Austin Butler's genuine effort to honor The King of Rock and Roll is undermined by director Luhrmann's stylistic excess and a truly terrible turn by Tom Hanks.
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Book Review: ‘Filming the Fantastic with Virtual Technology’
Does your film need a dinosaur or a space alien? 'Filming the Fantastic with Virtual Technology' tells you how to get it done.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘Toy Story 4’ – Finding Forky
The fourth film in the computer animated series created by Pixar for Disney Studios, 'Toy Story 4' feels like a conclusion of the tale more than anything else.
Read More »Book Tour: Tom Hanks’ ‘Uncommon Type: Some Stories’
Tom Hanks shares his love of typewriters, his book 'Uncommon Type: Some Stories', and discusses his acting career.
Read More »What You Can Find in Bookstores This Fall
Excited about fall? You should be, with this much anticipated list of upcoming books
Read More »Movie Review: ‘Sully’ – A Humble Hero Stands Tall
This powerful film is an uplifting tale that tells a true heroic story in dramatic fashion, highlighting the extraordinary achievement of one brave man and all the other people on the plane and in the city who helped him succeed.
Read More »Middleburg and Virginia Film Festivals: ‘Ithaca’
Meg Ryan's directorial debut about Homer Macauley's coming-of-age deserves much more positive attention.
Read More »Middleburg Film Festival Panel: Meg Ryan’s Directorial Debut, ‘Ithaca’
Meg Ryan shared details about casting, crossing over to directing, and working with Tom Hanks again at the world premiere of her directorial debut, 'Ithaca.'
Read More »New York/Hamptons Film Festival Review: ‘Bridge of Spies,’ Starring Tom Hanks
During the Cold War Rudolf Abel was put on trial for spying. James B. Donovan was appointed to defend Abel. Though he was vilified for it, the attorney delivered American justice to a Soviet spy. Was justice truly served or would it be served a few years later when a U-2 spy plane was brought down inside the Soviet Union?
Read More »Movie Review: ‘Saving Mr. Banks’
A resonant movie, especially, perhaps, for us writers, so often living in our imaginations and through our characters.
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