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Tom Hanks says he's made only four 'pretty good' movies

Tom Hanks says he's made only four 'pretty good' movies
Hollywood star Tom Hanks has acted in nearly 100 movies but thinks only four of them are “pretty good”.

“No one knows how a movie is made — though everyone thinks they do,” Hanks said in a new interview with ‘People’, reports ‘Variety’.

“I’ve made a tonne of movies, and I’m still amazed at how films come together. From a flicker of an idea to the flickering image onscreen, the whole process is a miracle.”

Hanks has led some of cinema’s most celebrated films over his four-decade career, including ‘Forest Gump’ and ‘Philadelphia’, both of which earned him the Academy Award for best actor.

Hanks was also Oscar-nominated for ‘Cast Away’, ‘Big’, ‘Saving Private Ryan’ and 2020’s ‘A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood’.

But it’s unclear which titles in Hanks’ filmography he considers to be the best.

“Movie-making is very hard work over a very long period of
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Tom Hanks thinks a few of the 80 films he’s made throughout his long-standing career are “pretty good”

  • 27 September 2022
  • by Steve Seigh
  • JoBlo
Tom Hanks thinks a few of the 80 films he’s made throughout his long-standing career are “pretty good”
Many would attest that Tom Hanks is one of the greatest actors in American history. He’s starred in Hollywood blockbusters like Forrest Gump, Cast Away, Saving Private Ryan, Pixar’s Toy Story franchise, and many more. With decades of experience in front of cameras, Hanks is often one of the harshest critics of his work. While Hanks enjoys the thrill of working alongside the best filmmakers and actors in the business, not every project ranks among his favorites.

Speaking with People, Hanks says four of the 80 films he’s contributed to are “pretty good.” Only four? Tom, surely you jest! Can you explain this bizarre stance? “No one knows how a movie is made — though everyone thinks they do,” Hanks remarked. “I’ve made a ton of movies and I’m still amazed at how films come together.”

“From a flicker of an idea to the flickering image onscreen,
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Tom Hanks Says He’s Made Only Four ‘Pretty Good’ Movies

  • 27 September 2022
  • by Ethan Shanfeld
  • Variety
Tom Hanks Says He’s Made Only Four ‘Pretty Good’ Movies
Tom Hanks has acted in nearly 100 movies but thinks only four of them are “pretty good,” he said in a new interview with People. Which ones? Well, that’s a mystery.

“No one knows how a movie is made — though everyone thinks they do,” Hanks said. “I’ve made a ton of movies, and I’m still amazed at how films come together. From a flicker of an idea to the flickering image onscreen, the whole process is a miracle.”

Hanks has led some of cinema’s most celebrated films over his four-decade career, including “Forest Gump” and “Philadelphia,” both of which earned him the Academy Award for best actor. Hanks was also Oscar-nominated for “Cast Away,” “Big,” “Saving Private Ryan” and 2020’s “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood.” But it’s unclear which titles in Hanks’ filmography he considers to be the best.

“Movie-making is very hard work over
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‘The Silence of the Ants’ Tops Lau Haizetara Forum Awards at San Sebastian Major Doc Event

  • 22 September 2022
  • by Emiliano De Pablos
  • Variety
‘The Silence of the Ants’ Tops Lau Haizetara Forum Awards at San Sebastian Major Doc Event
“The Silence of the Ants,” by documentary filmmaker Francisco Montoro, snagged top prizes at the 18th Lau Haizetara Documentary Co-Production Forum, part of the San Sebastián Festival.

The documentary took the Ibaia–Elkargi Award for best project at the pitching session, plus the Distribution and Festival Consultancy Treeline Award and the Fipadoc Biarritz Award.

Produced by Apnea Films, “The Silence of the Ants” follows a Spanish couple who traveled to the Ukraine in 2015 to find the seven-year-old girl they hosted for temporary foster care.

Federation Spain’s “Carapirú: El Superviviente,” by Aner Etxebarria and Pablo Vidal, took The Ibaia – Bilibin Circular Prize for its environmental values with a title suggesting a combination of “Cast Away” and “Apocalypto” translated to real life in Brazil’s Amazon jungle.

