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Toy Story 2 ***** (1999, voices of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Don Rickles) – Classic Movie Review 1206

The old-style toy cowboy Woody (voice of Tom Hanks) is back in director John Lasseter’s eagerly awaited Pixar/Disney 1999 sequel to the 1995 hit Toy Story. It became Britain’s biggest box-office success in 2000. This time, […]

May, 12

Toy Story ***** (1995, voices of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles) – Classic Movie Review 1205

Director John Lasseter’s inspired 1995 Pixar/Disney release is one of the happiest, most magical animated movies of all time as well as the first feature-length computer-animated film. Tom Hanks provides the voice of old-time cowboy […]

May, 12

You’ve Got Mail **** (1998, Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Greg Kinnear, Parker Posey, Jean Stapleton) – Classic Movie Review 883

Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan re-team with director Nora Ephron for a bid to top Sleepless in Seattle (1993) with a modernised remake of the James Stewart-Margaret Sullavan classic The Shop around the Corner (1940). […]

Mar, 07

That Thing You Do! *** (Tom Everett Scott, Johnathon Schaech, Tom Hanks, Liv Tyler, Charlize Theron) – Classic Film Review 850

In every life there comes a time when that dream you dream becomes that thing you do, it says on the publicity here. That thing Tom Hanks used to do was to be a truly […]

Mar, 01

Sleepless in Seattle ***** (1993, Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Ross Malinger) – Classic Movie Review 811

Ah, you must remember this… C0-writer/director Nora Ephron’s 1993 delightfully funny and deliciously warm-hearted romantic comedy mixes laughs and love in the most winning of ways. Like the radio DJ in the movie, it’s incredibly […]

Feb, 07

The Celluloid Closet **** (1995, Lily Tomlin, Tony Curtis, Gore Vidal, Farley Granger, Harvey Fierstein, Quentin Crisp, Whoopi Goldberg, Tom Hanks) – Classic Film Review 656

Joint directors Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman’s 1995 invaluable documentary is a revealing and entertaining look at cinema’s 100 years of hidden agendas. Armistead Maupin’s screenplay is based on Vito Russo’s landmark book on gays […]

Jan, 08

Angels & Demons ** (2009, Tom Hanks, Ewan McGregor, Ayelet Zurer, Stellan Skarsgård, Armin Mueller-Stahl) – Classic Movie Review 3444

Despite all its crazy plotting, frantic direction and overwrought music, Angels & Demons (2009) is mostly dull and dreary, with little grip on its story and characters and hardly any first-rate performances, even from Tom Hanks, Stellan […]

Dec, 17

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