrying 155 passengers and crew, to rest in the middle of the Hudson River. Despite the Continue reading
A HOLOGRAM FOR THE KING
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Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Tom Tykwer Stars: Tom Hanks, Alexander Black, Sarita Choubury, Ben Whishaw, Tom Skerritt, Sidse Basbbett Knudsen. A Hologram For The King is one of Tom Hanks' less commercial films. The film is based on the novel written by Dave Eggers, and Hanks was a big fan of the book which explains his involvement in this endeavour, which is somewhat unusual territory for the actor. A Hologram For The King is essentially another fish out of water tale exploring themes of the clash of cultures. Hanks plays Alan Clay, a failed businessman who Continue reading