The DocsBarcelona Documentary Festival Award went to “The Little Princess, A Star Is Born,” about Antoine de Saint Exupery. Directed by journalist Vincent Nguyen,
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The 7 Best New Movies on HBO Max in September 2022

The 7 Best New Movies on HBO Max in September 2022
With the weather getting cooler (at least in some parts of the country) and Halloween just around the corner, it’s beginning to feel a little more like fall. And what’s better than grabbing a cup of cider, cuddling underneath your favorite blanket and watching hours and hours of movies? You’re right, nothing.

This month, HBO has a great mixture of new movies, from this summer’s sleeper hit “Elvis” to earlier-this-year’s sci-fi disaster movie “Moonfall” to a true gem of 1980s cinema, and some great spooky season starter movies.

Below you’ll find some of the very best new movies streaming on HBO Max this month.

“Elvis” Warner Bros.

There’s very little middle ground when it comes to “Elvis,” Baz Luhrmann’s extravagant musical biopic. Either you fall in love with its aesthetic, which depicts Elvis (as portrayed by “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
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Lyndsey Windham in pink and green bikinis is an ‘island girl’

Lyndsey Windham in pink and green bikinis is an ‘island girl’
Lindsey Windham debuted on The Bachelor Season 26. Pic credit: @lyndsey_windham/Instagram

Lyndsey Windham is keeping summer vibes alive on her timeline as the fall season arrives.

Lyndsey shared photos from her Bahamas vacation with her thousands of Instagram followers.

She gained a larger following after appearing on The Bachelor Season 26 with Clayton Echard.

Lyndsey and Clayton didn’t end up together, but Lyndsey remains friends with several women from her season.

Several of her fellow Bachelor Nation stars liked Lyndsey’s post in the Bahamas.

She rocked a splash of color in a stylish pink bikini and was modelesque in a green bikini share.

Lyndsey Windham strikes a pose in colorful bikinis

Lyndsey Windham took to Instagram to share her Bahamas-based photos, including one from Pearl Island.

In the Pearl Island post, Lyndsey was all about pink as she posed in a busty strapless pink bikini top and wrapped
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Pinocchio (2022) vs. Pinocchio (1940): What are the Differences?

Pinocchio (2022) vs. Pinocchio (1940): What are the Differences?
When you wish upon a star, it doesn’t matter how original you are. That’s certainly Disney’s hope at the beginning of the new, Robert Zemeckis-directed Pinocchio. The film marks the latest “live-action” remake of a classic from the Walt Disney Animation Studios catalog. And in this case, it’s pulling from one of the oldest.

Walt Disney’s original Pinocchio was only the second feature-length film made by his animation house after Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs from three years earlier. Pinocchio is also where the Walt Disney Company got its unofficial theme song, “When You Wish Upon a Star.” To this day, you usually hear an orchestral version of the tune every time you see a new Disney movie that gets the banner logo title card at the beginning. But in the case of Zemeckis’ Pinocchio, the traditional fanfare is interrupted when a digitally
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Movie Review: Pinocchio

Movie Review: Pinocchio
The latest in Disney’s interminable run of remakes, Robert Zemeckis’ Pinocchio is not a reimagining of the classic Carlo Collodi story or animated classic so much as a slick bit of content to pad out Disney’s streaming service. Pinocchio the puppet may have no strings, but Pinocchio the movie has no soul.

