Tom Hanks Movies

I can't say I agree with Tom Hanks and some of his opinions, but I do admire him as an actor.  He has been in some of the best movies ever, and much of the success is based on his acting and ability to portray a character.  He himself has said he has gotten better over time, but his early work is very good as well.  I think he is one of two actors who have won the best actor Oscar two years in a row for Philadelphia and Forrest Gump. 

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 **^ Asteroid City. 2023. with Scarlett Johansson

***Pinocchio (2022) This is a Disney+ remake of the animated classic from Disney.

**** A Man Called Otto 2022

****Elvis 2022

Finch 2021

****^News of the World. 2020. Relationship between Captain Kidd (Tom Hanks) and Johanna (Helena Zengel) makes this movie work.

***^ Greyhound 2020. Tom Hanks captains a destroyer through a wolf pack of submarines

*****A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood 2019. Excellent portrayal of Mr. Rogers

***^ The Circle. 2017 Also stars Emma Watson and Karen Gillan

****^ The Post 2017. The Pentagon Papers

****^ Inferno 2016. Third in Da Vinci  Code series.  They keep getting better.

**** Sully 2016.  This movie tells the story of Captain Chelsey Sullenberg who landed a plain in the Hudson

****^ Bridge of Spies 2015. Very good spy movie

**^ Ithaca 2015 A smaller part, husband of Meg Ryan

**** Saving Mr. Banks 2013. Hanks portrays Walt Disney and depicts the producing of Mary Poppins.

***^ Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2011 post 9-11 movie also stars Sandra Bullock

*** Larry Crowne 2011

****Angels and Demons. 2009 Sequel to Da Vinci Code

The Great Buck Howard 2008

***The Da Vinci Code. 2006 Introduces symbologist Robert Langdon

**** The Polar Express 2004 Hanks voices multiple parts

**** The Terminal 2004 Stuck in a Airport terminal

**** Catch Me if You Can 2002

Castaway 2000

****You've Got Mail 1998 A Meg Ryan, Tom Hanks romance.  An unlikely pair

**** Saving Private Ryan 1998 This is rated R and very intense as it portrays WWII violence

That Thing You Do 1996

****^ Toy Story 5 2026. Jessie stars and Woody is called in to help

***** Toy Story 4 2019

Toy story that Time Forgot 2014

*** Toy Story of Terror 2013. Halloween Story

**** Toy Story 3 2010 The story continues with the toys being discarded to a day care.

****^Toy Story 2 1999

****^Toy Story 1995. Hanks voices Woody in the beloved Toy Story series.

 ****^ Apollo 13 1995

Forrest Gump 1994

Sleepless in Seattle 1993

****Philadelphia 1993

**** A League of their Own 1992. A movie about the women's playing baseball during WWII. 

***^ Joe Versus the Volcano 1990

****^ Turner and Hooch 1989 Hooch is a rowdy, slobbering dog

***^ The Burbs 1989

****^ Big 1988. A thirteen year old in a man's body

**^ Dragnet 1987

**^The Money Pit 1986 With Shelly Duvall

Everytime We Say Goodbye 1986

Nothing in Common. 1986

The Man with One Red Shoe. 1985

**** Splash 1984. Hanks first big role.  He falls in love with a mermaid (Bo Derek). As includes John Candy in the cast as his older brother.

Mazes and Monsters 1982

Movie Review: ****^News of the World

 I very much enjoyed this movie.  The thing that makes this movie work is the relationship between Captain Kidd (Tom Hanks) and the young Kiowa woman (kidnapped five years ago by Kiowa), Johanna (Helena Zengel) (Zengel is a young German actress and this appears to be her first American film.). Hanks comes upon the young woman and decides to take her to her relatives.  Hanks works as a story teller, taking stories from the newspaper and reading them to people.  His wife passed while he served in the Civil War as a Captain.  The journey is more perilous than it should have been because some ner-do-wells would like to purchase the young woman and Kidd refuses.  They are determined to then use force to get their way. 

Kidd is struggling with his own inadequacies, and the loss of his wife.  The young woman is also dealing with loss.  Loss of her parents, and then loss of her Kiowa culture after living with them for five years.  Watching the relationship develop as they struggle with language and cultural issues makes this movie very enjoyable.  Both Hanks and Zengel make enjoyable and believable characters.

