Posts Tagged ‘Tom Hanks’
Hail To The Chief: A Brief History of American Movie Presidents
Written by James on October 13, 2008 – 1:23 pm -
Following the victory of Barack Obama in the 2008 US Presidential Elections, Cillian Donnelly (author of what was Picturenose’s most popular post, 100 Movies To Be Seen Before You Die, until James’s Quantum of Solace review blew it away, ha-ha) returns with a look at how America’s Chief Executive has been portrayed on the silver screen. So, another list of films, eh Cillian? Nice one…
Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Airforce One (1997), Alexander Knox, Amistad (1997), Annie (1982), Anthony Hopkins, Biff McGuire, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989), Bill Pullman, Birth of a Nation, Blind Ambition (1979), Bob Gunton (1995), Churchill and the Generals (1979), Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course (2002), Dan O’Herlihy, Dave (1993), DC 9/11: Time of Crisis (2003), Dean Stockwell, Dennis Quaid, Dick (1999), Dr Strangelove, Dr Strangelove (1964), DW Griffith, Fail Safe (1964), Freedom: A History of US (2002), Frost/Nixon, George Bush, George W.Bush, George Washington, Harrison Ford, Henry Fonda, Independence Day (1996), It Happened One Night (1935), J. Edgar Hoover (1987), James Stewart, Jason Robards, John Fitgerald Kennedy, John Quincy Adams, John Voight, Kevin Kline, Kissenger and Nixon (1995), Krusty the Klown, Lyndon Johnson, MacArthur (1977), Night Moves (1975), Nixon (1995), Oliver Stone, Oppenheimer (1980), Paul Schrader, Pearl Harbor (2001), Richard Milhouse Nixon, Robin Williams, Ronald Reagan, Roosevelt, Secret Honour (1984), Seven Days in May (1963), Sullivan's Travels (1941), That's My Bush! (2001), The American President (1995), The Blue and the Grey (1982), The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951), The Godfather (1972), The Grapes of Wrath (1938), The Longest Yard (1974), The Walker (2007), Three Days of the Condor (1975), Timothy Bottoms, Tom Hanks, Tricky Dicky, Truman at Potsdam (1976), Ulysses S Grant, W (2009), Watergate, Werewolf of Washington (1973), Wilson (1944), Winchell (1998), Woodrow Wilson, Woody Harrelson, You Only Live Twice (1967), Young Mr Lincoln (1939)
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The Da Vinci Code (2006)
Written by James on September 17, 2008 – 1:44 pm -
Code cracker
Given all the recent talk on Picturenose about alleged bad films (and Colin taking the mickey because I did in fact happen to enjoy The Bodyguard (1992)), the time seems right to present my take on a very successful film (that was adapted from a hugely successful book) that, er, didn’t go down too well with the critics on its initial release. Well, I liked it, and here’s why…
Tags: Audrey Tautou, Dan Brown, Jean Reno, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Paul Bettany, Robert Langdon, Ron Howard, Sir Ian McKellen, The Da Vinci Code (2006), Tom Hanks
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