Tom Hanks

But whereas Kimmel has had a hard time getting people to follow him into theaters, prompting the clothing industry magnate to recently announce a 50% cutback in his film operations, Skoll presents an admirable track record both on the fiction and non-fiction side. The average worldwide...

All four of the American-themed nominees for the Best Motion Picture – Drama category are directly concerned with the embodiment of the American dream. There’s Denzel as big-time Harlem gangster Frank Lucas; there’s Denzel leading a rookie debate team whose members all are headed in th...

Or how about the idea of the regulars at that Washington D.C. bridge table in Paul Schrader’s The Walker - Lynne Lockner (Kristin Scott Thomas), Natalie Van Miter (Lauren Bacall), Abigail Delorean (Lily Tomlin) and Carter Page III (Woody Harrelson) – chatting about hotshot Republican Se...

Though Hoffman has been quoted as saying that his male acting idols are Daniel Day-Lewis (this year’s likely Best Actor winner), Christopher Walken and Paul Newman, the performer who keeps popping into my mind is John Malkovich. Like Malkovich (and, indeed, Walken), Hoffman is anythin...