Amy Ryan, an Oscar nominee for Gone Baby Gone and essential supporting player in most everything else, is set to star opposite Tom Hanks in Steven Spielberg’s upcoming, untitled Cold War thriller. As if the flick didn’t already have an impressive pedigree, Matt Charman’s screenplay was recently retooled by the freaking Coen brothers. Based on […]
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Joel & Ethan Coen rewriting Steven Spielberg’s Cold War thriller
May 22, 2014 
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Well, here are two great flavours that hopefully go great together. Joel and Ethan Coen, busy at work prepping their next film Hail Caesar, are taking the time to rework the script to Steven Spielberg’s upcoming Cold War thriller, THR reports. Still untitled, the pic tells of attorney James Donovan’s real-life efforts to negotiate the […]
Continue readingSteven Spielberg to film Roald Dahl’s ‘BFG’
April 28, 2014 0 Comments
Steven Spielberg will adapt Roald Dahl’s beloved BFG for the big screen, but probably not before he completes his untitled Cold War thriller with Tom Hanks. According to THR, Spielberg will make BFG for DreamWorks in the early months of 2015, giving him time to squeeze in a “smaller movie” before then. That small movie is believed to be […]
Continue readingSteven Spielberg and Tom Hanks might reteam for Cold War thriller
April 22, 2014 1 Comment
Recent Oscar snubbees Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks might soon reteam for a Cold War thriller, Variety reports. Spielberg is circling a few potential projects to serve as his next directorial effort, and though the long-delayed Robopocalypse is the closest to getting a budget approved, this Cold War flick might just cut in line. Hanks would […]
Continue readingThe Top 10 Male Performances of 2013
December 10, 2013 0 Comments
By Simon Miraudo December 10, 2013 Spoiler alert: James Franco will top this list. Question is, for what? The divisive overachiever appeared in – and I am not sh***ing you – at least 13 movies this past year, not including his stint on The Mindy Project, his Comedy Central Roast, and that Kanye West spoof […]
Continue readingThe rights stuff – Saving Mr. Banks review
December 10, 2013 0 Comments
By Simon Miraudo December 10, 2013 There’s nothing quite as “inside baseball” as movies about the movie-making process (except, I suppose, movies about the intricacies of baseball). John Lee Hancock‘s Saving Mr. Banks takes us behind the scenes and into the Walt Disney sausage factory, where P.L. Travers’ beloved novel Mary Poppins was adapted into a Hollywood […]
Continue reading‘Saving Mr. Banks’ can’t show Walt Disney smoking
November 18, 2013 0 Comments
At a gala screening of Saving Mr. Banks over the weekend, the filmmakers explained why they were unable to showcase Walt Disney’s intense addiction to tobacco: it’s due to Disney studios’ somewhat ironic ‘no smoking’ rules. The flick concerns Walt’s (Tom Hanks) efforts to score the Mary Poppins rights from author P.L. Travers (Emma Thompson). Director John Lee Hancock […]
Continue readingThe shipping dudes – Captain Phillips review
October 22, 2013 0 Comments
By Simon Miraudo October 22, 2013 Chaos reigns in many of Paul Greengrass‘ films, from the harrowing September 11 thriller United 93 to his written-on-the-fly Bourne sequels. Captain Phillips carries over the handheld camera-work and forever-increasing tension of those features, but chaos is not quite the right word to describe its contents. Based on the […]
Continue readingPlay It Again – The Bonfire of the Vanities (Flop Edition #2)
September 4, 2013 0 Comments
By Jess Lomas September 4, 2013 Play It Again is a weekly feature in which our classic-film connoisseurs revisit a revered motion picture from the annals of movie history, to see if it holds up… or if it has aged terribly. And yes, it takes its name from a famously misquoted Casablanca line (hey, whatever; […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Saving Mr. Banks
July 16, 2013 0 Comments
The first trailer for Saving Mr. Banks has been released and it looks simply supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! Tom Hanks plays the man behind the mouse, Walt Disney, on a mission to fulfil a 20-year-old promise to his daughters: to turn their favourite book, Mary Poppins, into a film. The only thing standing in his way? The book’s […]
