TV Review: MASTERS OF THE AIR (Ep. 1 & 2) on Apple TV+
If you were around during the late ‘90s and early 2000s, you’ll probably recall the massive influx of World War II video games and movies that suddenly became prevalent. Call of Duty, Medal of Honor, Brothers in Arms, Enemy at the Gates, Windtalkers, U-571…a full list would take up an entire page. While WWII as […]
Movie Review: A MAN CALLED OTTO Starring Tom Hanks, John Higgins, Tony Bingham
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: grumpy old person turns beloved neighbor and family member after opening up to their neighbors. It’s nothing original, yet if done well enough, keeps people coming back for more. And so it is with A Man Called Otto, in itself a remake of A Man Called Ove, […]
Movie Review: ‘A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,’ Starring; Tom Hanks
Growing up, I didn’t have cable. While other kids got to watch Nickelodeon and Disney Channel, I made do with broadcast channels. Sure, I got my fill of Saturday morning cartoons: Animaniacs, X-Men, and the like. But during the week, especially when I was very young, I ended up watching a lot of PBS. I […]
Movie Review: ‘Toy Story 4’ Starring Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Annie Potts
The Toy Story franchise is truly something special. When Disney/Pixar released the original Toy Story in 1995, filmgoers were introduced to Woody and Buzz and stunned by the truly groundbreaking animation in which their stories were told. In a way, it marked the end of the 2D animation style we’d all grown accustomed to from […]
17: ‘Captain Phillips’ Starring Tom Hanks
This week on Reel Spoilers we head out to sea with Tom Hanks in Captain Phillips. It’s the real life story of, well… Captain Phillips. I mean, c’mon, really? You need me to connect the dots for you on that one? Hanks stars in the true life tale of the aforementioned captain who is taken […]
Movie Review: ‘Captain Phillips’ Starring Tom Hanks
Whether it is being trapped in space, or trapped at sea – the hopelessness of being miles and miles away from anyone who can help you has always been frightening. And that is exactly what the 2009 true story of Captain Richard Phillips of the MV Maersk Alabama is about, as told in the 2013 […]
‘Captain Phillips’ opens October 11! Enter to Win Passes to the St. Louis Advance Screening!
Enter to win a pass for two! Columbia Pictures’ action-thriller Captain Phillips stars two-time Oscar® winner Tom Hanks in the true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years. The film is directed […]
Movie Review: ‘Cloud Atlas’ Starring Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Sturgess, James D’Arcy
You would never know by watching the trailers or scrolling through stills, but Cloud Atlas is the most expensive independent film ever made. When you think of indie films, you generally don’t think of big budgets, jaw dropping visuals, and A-list actors like Tom Hanks and Halle Berry. But then again, you generally don’t have the directors of The Matrix behind […]
‘Cloud Atlas’ Opens October 26! Enter to Win Passes to the St. Louis Advance Screening!
Enter to win a pair of passes! Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. Action, mystery and romance weave dramatically through the story as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero and a single act of kindness […]
Movie Review: ‘Extremely Loud’ Is Pretty Quiet
I’ve had a hard time writing my review of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close – or even beginning it. I worked on a draft, realized it was all wrong, started another draft, pitched that, repeated five more times. I kept feeling like something was missing, but from me, not from the movie. And then I […]
