Tom Hanks has one of the most celebrated filmographies of any actor working today. He’s won just about every major award and has delighted audiences in comedies, dramas, and most other genres for decades. His career is littered with so many films that people would consider classics that it makes it difficult for folks to rank their favorites. Well, with that in mind, which films would Hanks actually rank as his personal favorites?

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When it comes to being an on-screen mariner, Tom Hanks takes his orders from no one. To celebrate his recent birthday and the release of his new WWII film, “Greyhound” (2020), Chance and Noah dive into the boat-bound roles of Hanks’ storied career. 

Beginning with his first starring role in “Splash” (1984), moviegoers are not only introduced to Hanks as a lovable everyman but also as a cog in the machine of shipping.

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The tradition of isolation in cinema, either psychological, physical, or both, is rich and also, a rather modern phenomenon (you don’t see a lot of 1930s movies about people contemplating their existence in a tomb). But isolation in the age of pandemics and social distancing has taken on a new resonance and probably created a new kind of trauma that we’ll be considering the effects of for years.

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Isolation cinema takes on new layers, meaning, and dimensions in the COVID-19 age too.

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Normally, the first week of September is a quiet one in theaters, but this year, something sort of special is happening. For the first time, two true American icons, among the biggest movie stars we’ve ever had, are brought together, with two-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks (who was the first person to win back-to-back awards since Spencer Tracy) uniting with director/screen legend Clint Eastwood for “Sully,” a biopic of the pilot who landed a stricken plane on the Hudson on January 15, 2009.

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