Continue readingFirst look at Tom Hanks as Walt Disney in Saving Mr. Banks
July 11, 2013 0 Comments
Here is your first look at Tom Hanks as Walt Disney and Emma Thompson as author P.L. Travers in the upcoming film Saving Mr. Banks. The film tells the true tale of Disney’s efforts to bring Travers’ tale Mary Poppins to the big screen; their difficult relationship almost threatening to derail the project. Considering the […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Captain Phillips
May 10, 2013 0 Comments
The trailer for Paul Greengrass’ Captain Phillips, Tom Hanks’ best Oscar hope in years, has arrived online. Hanks stars as Richard Phillips, whose cargo ship – the Maersk Alabama – was hijacked by Somali pirates in 2009. Though the teaser boasts Greengrass’ credentials as director of The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum, the better […]
Continue readingSoula coaster – Cloud Atlas review
February 27, 2013 0 Comments
By Simon Miraudo February 27, 2013 Cloud Atlas could have been a freak show. It features a cavalcade of stars – each playing multiple characters – masquerading as members of the opposite sex across six seemingly disconnected storylines that span hundreds of years. Souls recur across lifetimes. Not everyone stays the same race. Tom Hanks appears […]
Continue readingSee Hugo Weaving as a woman and a Korean man in Cloud Atlas
August 6, 2012 0 Comments
Warner Bros has released images of Hugo Weaving in Lana and Andy Wachowski‘s collaboration with Tom Tykwer, Cloud Atlas, giving us a clear indication of the race and gender swapping being undertaken by the entire cast. These pictures shows Weaving as a female nurse, a Korean man, a decrepit old creep, and a red-head. OK, that last one isn’t […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Cloud Atlas
July 27, 2012 1 Comment
Nearly six-minutes of Lana and Andy Wachowski‘s epic collaboration with Tom Tykwer, Cloud Atlas, has been revealed online, inspiring awe and confusion amongst all who have not read David Mitchell’s sprawling novel of the same name. The picture stars Tom Hanks,Susan Sarandon, Halle Berry, Jim Sturgess, Hugh Grant, Jim Broadbent, Hugo Weaving, and many others; each playing multiple characters across several […]
Continue readingR.I.P. Maurice Sendak
May 9, 2012 0 Comments
Where the Wild Things Are author, illustrator, and television producer Maurice Sendak has died from complications following a recent stroke. He was 83 years old. Sendak is best known for the fantastical world he crafted in his somewhat anarchic 1963 picture book Wild Things, which was adapted into a film twice; first as an animated […]
Continue readingTom Hanks might play Walt Disney in Mary Poppins making of
April 10, 2012 0 Comments
Tom Hanks is considering portraying Walt Disney in the ‘making of Mary Poppins‘ dramedy Saving Mr. Banks, Deadline reports. The film will tell of Walt’s 14-year attempt at convincing Aussie author P.L. Travers (Emma Thompson) to make a movie from her series of children’s books. Travers’ tale was highly personal, hence her hesitation to hand […]
Continue readingPoster and Trailer Debut: Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
September 29, 2011 2 Comments
The poster and trailer for Stephen Daldry‘s adaptation of Jonathan Safran Foer’s novel Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close has debuted online. And, boy oh boy, you may want to keep the tissue box handy for this one… Child genius Thomas Horn stars as Oskar Schell, an inventive kid whose father (Tom Hanks) dies in the World […]
Continue reading“Everybody’s swapping race and gender” in the Wachowskis’ Cloud Atlas
September 2, 2011 1 Comment
Ben Whishaw discusses his role in the upcoming Cloud Atlas in an interview with Vulture, and reveals there will be some gender bending amongst the star-studded cast. Vulture prompted the young British star to discuss his varied roles in the film after mentioning his co-star, Aussie Hugo Weaving, was to play six roles. Whishaw reveals, […]
Continue readingToy Story was almost called Toyz in the Hood
August 25, 2011 0 Comments
Toy Story 3 director Lee Unkrich has shared with his Twitter followers a selection of almost-titles for Pixar’s first Toy Story film (which have been dutifully compiled on Ain’t It Cool News). Apparently, Toy Story was just a place-holder, and Pixar employees were encouraged to submit a better name. Although more than 200 titles were thrown around, […]
