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Tom Hanks leads this handsomely shot but stolid and blandly self-satisfied western, based on the 2016 novel by Paulette Jiles; itâs directed by Paul Greengrass (who co-wrote the screenplay with Luke Davies) but mostly without the dynamism and visceral action heâs known for. Hanks plays Kidd, a former Confederate captain with a secret sadness in his heart, making a living in the troubled and lawless state of Texas after the civil war, travelling around like a huckster or a preacher, reading aloud stories from the newspapers to the mostly illiterate townsfolk for 10 cents a head.
One hot afternoon, he chances across the body of a hanged black man who has evidently had the charge of a terrified and now mute little white girl that Kidd finds cowering nearby. This is Johanna, whose German migrant pioneer family were slaughtered by Kiowa Native American warriors, who took Johanna away and renamed her âCicadaâ but who were then slaughtered in t
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In Paul Greengrass’s 19th-century odyssey, a grizzled Hanks and magnificent young Helena Zendel bring an old genre to fizzing new life
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Tom Hanks and Helena Zengel take to the prairie road in Paul Greengrass s News of the World
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Dir: Paul Greengrass. Cast: Tom Hanks, Helena Zengel, Michael Covino, Elizabeth Marvel, Thomas Francis Murphy, Bill Camp. 12 cert, 119 mins
A little girl stands at the edge of the Texas prairie, her slight figure framed by an open doorway, as if she’s caught on the threshold between two kinds of life. Her predicament calls to mind the famous final shot of The Searchers, in which John Wayne’s grizzled hero lingers awkwardly outside a frontier homestead, unable to leave behind the hostile landscape that made him who he is. But unlike the 6’4”, Winchester-toting Duke, this youngster (played by Helena Zengel), with matted blonde hair and a tideline of freckles across her nose and cheeks, does not ha
The Best Movies and TV Shows New to Netflix, Amazon and Stan in Australia in February
Our streaming picks for February, including ‘Parks and Recreation,’ ‘News of the World’ and ‘Bliss.’
‘Parks and Recreation’Credit.Netflix
Published Feb. 1, 2021Updated Feb. 3, 2021
Every month, streaming services in Australia add a new batch of movies and TV shows to its library. Here are our picks for February.
‘Parks and Recreation’ Seasons 1-7
With all the social and political unrest around the world, now is as good time as any to revisit this refreshingly optimistic sitcom. Set in the dysfunctional Middle American city of Pawnee, the show stars the very funny Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope, a midlevel bureaucrat who motivates a community of skeptics and kooks into making their town more livable. Though “Parks and Recreation” mostly focuses on the relationships between its cast of lovable eccentrics, it’s also about how good-hearted and determined civil servants can m
News of the World – Copyright. Netflix
It’s an exciting February for Netflix subscribers, as the first Netflix Original starring Tom Hanks arrives soon. In what should be another fantastic role for the Hollywood veteran, the action-adventure is set to excite subscribers around the world. We have everything you need to know about
News of the World, including the plot, cast, trailer, and Netflix release date.
News of the World is an upcoming Netflix Original adventure-drama directed, and written by Paul Greengrass. The feature is based on the novel of the same name by author Paulette Jiles. Production was handled by Playtone, the production company set up by Tom Hanks, and producer Gary Goetzman in the late 90s.
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His character moves from town to town as a non-fiction storyteller, sharing the news of presidents and queens, glorious feuds, devastating catastrophes, and gripping adventures from the far reaches of the globe.
Jefferson is then seen sitting across a campfire from the 10-year-old girl Johanna Leonberger / Cicada, played by Helena Zengel.
Plot: The actor stars as civil war veteran Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd who agrees to deliver a girl, taken by the Kiowa people years ago, to her aunt and uncle, against her will
Trailer: They travel hundreds of miles and face grave dangers as they search for a place that either can call home