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Captain Phillips

Opens Friday, Oct 11, 2013 Synopsis: The true story of Richard Phillips, the cargo-ship captain who surrendered himself to a group of Somali pirates so that his crew would be freed, is adapted by screenwriter Billy Ray in this Paul Greengrass-directed docudrama starring Tom Hanks. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, Rovi Cast: Tom Hanks, Catherine Keener, Max Martini Movie Details Play Trailer Buy Tickets Movie Review

Saving Mr. Banks

Opens Friday, Dec 20, 2013 Synopsis: The story of how Walt Disney courted P.L. Travers into letting him option the rights to Mary Poppins is brought to the screen starring Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson. John Lee Hancock directs from a script by Kelly Marcel. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, Rovi Cast: Emma Thompson, Tom Hanks, Colin Farrell, Bradley Whitford, Paul Giamatti Movie Details Buy Tickets Movie Review

Movie review: Superb acting just the start in 'Lincoln'

...30 minutes At this point, it almost seems redundant to talk about what an incredible actor Daniel Day-Lewis is. Tom Hanks, Russell Crowe, Denzel Washington; all marvelous actors, all Best Actor winners, but somehow not even in the same...

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Arts & Entertainment

...low over Gulf Coast towns, New Orleans and then downtown Houston and its airports.Space City, partly made famous by Tom Hanks when he uttered the line "Houston, we have a problem" in the movie "Apollo 13," has long tied its fortune to a mix...

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Cloud Atlas

Now Playing Synopsis: Directors Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski, and Lana Wachowski team up to helm this adaptation of David Mitchell's popular novel Cloud Atlas. The trio have put together an all-star cast, including Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, and Hugh Grant, to play various characters over the course of several different historical time periods. The various narrative threads weave in and out of each other, painting a portrait of mankind's quest for tolerance and peace throughout the ages. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi Cast: Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Hugo Weaving, Jim Sturgess, Bae Doo-na, Ben Whishaw, Keith David, James D'Arcy, Zhou Xun, David Gyasi, Susan Sarandon, Hugh Grant, Robert Fyfe, Robin Morrissey, Brody Nicholas Lee, Ian Van Temperley, Amanda Walker, Ralph Riach, Andrew Havill, Tanja De Wendt, Raeven Lee Hanan, Götz Otto, Nial Fulton, Louis Dempsey, Martin Docherty, Alistair Petrie Movie Details Play Trailer Buy Tickets Movie Review

Larry Crowne

Now Playing Synopsis: An amiable Navy veteran loses his comfortable job at a big-box store, enrolls in community college, and seeks to reinvent himself while falling for his apathetic speech professor in this romantic comedy re-teaming Academy Award-winning Charlie Wilson's War co-stars Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts. Larry Crowne (Hanks) has just been downsized. The unfortunate victim of a failing economy, Larry decides that his best option to avoid becoming idle is to take some classes at his local community college. In no time, Larry befriends a colorful group of moped-obsessed outcasts on the road to self-improvement, and begins working to sharpen his communication skills in a public speaking class taught by Mercedes Tainot (Roberts). Disenchanted with her job and bored in her marriage, Mercedes has begun to feel as if she's missing out on life. But whenever she's with Larry, all of her problems seem to disappear. Now, just as Larry and Mercedes are feeling as if their lives have been put on hold, they both discover that fate sometimes has a way of giving us exactly what we need, at precisely the right time. Bryan Cranston, Cedric the Entertainer, Pam Grier, and George Takei co-star. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi Cast: Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Bryan Cranston, Cedric the Entertainer, Taraji P. Henson Movie Details Play Trailer Buy Tickets Movie Review

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

Opens Sunday, Dec 25, 2011 Synopsis: Based on the novel by author Jonathan Safran Foer, director Stephen Daldry's post-9/11 drama follows the journey of a nine-year-old boy as he attempts to solve a family mystery. Two years after his father is killed in the September 11th terrorist attacks, the curious boy discovers a mysterious key hidden in a household vase and begins an exhaustive search for the matching lock. Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock star. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi Cast: Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, Thomas Horn Movie Details Play Trailer Buy Tickets Movie Review

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

Opens Sunday, Dec 25, 2011 Synopsis: Based on the novel by author Jonathan Safran Foer, director Stephen Daldry's post-9/11 drama follows the journey of a nine-year-old boy as he attempts to solve a family mystery. Two years after his father is killed in the September 11th terrorist attacks, the curious boy discovers a mysterious key hidden in a household vase and begins an exhaustive search for the matching lock. Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock star. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi Cast: Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, Thomas Horn, Max von Sydow, Viola Davis, John Goodman, Jeffrey Wright, James Gandolfini Movie Details Play Trailer Buy Tickets Movie Review

The toys are back in town

...friends sound cute at best, certainly not a cultural touchstone. But whether it's the nuanced voice performances by Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack and a host of others, or the beautifully written screenplays, or the simply amazing animation...

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Can't miss movie misses: Hanks, Howard phone in their performances in 'Angels & Demons'

"Angels & Demons" Columbia Pictures 2 hours, 18 minutes Tom Hanks plus Ron Howard plus a rollicking potboiler of a novel. Sounds like a can't miss proposition, right? Well, actually it did...

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