Tom Hanks stars as Viktor Navorski, a mild-mannered traveler from the fictional country of Krakozhia, who gets stuck at New York’s John F. The Terminal means well and boasts plenty of heart but gets stuck in a thick layer of cheesy Hollywood schmaltz. As such, it remains his best collaboration with Hanks to date. Co-starring Christopher Walken (in one of his best roles) and Martin Sheen, Catch Me If You Can ranks amongst Spielberg’s finest works thanks to its perfect blend of warm-hearted comedy and intimate drama. Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks shine in Steven Spielberg’s breezy comedy about real-life con artist Frank Abagnale Jr., who ran away from home at age 17, forged millions of dollars in checks, and masqueraded as a pilot, doctor, and lawyer in the 1960s. Saving Private Ryan is a technical tour de force, and one hell of a film. But it’s the finale, during which Captain John Miller (Hanks) and a ragtag group of battle-hardened soldiers defend a bridge from German troops, that makes the biggest impact - a stunningly executed set piece that’s as harrowing as it is thrilling. The opening D-Day sequence that kicks off the action is 30-minutes of pure terror and as fierce a sequence as Spielberg has ever produced. Steven Spielberg’s powerful epic lacks the intricacy of better war films - like Terrence Malick’s The Thin Red Line, for example - but remains a visceral cinematic experience nonetheless. The movie features a terrific score by Georges Delerue. Meg Ryan (in the first of three team-ups with Hanks) co-stars as three very different women who each impact Hanks’ character in their own unique way. Goofy comedy abounds, but Shanley dives deeper and delivers a whimsical fantasy adventure that simultaneously touches the heart and soul. Spielberg’s fingerprints are all over this quirky, surprisingly deep John Patrick Shanley-directed production about a man suffering from a terminal disease (a brain cloud) who agrees to perform one last act of heroism by jumping into a volcano to save the tiny island of Waponi Woo. Director Richard Benjamin keeps the film moving at a decidedly fast pace but loses his grip on the material in a third act that nose dives into unnecessary melodrama. Hanks and co-star Shelly Long are saddled by a cookie-cutter script but still manage to squeeze out a few laughs via some well-executed physical comedy. ![]() Surprisingly, Hanks and Spielberg first teamed up in the mid-80s on The Money Pit, which chronicles a couple’s disastrous attempts to renovate a house. While the pair haven’t collaborated since 2017’s The Post, we still thought it would be fun to look back at the movies they teamed up on, if only to remind our readers not to take these two talented artists for granted. The actor’s everyman quality meshes perfectly with Spielberg’s old-fashioned magic, resulting in fanciful films that charm and delight audiences. ![]() Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg are a match made in cinema heaven.
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