There certainly is room for another adaptation of the Pinocchio story — even as we await a stop-motion version from Guillermo del Toro later this year and just received one starring, um, Pauly Shore in 2021. Collodi’s novel is a more mischievous and dark take than Disney’s adaptation, and the story is ripe for exploration. Living in a world of AI and invisible helpers on our phones makes its ideas of humanity and reality more relevant, and the original animated film’s episodic structure provides avenues for a curious filmmaker to dig deeper into its themes of family,
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Tom Hanks: We Attempted ‘Forrest Gump 2’ Idea, but Sequel Talks Died in 40 Minutes

Tom Hanks: We Attempted ‘Forrest Gump 2’ Idea, but Sequel Talks Died in 40 Minutes
Tom Hanks revealed on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast (via The Independent) that a sequel to “Forrest Gump” was a serious possibility for only 40 minutes. The Oscar-winning drama was based on the 1986 novel, which led to the 1995 book sequel “Gump and Co.” The film adaptation of the first book was a box office powerhouse, earning 678 million worldwide and becoming the top-grossing film in the U.S. in 1994. Hanks won the Oscar for best actor, while the film took home the prize for best picture and four more Academy Awards.

“I will say that, with a long time in between, we did take a stab at talking about another ‘Forrest Gump’ that lasted all of 40 minutes,” Hanks said. “And then we never…we said, ‘Guys, come on.’”

Despite the film’s popularity and Oscar success, a sequel just never took concrete shape for Hanks and director Robert Zemeckis. Hanks’ career has not been jam-packed with sequels,
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The 15 Best Tom Hanks Movies, from ‘Cast Away’ to ‘Toy Story’ to ‘Big’

The 15 Best Tom Hanks Movies, from ‘Cast Away’ to ‘Toy Story’ to ‘Big’
Take a gander at the last 40 years of cinema, and you’ll find at least one universal truth: The people love Tom Hanks.

The 66-year-old actor is known around Hollywood and the world as an affable everyman, with as much capacity for heady drama as he has a knack for quippy comedy. Hanks’ most famous roles range from the light and whimsical to the darkly complex. He’s also responsible for delivering lines in some of cinema’s most quotable movies, including “A League of Their Own” (“There’s no crying in baseball!”) and “Apollo 13”.

Hanks cut his teeth as a stage actor, performing Shakespeare and other plays in his hometown of Lakewood, California for much of the late ’70s. At 24-years-old, Hanks made his first movie appearance as a flirty jogger in the slasher “He Knows You’re Alone” before starring opposite Daryl Hannah in Ron Howard’s romantic
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New Pinocchio trailer drops – no strings attached!

  • 24 August 2022
  • by Mathew Plale
  • JoBlo
New Pinocchio trailer drops – no strings attached!
Disney has debuted a new trailer for their latest feature, Pinocchio, just two weeks before its Disney+ release.

Disney’s Pinocchio offers a “​​retelling of the beloved tale of a wooden puppet who embarks on a thrilling adventure to become a real boy.”

The new trailer shows a wealth of new footage from Pinocchio, with more detailed looks at Geppetto’s workshop, Pleasure Island and the monstrous whale. It also features a new version of “When You Wish Upon a Star”, which won an Oscar for Disney’s first version of the tale, becoming the first animated movie to do so. This version will be sung by The Blue Fairy, whereas 1940’s version was sung by Jiminy Cricket. The 1940 film was Disney’s second animated feature, after Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

The cast of Disney’s Pinocchio includes Tom Hanks as Geppetto, Benjamin Evan Ainsworth as Pinocchio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Jiminy Cricket,
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‘Pinocchio’ Trailer: Tom Hanks and Cynthia Erivo Warn Against Wishing Upon a Star for Fame

‘Pinocchio’ Trailer: Tom Hanks and Cynthia Erivo Warn Against Wishing Upon a Star for Fame
“Why do you want to be real when you can be famous?”

Such is the haunting question at the center of Disney+’s “Pinocchio,” premiering September 8. Co-written and directed by Academy Award winner Robert Zemeckis, the live-action/animated hybrid retelling of the beloved classic tale stars Tom Hanks as Geppetto and Benjamin Evan Ainsworth as the titular wooden doll who dreams of becoming a real boy.

Yet as “Honest” John (Keegan-Michael Key) lures Pinocchio, a talking puppet, into performing as the “eighth wonder of the world,” it’s up to Geppetto, the Blue Fairy (Cynthia Erivo), and Jiminy Cricket (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) to guide the boy built with “no conscience.”

