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Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeTom Hanks has weighed in on the debate surrounding nepotism in the film industry.The Saving Private Ryan star’s children – including sons Colin and Chet, and daughter Elizabeth Ann – have all acted professionally. Hanks’s youngest son, Truman, appears in his father’s latest film, the comedy adaptation A Man Called Otto.In recent years, Hollywood nepotism has come under increasing…

Seven years ago, a frankly peculiar, quirky dramedy-heartwarmer from Sweden appeared: A Man Called Ove, based on the bestselling novel by Fredrik Backman. It was about a grumpy old widower who snaps at everyone on his street – officiously enforcing the Neighbourhood-Watch-type rules about parking and recycling – and keeps on trying to take his own life. These attempts are continually thwarted when he spots some local outside his house breaking some bylaw and Ove can’t resist rushing out to remonstrate. But a nerdy,…

Considering Tom Hanks originated some of the most beloved characters in movies, such as Toy Story’s Woody, the lead of Forrest Gump and Meg Ryan’s leading man in Sleepless in Seattle and You’ve Got Mail, he’s long been America’s sweetheart. No one hates Tom Hanks, and why would you? It’s just a bad take. However, in the spirit of him playing a big grump in A Man Called Otto, his next movie, Hanks shared on a talk show about what it's like to see him mad. Obviously, it was still pretty delightful. When Tom Hanks appeared…

The case against David DePape, the man accused of attacking Paul Pelosi with a hammer in Pelosi’s San Francisco home, will go to trial, a San Francisco Superior Court judge ruled Wednesday. DePape will be arraigned Dec. 28 on charges including attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon, elder abuse, false imprisonment of an elder, first-degree burglary and threatening the family member of a public official. He pleaded not guilty to all charges. DePape could face a life sentence if convicted.The judge ruled at…

I’m generally fascinated by stories of the well-to-do and über famous hanging out with one another. Which is why when former Rolling Stone editor Jann Wenner wrote about a party longtime Hollywood It couple Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson once threw, my interest was piqued. Particularly once I knew icons like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bruce Springsteen were involved.I don’t often think about the possibility of The Boss being in the same room with The Terminator, but it happened at least once. Setting the stage, Wenner shared…

Toy Story’s original voice actors Tom Hanks and Tim Allen have a friendship as strong as their characters Woody and Buzz. After playing the voices of these live toys and promoting these Pixar movies for over 25 years, we’d like to think that was the case! But apparently Hanks is quite the French fry stealer when they grab a bite to eat together.Tom Hanks and Tim Allen work on a professional level sharing recording space to provide the voices of Woody and Buzz, as well as promoting the Toy Story movies, but the two are…

Tom Hanks has played many memorable roles. From playing Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger in Clint Eastwood’s Sully to Fred Rogers (who Hanks ended up being related to) in Beautiful Day in The Neighborhood, the actor tends to take on parts based on real people. What is Perhaps one of Hanks' most underrated films that's loosely based on reality is the 2004 comedy-drama The Terminal. The overlooked Steven Spielberg-directed movie is one you don’t hear many people talking about these days, but it is better than many…

Geena Davis has revealed a “juicy” scene that was cut from A League of Their Own, which involved a romantic moment with co-star Tom Hanks. Davis starred as baseballer Dottie in the 1992 sports comedy classic – a fictional take on the true history of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League – opposite Hanks’ Jimmy, the lazy oaf hired as the team’s coach. Speaking to Vanity Fair in a recent interview, Davis was asked to expand on the “juicy” film details included in her new debut memoir, Dying of Politeness,…

With Yellowstone’s fifth season set to take over television in November, having just unveiled its first big trailer, viewers are ready to watch Kelly Reilly bring Beth Dutton’s delectably ruthless energy back to the small screen. It looks like we don’t even have to wait until it debuts to learn where Reilly will next bring her talents. She’ll be trading off one Hollywood legend co-star in Kevin Costner for another in Tom Hanks, as she’s been tapped to join the latter in the upcoming Miramax and Sony drama Here. Reilly…

Tom Hanks may just be the most modest man in Hollywood.Despite building a career that spans more than 80 films and six Oscar nominations, the 66-year-old actor commented in a recent interview that only a handful of his movies are "pretty good."Speaking with People Magazine while promoting his debut novel — a fictional story about the making of a big-budget superhero film called "The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece" — the "Castaway" actor said it's a "miracle" that any films make it through the…