Continue readingTom Hanks personally refunds money for Larry Crowne
August 18, 2011 1 Comment
History’s nicest man, Tom Hanks, has reportedly refunded some movie-goers who were disappointed with his latest vehicle Larry Crowne. According to The National Enquirer, Hanks was at a petrol station filling up his car (movie stars – they’re just like us!) when he was met by a couple who had just come from a screening of […]
Continue readingFirst look at Tom Hanks in Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
August 11, 2011 1 Comment
The first official image of Tom Hanks and young star/child genius Thomas Horn in the upcoming adaptation of Jonathan Safran Foer’s acclaimed novel Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close has been released by Warner Bros. With director Stephen Daldry at the helm, recent Academy Award winner Sandra Bullock starring opposite Hanks, and the novel’s subject matter and […]
Continue readingRon Howard abandons Dan Brown trilogy
July 27, 2011 1 Comment
Ron Howard will not direct the feature film adaptation of Dan Brown’s novel The Lost Symbol, despite helming its predecessors The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons. According to Deadline, Howard will still produce the flick, which follows Robert Langdon on yet another symbology-related mystery. A studio insider claims Howard “”didn’t want to do that […]
Continue readingKing without a crown – Larry Crowne review
July 19, 2011 0 Comments
Larry Crowne – Starring Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts and Gugu Mbatha-Raw. Directed by Tom Hanks. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. As an actor, Tom Hanks has often been compared with Jimmy Stewart. As a director, he seems to take his cues from frequent Stewart collaborator, Frank Capra. Larry Crowne, Hanks’ second effort behind the camera, […]
Continue readingTom Hanks talks Toy Story 4
June 28, 2011 8 Comments
So, this is unexpected. Tom Hanks has reportedly told BBC’s Breakfast News that Pixar are working on Toy Story 4. According to Bleeding Cool (who spotted Hanks’ appearance on the BBC), a reporter asked the live-action Woody the simple question: ‘Will there be a Toy Story 4?’ He responded casually: “I think there will be yeah. […]
Continue readingNew trailer for Tom Hanks’ Larry Crowne
June 14, 2011 0 Comments
A trailer was released for the Tom Hanks-directed Larry Crowne back in March. Out in the US in July, the film’s plot has been likened to the quirky TV show Community: it features a man (Hanks) who loses his job, signs up for community college, joins a scooter gang and… finds some meaning, we guess. […]
Continue readingTom Hanks joins Wachowskis’ Cloud Atlas
April 13, 2011 1 Comment
Tom Hanks has signed up for the epic adaptation of David Mitchell’s sprawling novel Cloud Atlas, to be helmed by Andy and Lana Wachowski (The Matrix) and Tom Tykwer (Run Lola Run). According to Deadline, Tykwer and the Wachowskis will jointly write and direct the project, which features six-interconnected stories. The convoluted logline is as […]
Continue readingToy Story stars team up for live action Jungle Cruise
March 3, 2011 0 Comments
The voices of Tom Hanks and Tim Allen will forever be fixed to Woody and Buzz from Pixar’s Toy Story saga. So it’ll be mighty strange to hear those reunited voices coming out of their live action counterparts in the brand new Disney film Jungle Cruise. According to Deadline, Hanks and Allen will appear in […]
Continue readingChild genius cast in Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
December 17, 2010 0 Comments
Wiz-kid Thomas Horn has been cast as the young lead in Stephen Daldry’s adaptation of Jonathan Safran Foer’s hit novel Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Deadline reports. Thomas will play Oskar Schell, a highly intelligent and sensitive, yet precocious 9-year-old who begins a journey two years after his father is killed in the September 11, […]
Continue readingWhat’s beyond infinity? Toy Story 3 review
November 16, 2010 2 Comments
Toy Story 3 – Starring Tom Hanks, Tim Allen and Joan Cusack. Directed by Lee Unkrich. Rated G. Originally published June 22, 2010. By Simon Miraudo. The question was never going to be, “Is Toy Story 3 any good?” Based on Pixar Animation Studios track record, the film was always going to be incredible. The […]
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