Lorraine Bracco, Luke Evans, Kyanne Lamaya, Jaquita Ta’Le, Giuseppe Battiston, and Lewin Lloyd also star.

Based on the 1883 Italian book by Carlo Collodi and the 1940 Disney movie, the new “Pinocchio” has been in development since 2015. While a slew of writers and
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Here’s What’s New on Hulu in August 2022

Here’s What’s New on Hulu in August 2022
With the new month come new arrivals to all TV and movie streamers, including Hulu. The August 2022 slate contains many classic re-watch options as well as new seasons of original shows and new movies as well.

For those who couldn’t get enough of Keke Palmer in Jordan Peele’s latest movie “Nope” (2022), one of her breakout films “Akeelah and the Bee” (2006) has landed on Hulu. Tom Hanks’ “Cast Away” (2000), Natalie Portman’s “Black Swan,” the first two “Despicable Me” films and Tobey Maguire’s “Spider-Man” trilogy also arrive this month.

FX’s “Reservation Dogs” Season 2 arrives exclusively on Hulu Aug. 3. The Hulu Original film “Prey” arrives Aug. 5. “Legacy: The True Story of the L.A. Lakers” premieres on Hulu Aug. 15. Another exclusive heading to Hulu later in August is Steve Carell’s limited series “The Patient,” available to stream Aug. 30.

Here’s what’s new on Hulu in August 2022.

Also
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Hulu New Releases: August 2022

Hulu New Releases: August 2022
You ever notice how HBO’s releases tend to do the heavy lifting in HBO Max’s content library? That makes plenty of sense given that HBO has a track record of producing hits well before the streaming era even began. Well, a similar concept is now playing out over on Hulu. Like many monthly releases before it, Hulu’s list of new releases for August 2022 is highlighted by a whole bunch of FX TV shows.

The initiative once known as “FX on Hulu” is no more but that’s not stopping the cable network-turned quality TV brand from churning out some intriguing titles for the streaming world this month. It all starts early on with season 2 of the delightful comedy Reservation Dogs on Aug. 3. That is followed up by the docuseries Children of the Underground on Aug. 13, Little Demon on Aug. 26, and The Patient of Aug. 30. The most interesting of the bunch,
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Keep Breathing Reminds Us of the Difference Between Life and Living

Keep Breathing Reminds Us of the Difference Between Life and Living
There's no doubt that consumers of entertainment have a thing about plane crashes.

The idea that one minute, you're on a journey of a lifetime to the next, scrambling to survive, makes for excellent drama and character introspection.

Keep Breathing hopes to combine a survival drama with the introspection that comes when your life almost passes you by in the blink of an eye.

In the vein of Tom Hanks' Castaway comes Keep Breathing, the story of Liv (Melissa Barrera), a woman who pursues her career at the expense of everything else in her life.

Liv's fateful day arrives as she's leading one of the most important projects of her life.

She rallies her team with a determined bark. Nobody will stop until they've got what they need.

She puts her words into action when her infirmed father falls ill and is hospitalized. Although she's urged to take the time to visit him,
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The 15 Best Survival Movies, from ‘Cast Away’ to ‘The Revenant’

The 15 Best Survival Movies, from ‘Cast Away’ to ‘The Revenant’
From “Gravity ” and “Wild” to “The Way Back” and “Jaws,” the most compelling survival movies fearlessly examine characters’ will to live, imbuing their perilous struggles with the intensely personal motivations and desires that make every person unique. These stories allow audiences to consider what specific obstacles along one person’s quest for survival and happiness say about humanity writ large. What’s more, they challenge viewers to look inward and consider what truly matters when the chips are down.

The best survival films immerse viewers in life-or-death scenarios, balancing realism and believability with slow-burn suspense. Even in lighter survival fare, such as “Swiss Family Robinson,” filmmakers have to keep up the pace and pressure to deliver the subgenre’s characteristic urgency. Sure, “Cast Away,” “The Revenant,” and epic sagas like them are sweeping in scope with the lengthy running times to match. But survival stories work best when every frame
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Taylor Kitsch Says He Would Never Appear in a ‘Friday Night Lights’ Reunion or Reboot

Taylor Kitsch Says He Would Never Appear in a ‘Friday Night Lights’ Reunion or Reboot
Welcome to this week’s “Just for Variety.”

