Welcome to The Tom Hanks Project. A year-long* experiment in which we will preview and review every single movie Tom Hanks has ever appeared in, in order. We start with his five-minute appearance in the little known 1980 horror film “He Knows You’re Alone.” We continue with his break-out role in “Splash” and then go through everything from “Big” to “Apollo 13” and “Saving Private Ryan” through 2013’s “Captain Phillips” and “Saving Mr. Banks.”
The idea for the project grew from Caitlin and I spending nearly an hour in I ❤ Video a couple weekends ago before deciding to watch the early Tom Hanks & Shelley Long flick “The Money Pit.” It hit the spot. Hanks always does. Why sweat over picking a movie when we can just watch the entire Hanks catalog and know it will always deliver**? After the jump we’ll explain how this whole project is going to work.
*At least!
**Or at least, that’s what we’re banking on.
I watched half a dozen Hanks clips to find the greatness above. We promise to dig deep into the black hole that is The Internet to bring you the very best clips for every preview article. When we first came up with The Tom Hanks Project, we considered simply reviewing every film. But then we’d miss out on an excuse to show all of Hanks’ brilliance outside of his 47 feature films. There truly is a treasure trove of it, as I was reminded by a friend.
For our Thursday previews, we’ll post Hanks talk show appearances, trivia, gifs and our personal history with the film. In our Tuesday reviews, we’ll keep track of how often we laugh out loud, cry, cover our eyes due to violence,* and then rank the movie on a 1-10 for the movie itself, Hanks’ performance, and how much we dug his love interest.
*This category is pretty strictly just for me. I’ll be shocked if Zack ever covers his eyes.
If this sounds like something you’d be interested in, bookmark this post. We’ll use this as a landing page for all our coverage as we go, hyperlinking the movie titles as they’re published. We’ll get started this Thursday with a preview of “He Knows You’re Alone.” T.hanks for joining us.
He Knows You’re Alone – 1980 Preview | Review | Zack: 5.5 Caitlin: 4.5
Splash – 1984 Preview | Review | Zack: 8.5 Caitlin: 8.5
Bachelor Party – 1984 Preview | Review | Zack: 3.5 Caitlin: 3
The Man With One Red Shoe – 1985 Preview | Review | Zack: 6 Caitlin: 5.5
HANKSGIVING Review | Interview
Volunteers – 1985 | Zack: 2.5 Caitlin: 3
The Money Pit – 1986 | Zack: 8 Caitlin: 6.5
Nothing in Common – 1986 | Zack: 8.3 Caitlin: 8
Every Time We Say Goodbye – 1986 | Zack: 5.8 Caitlin: 6
Dragnet – 1987 | Zack: 3 Caitlin: 3
Big – 1988 Preview | Review | Zack: 9.8 Caitlin: 9.8
Punchline – 1988 | Zack: 8.1 Caitlin: 8.2
The Burbs – 1989 | Zack: 3.5 Caitlin: 3.1
Turner & Hooch – 1989 | Zack: 8.3 Caitlin: 8.5
1980’s Best & Worst Recap
International Tom Hanks Day Interview
Joe Versus the Volcano – 1990 | Zack: 7.75 Caitlin: 7.2
The Bonfire of the Vanities – 1990 | Zack: 4 Caitlin: 2.5
Radio Flyer– 1992 | Zack: 7.5 Caitlin: 8.6
A League of Their Own – 1992 Preview | Review | Zack: 9.5 Caitlin: 9
Sleepless in Seattle– 1993 | Zack: 9.2 Caitlin: 9.1
Philadelphia – 1993 – | Zack: 9 Caitlin: 9
Forrest Gump – 1994 – | Zack: 10 Caitlin: 10
Apollo 13 – 1995 | Zack: 8.8 Caitlin: 8.8
Toy Story – 1995 | Zack: 9.1 Caitlin: 9.2
That Thing You Do! – 1996 | Zack: 9.4 Caitlin: 9.6
Saving Private Ryan – 1998 | Zack: 9.7 Caitlin: 9.4
You’ve Got Mail – 1998 | Zack: 9.4 Caitlin: 10
Toy Story 2 – 1999 | Zack: 5.5 Caitlin: 5.0
The Green Mile – 1999 | Zack: 9.4 Caitlin: 9.3
A Second Helping of Hanksgiving
Cast Away – 2000 | Zack: 9.5 Caitlin: 9.3
Road to Perdition – 2002 | Zack: 8.8 Caitlin: 8.6
Catch Me If You Can – 2002 | Zack: 9.3 Caitlin: 9.6
The Ladykillers – 2004 | Zack: 7.8 Caitlin: 7.3
Terminal – 2004 | Zack: 8.9 Caitlin: 9.2
The Polar Express – 2004 | Zack: 4 Caitlin: 7
The Da Vinci Code – 2006 | Zack: 7.0 Caitlin: 7.0
Charlie Wilson’s War – 2007 | Zack: 8.7 Caitlin: 8.5
The Great Buck Howard – 2008 | Zack: 6.5 Caitlin: 2.9
Angels & Demons – 2009 | Zack: 6.8 Caitlin: 7
Toy Story 3 – 2010 | Zack: 9.3 Caitlin: 9.8
Larry Crowne – 2011 | Zack: 4 Caitlin: 4
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close – 2011
Cloud Atlas – 2012
Captain Phillips – 2013
Saving Mr. Banks – 2013
Bridge of Spies – 2015
Ithica – 2015
Sully – 2016
A Hologram For The King – 2016
Inferno – 2016
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