To get to a happy ending in a Tom Hanks movie, an innocent character has to pay the price. Here's the proof...
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With the best part of $10bn banked for his movies across his career, Tom Hanks remains one of the biggest and most interesting movie stars on the planet. His most recent performance in Captain Phillips, for instance, was comfortably one of his best. And looking back on Hanks’ career, the path of increased boldness and range is easy to chart.
Furthermore, he’s achieved his successes without public meltdowns, without signs of turning into a diva, and without putting us through many poor films at all. The man is a hero.
Well, to everyone but certain characters in his movies. For, on rewatching Big, we became aware of an alarming trend: that there tends to be a character in a Tom Hanks movie whose role is to...
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With the best part of $10bn banked for his movies across his career, Tom Hanks remains one of the biggest and most interesting movie stars on the planet. His most recent performance in Captain Phillips, for instance, was comfortably one of his best. And looking back on Hanks’ career, the path of increased boldness and range is easy to chart.
Furthermore, he’s achieved his successes without public meltdowns, without signs of turning into a diva, and without putting us through many poor films at all. The man is a hero.
Well, to everyone but certain characters in his movies. For, on rewatching Big, we became aware of an alarming trend: that there tends to be a character in a Tom Hanks movie whose role is to...
- 7/15/2014
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
Heart and soul.
It’s what Josh Baskin and MacMillan play during the memorable dance scene in 1988’s Big but it’s also what the film is infused with, making it stand up to the test of time. Yeah, its look is dated thanks to bad hair and big shoulder pads, but the story of a 13 year old’s wish to become an adult endures.
20th Century Home Entertainment has released Big 25th Anniversary Edition this week, in time for last minute stocking stuffers. It belongs under every tree because it’s just so well crafted, explaining how Tom Hanks earned an Oscar nomination for his performance. His work stems from the Academy Award nominated script by Gary Ross and Annie Spielberg.
Frustrated at being small for his age and unable to achieve his modest goals, Josh (David Moscow) makes a wish at the local carnival. The unplugged Zoltar fortune...
It’s what Josh Baskin and MacMillan play during the memorable dance scene in 1988’s Big but it’s also what the film is infused with, making it stand up to the test of time. Yeah, its look is dated thanks to bad hair and big shoulder pads, but the story of a 13 year old’s wish to become an adult endures.
20th Century Home Entertainment has released Big 25th Anniversary Edition this week, in time for last minute stocking stuffers. It belongs under every tree because it’s just so well crafted, explaining how Tom Hanks earned an Oscar nomination for his performance. His work stems from the Academy Award nominated script by Gary Ross and Annie Spielberg.
Frustrated at being small for his age and unable to achieve his modest goals, Josh (David Moscow) makes a wish at the local carnival. The unplugged Zoltar fortune...
- 12/14/2013
- by Robert Greenberger
- Comicmix.com
When we watch films about romance, we’re always sure we know how it’s going to go; after triumphing over adversity, the guy will ride off into the sunset with the girl of his dreams, the credits will roll, and everyone will be happy. But occasionally, filmmakers dare to challenge this convention, arriving at a somewhat more realistic conclusion, and one which in flouting the prescribed climax, can be uncommonly affecting and thoughtful.
Here are 9 great films that dared to challenge our preconceptions of romance in films, and are much more memorable as a result.
9. Big (1988)
Big is a film so loaded with charm that it could have coasted quite easily on its novel premise, of a young boy, Josh Baskin (David Moscow) who goes to a wishing machine at a carnival and wishes to be grown-up. He awakens as a 30-year-old version of himself (Tom Hanks), albeit still...
Here are 9 great films that dared to challenge our preconceptions of romance in films, and are much more memorable as a result.
9. Big (1988)
Big is a film so loaded with charm that it could have coasted quite easily on its novel premise, of a young boy, Josh Baskin (David Moscow) who goes to a wishing machine at a carnival and wishes to be grown-up. He awakens as a 30-year-old version of himself (Tom Hanks), albeit still...
- 9/11/2012
- by Shaun Munro
- Obsessed with Film
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