Forrest Gump

Winner of 1994’s best picture award, Forrest Gump is a biopic for the fictional character of Forrest Gump. Despite being raised in the small town of Greensboro, Alabama and having an IQ of 85, Forrest never thought of himself as being disadvantaged or restricted in comparison to others. Thanks to his supportive mother (Sally Field), and the […]

Captain Phillips

Captain Phillips is the real life story of the US containership Maersk Alabama, captained by Richard Phillips (Tom Hanks), the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in 200 years. The hijackers are a small band of Somali pirates led by Abduwali Muse (Barkhad Abdi) who sought out to initially steal some basic supplies and cash. […]

Philadelphia

Philadelphia has been on my watchlist for quite a while, so I was glad that I was able to finally watch it yesterday night. Directed Jonathan Demme, director of The Silence of the Lambs, this movie is a classic court case drama dealing discrimination at the workplace. Andrew Beckett (Tom Hanks) is a homosexual who works for […]