TV Review: Disney+ Hawkeye

 Hawkeye is available on Disney+.  It is a post End Game show, and Hawkeye/ Clint Barton (Jeremy Renner) is drawn into the action when a sort of self-proclaimed super hero, archer wantobe, Kate Bishop (Hailee Steinfeld) comes across the Ronin suit, which Clint Barton used to work evil when his family had been blipped away.  This leads to their becoming the targets of a New York gang, as Ronin killed their leader and the leader's niece, Maya Lopez (Alaqua Cox) is now intent on revenge.  Turns out Bishop's mother is working for King Pin (Vincent D'Onofrio).  She has framed her fiánce for murder.  Also muddling the picture is Black Widow's sister, Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh).  She is a highly trained assassin after Clint Barton as she has been told he killed Black Widow.

This is six episodes of super fun.  In the final episode we have the gang of thugs, King Pin, Belova, Lopez, all converging on Rockefeller Plaza and the ice skate ring in New York.  I highly recommend this show if you haven't already watched.

Movie Review: *****The Black Widow

 This movie is delightful.  It is able to take a look at the Romanoff family from a different point of view, and gives us the back story for the Back Widow and for her sister, Yelena.  The family--which was put together to train the girls to be widow fighters includes Natasha (Scarlett Johansson), Yelena (Florence Pugh), mother Melina (Rachel Weisz) and father Alexei (David Harbour).  They were part of the enhanced network created by Dreykov (Ray Winstone).  In fact Dreykov has created an army of widows, and controls them through chemicals.  This movie is a struggle for the two sisters to get their lives back; and to deal with their past.  The movie is very well done how they combine family issues, from the pseudo family  and the humor is very good.  It takes a different view of the Marvel Universe.

Spider Man Movie Summaries

 I am putting Spider Men movies in their own spot as for the most part they do not fit into the Marvel Universe Phases.  Four actors have portrayed Spider Man in the movies: Tobey MaGuire, Andrew Garfield and Tom Holland as Peter Parker' And then Shameik Moore as Miles Morales.  The Tom Holland is also found in several Avenger movies playing Spider Man including Avenger Civil War, Avengers Infinity War and Avengers Endgame.  There are other animated carton versions available on t.v. as well.  The next version appears to be a sequel to the Spider Verse.  Should be fun.  

*****Spider Man

*****Spider Man II

****^Spider Man III

****^Amazing Spider Man

****^Amazing Spider Man II

****^Spider Man: Welcome Home

****^Spider Man: Far from Home

*****Spider Man: No Way Home

***** Spider-Man: A Brand New Day

***^Spider Man: Into the Spider Verse won the Oscar for best animated feature 2019

*** Spider-Man: Across the Multi-Verse. (2023). Continuation of into the SPider-Verse. animated

***^Captain America: Civil War.   In this movie Spider Man is introduced to the Avenger Universe (as are several others.)

*****Avengers: Infinity War. In this movie Spider continues with the Avengers, and goes off world, and gets blipped away.

*****Avengers: End Game.  Spider gets blipped back, and helps in the final battle, carrying the gauntlet for a time.  

*****Spider Man: No Way Home: Movie Review

 In my mind the movie of the year 2021.  It is the movie that made the most money, and the movie I have enjoyed the most.  The three Spider Men is just cool and brings back so many fond memories.  This is the funnest movie of 2021 and the highest grossing.  You have Spider Man (Tom Holland) interaction with Dr. Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) and also interacting with MJ (Zendaya).  In addition to past Spider Man versions making an appearance; you also have the bad guys, Green Goblin, Electro, Octavius, Dr Connors/Lizard, and Sandman.  This movie is a good time.  It is no wonder it has made loads of money at the box office.  I wish the Oscars would wake up and reward the movies people like.  The only Oscar nomination is best visual effects.  The Oscars have become less relevant as they focus too much on someone's definition of woke (not mine).  But this movie has it all, nostalgia, love, heartache and action.

The King's Daughter: Movie Review

 I haven't done many movie reviews as of lat; but this movie hit me in a special way.  The major theme of the movie is science vs the clergy.  Should we let science be the controlling factor in our decisions.  He have heard Anthony Fauci say he is the science.  Somehow this puts him above everyone else; and I think he is saying that his ideas should trump all.  However this movie points out that science without ethics is doomed.  In Mr. Fauci we see evidence of this.  He has funding for the torturing of animals.  He may have funded the Chinese to take a virus and upgrade that virus.  The emails are pointing more and more towards this.  he emails also point to his using his influence to naysay those who proposed the virus came from a Chinese lab.  This now looks the most plausible cause.  Fauci's claiming he is science really irked me and it seems like a very slippery slope.

This movie is good.  Should science be allowed to kill a mermaid so as to grant immortality to the king and guarantee there will always be a strong leader.  There are lots of problem on that slope, especially when the King's daughter befriends the mermaid.