Tom Hanks describes film critics using an expletive
In a lighthearted interview with Conan O’Brien, Hanks called out the hypocrisy of a negative reviewer of his directorial debut who years later called it a ‘cult classic’
October 2024
Here review – cursed Forrest Gump reunion is a total horror show
The director reunites with Tom Hanks and Robin Wright for an ugly de-aged nightmare that boringly follows the same house throughout time
July 2024
I may be in my 90s, but I’m not sure I want Hollywood to ‘de-age’ me like Tom Hanks
Sheila Hancock
Forrest Gump review – Tom Hanks’ chocolate box hero still gets under your skin
The Week in Patriarchy
It’s no surprise a Newsweek writer panned Taylor Swift for being single and childless
Arwa Mahdawi
Forrest Gump at 30: a wildly popular movie that remains as light as a feather
June 2024
Best culture of 2024 so far
The best TV of 2024 in the UK so far
A classic will-they-won’t-they, a history-changing drama, one of the the most talked about shows of all time and the return of Muslim punk – the year’s best telly so far
January 2024
TV review
Masters of the Air review – Spielberg and Hanks’s Band of Brothers follow-up is absolutely classic TV
‘They fought flak, frostbite – and the Nazis’: Spielberg, Hanks and the heroes of Masters of the Air
The watcher
Masters of the Air: Hanks and Spielberg’s spectacular war story is the first must-watch show of 2024
British and Irish actors stage reverse takeover in Spielberg’s Masters of the Air
December 2023
The Moonwalkers: A Journey With Tom Hanks review – a gobsmackingly huge space spectacle
‘I embrace the mystery’: Tom Hanks on his obsession with space, from Stanley Kubrick to The Moonwalkers
October 2023
Tom Hanks says AI version of him used in dental plan ad without his consent
Actor, who has previously expressed concerns about use of AI in film, tells fans ‘I have nothing to do’ with hoax video
June 2023
Mark Kermode's film of the week
Asteroid City review – smug Wes Anderson comedy falls to earth
The writer-director’s knowing meta-tale set in a space-obsessed 1950s desert town has a starry cast and meticulous attention to detail, but its studied quirkiness is often more irritating than amusing
Sleepless in Seattle at 30: Nora Ephron’s romcom still worth falling for
Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan exude timeless star power as a couple kept apart for almost the entirety of the 1993 classic
‘To the class of 2023, I say three words: you poor bastards’: the year’s best graduation speeches
Oprah Winfrey, Tom Hanks and Karine Jean-Pierre deliver words of wisdom at commencement ceremonies across US
May 2023
‘Truth is sacred’: Tom Hanks gives keynote speech and receives honorary degree from Harvard
The two-time Academy Award winner spoke to the graduates on truth and was given a volleyball as a gift
Peter Bradshaw's film of the week
Asteroid City review – Wes Anderson’s 1950s sci-fi is an exhilarating triumph of pure style
This tale of earth-shattering events in a space-obsessed desert town leans nicely into its own artificiality, and every delicious, microscopic detail is a delight
Pass notes
Passed Away: will Tom Hanks be making films long after he’s dead?
The actor is working on a movie that will utilise deepfake technology to de-age its stars – but that’s barely the beginning of his ambitions