Taylor Kitsch thinks a reboot or revival of “Friday Night Lights” could happen. “You may see it, but I will not be a part of it,” the actor, who played Tim Riggins on the beloved NBC series, tells me. “I’m done. I’m good. I want to keep growing as an actor. Going back to Rigs — let him live in everyone else’s memories. Whatever that is, whatever he means to them, let him lay there.” However, let me be clear — Kitsch has no bad feelings about “Fnl”: “It was such a huge springboard for me, but I’m such a different actor now. It allowed me to explore the process, be fucking green and embrace it.”

Kitsch can currently be seen on Amazon Prime’s “The Terminal List” opposite Chris Pratt.

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Big Freedia is coming to Los Angeles. The
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Happy 66th birthday, Tom Hanks! We rank his 22 best movies from worst to best [Photos]

Happy 66th birthday, Tom Hanks! We rank his 22 best movies from worst to best [Photos]
Happy 66th birthday to actor, producer and director Tom Hanks on July 9, 2022! To celebrate, Hanks has one of the top blockbuster films in theaters currently, playing the evil Col. Tom Parker in “Elvis” opposite Austin Butler as Elvis Presley.

Before hitting the big time in feature films, Hanks was mostly known for the funny yet short-lived comedy series “Bosom Buddies” on ABC. He then teamed up with director Ron Howard for the 1983 blockbuster “Splash,” which made him with one of the most bankable and beloved actors in the 1980s and beyond.

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He won two consecutive Academy Awards (Best Actor for “Philadelphia” in 1993 and “Forrest Gump” in 1994) from five nominations. Yet curiously, despite doing remarkable film work, he had not been nominated in nearly two decades.

That changed in 2019 when Hanks slipped on Mr. Rogers’ comfy sneakers for Marielle Heller‘s
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See Tom Hanks as Geppetto in Robert Zemeckis’ ‘Pinocchio’: Watch the trailer

See Tom Hanks as Geppetto in Robert Zemeckis’ ‘Pinocchio’: Watch the trailer
Tom Hanks and Robert Zemeckis are back together again.

The Oscar-winning “Forrest Gump” collaborators, who also made “Cast Away” and “The Polar Express” together, have reunited for a new take on “Pinocchio.” The project will stream on Disney+ later this year.

Here’s the official boilerplate provided by Disney about the project:

Tom Hanks stars as Geppetto, the wood carver who builds and treats Pinocchio (Benjamin Evan Ainsworth) as if he were his own son. Joseph Gordon-Levitt is Jiminy Cricket, who serves as Pinocchio’s guide as well as his “conscience”; Academy Award® nominee Cynthia Erivo is the Blue Fairy; Keegan-Michael Key is “Honest” John; Academy Award® nominee Lorraine Bracco is Sofia the Seagull, a new character, and Luke Evans is The Coachman. Also in the cast are Kyanne Lamaya as Fabiana (and her marionette Sabina), Giuseppe Battiston as Señor Stromboli and Lewin Lloyd as Lampwick.

Zemeckis, Derek Hogue, Andrew Miano,
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Pinocchio: Cynthia Erivo Works Her Magic for Tom Hanks' Geppetto in Disney+ Movie Trailer

Pinocchio: Cynthia Erivo Works Her Magic for Tom Hanks' Geppetto in Disney+ Movie Trailer
A luminous Cynthia Erivo‘s Blue Fairy works her magic on behalf of Tom Hanks’ wishful Geppetto in the first trailer for Disney+‘s Pinocchio movie, which is set for a Thursday, Sept. 8 (aka Disney Day) premiere.

Academy Award winner Robert Zemeckis, who previously collaborated with Hanks on Forrest Gump and Cast Away and… well, let’s leave it at that… directed this live-action retelling of the beloved tale of a wooden puppet who embarks on a thrilling adventure to become a real boy.

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