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Transcending barriers at film festival

Directors Chen Kaige and Robert Zemeckis during a dialogue session held as part of the 2024 China Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival in Xiamen, Fujian province, on Nov 16. Chinese cinephiles can take a time-erasing trip down memory lane as 30 years after Forrest Gump, Tom Hanks and Robin Wright reunite with director Robert Zemeckis in his new …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Transcending barriers at film festival

China Daily

Directors Chen Kaige and Robert Zemeckis during a dialogue session held as part of the 2024 China Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival in Xiamen, Fujian province, on Nov 16. Chinese cinephiles can take a time-erasing trip down memory lane as 30 years after Forrest Gump, Tom Hanks and Robin Wright reunite with director Robert Zemeckis in his new …

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2 months ago

Here reunites Tom Hanks and Robin Wright with Forrest Gump director for time-travelling family epic

ABC

Thirty years after they captured the Zeitgeist with Forrest Gump, director Robert Zemeckis, screenwriter Eric Roth and stars Tom Hanks and Robin Wright reunite for a new film that plays very much as a spiritual sequel to their Oscar-winning 1994 smash. Director: Robert Zemeckis Starring: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Paul Bettany, Kelly Reilly, Gwilym Lee, Michelle Dockery, David Fynn When: …

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2 months ago

‘Here’ movie review: Join Tom Hanks in this living room at the end of the universe

The Hindu

This is a big anniversary year for director Robert Zemeckis as he celebrates 40 years of collaboration with composer Alan Silvestri starting with Romancing the Stone and 30 years since the multiple award-winning box of chocolates, Forrest Gump. Here is a big-time Forrest Gump reunion, seeing the return of its leads, Tom Hanks and Robin Wright as well as crew, …

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2 months ago

What to watch this week: ‘Here’, ‘Vijay 69’ and more

Live Mint

Here The team behind 1994’s Oscar-winning film Forrest Gump reunites in Here. Directed by Robert Zemeckis, written by Eric Roth and Zemeckis, the movie stars Tom Hanks and Robin Wright as Richard and Margaret, a couple who fall in love in high school and marry young. Based on the comic book “Here” by Richard McGuire, the film chronicles the couple’s …

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2 months ago

Tom Hanks hurls expletive at movie critics after his $50m film Here bombed at box office

Daily Mail

Tom Hanks had some choice words for film critics following the dismal box office debut of his $50 million film Here. The two-time Oscar winner, 68, didn't hold back on Sunday's episode of Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend podcast, labeling movie critics as 'c***s****rs' while discussing how Hollywood's response to films has changed over the years. Tom Hanks had some …

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2 months ago

Tom Hanks and Robin Wright reunite with Forrest Gump director for Here, a love story spanning decades

ABC

Thirty years since Forrest Gump's lifelong love for childhood sweetheart Jenny gripped the globe and won the Academy Award for Best Picture, actors Tom Hanks and Robin Wright have reunited with director Robert Zemeckis for Here, another love story spanning decades. "It's amazing how both of us became very technical right off the bat," Hanks says. Metaphysic, the US studio …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Forrest Gump’s Robin Wright hits back at critics who called Jenny ‘anti-feminist’

The Independent

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Robin Wright has hit back at critics …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Who Framed Roger Rabbit director Robert Zemeckis reveals why sequel will never see the light of day

The Independent

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Who Framed Roger Rabbit director Robert Zemeckis …

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2 months, 1 week ago

'Here' reunites Tom Hanks, Robin Wright & Robert Zemeckis 30 years after Forrest Gump

NPR

'Here' reunites Tom Hanks, Robin Wright & Robert Zemeckis 30 years after Forrest Gump NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Tom Hanks and Robert Zemeckis their working relationship, now in its fourth decade. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: "Here" is a film that follows life - as it's lived - sometimes lost on a single plot of land, from creation through revolution, the …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Zemeckis' "Here" offers snapshots of history, but can it escape the "Forrest Gump" shadow?

Salon

Thirty years ago, director Robert Zemeckis gave audiences "Forrest Gump," an exploration of life, love and American history through the eyes of one man, played by Tom Hanks. It’s impossible not to look at "Here" through the lens of "Forrest Gump," and the crew involved certainly seems to understand that. Silvestri’s quiet, contemplative score feels akin to his composition for …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Here's why we're disappointed with 'Here': It's more complicated than it is good

NPR

Here's why we're disappointed with 'Here': It's more complicated than it is good toggle caption Sony Pictures Entertainment The marketing of the film Here has heavily emphasized its status as a Forrest Gump reunion for Tom Hanks, Robin Wright and director Robert Zemeckis. Author Interviews Billions Of Years Go By, All In The Same 'Room' Billions Of Years Go By, …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Review: ‘Here’ takes the elements of a ‘Gump’ reunion and flattens them into faux-cosmic tedium

LA Times

Lately, filmmaker Robert Zemeckis has been a somewhat confounding figure. The director of such beloved movies as the “Back to the Future” series, “Forrest Gump,” “Cast Away,” “Death Becomes Her” and “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” has delivered almost as many duds as hits, if you also take in “The Polar Express,” “Beowulf,” “Welcome to Marwen” and “Pinocchio.” An experimenter obsessed …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Is Back to the Future 2 secretly the greatest sequel of all time?

The Independent

A sequel to Back to the Future was inevitable – a cinematic certainty from the moment the Universal studio bosses did their bean-counting and found their 1985 time-travelling comedy had made $388.8m on a shoestring budget of $19m. “We were sat down by the heads of the studio, and they said, ‘Look fellas, we’re going to make a sequel, and …

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3 months, 1 week ago

‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ is here for you to hate (as intended?)

LA Times

Say you’re a senior at UC Irvine, majoring in drama/theater arts and stagecraft and some well-intentioned “friend” sends you a link to the College Futures Foundation’s new report, “California College Programs That Pay: Measuring Return on Investment Across Majors and Credentials,” and you scroll down to find that it will, on average, take you 33.4 years to recoup your tuition. …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Daily Quiz | On July 3 events

The Hindu

Daily Quiz | On July 3 events Copy link Email Facebook Twitter Telegram LinkedIn WhatsApp Reddit YOUR SCORE 0 /5 RETAKE THE QUIZ 1 / 5 | This movie, directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Michael J. YES NO Answer : Back to the Future SHOW ANSWER 2 / 5 | This American singer and songwriter died on July 3, …

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6 months, 1 week ago

New Tom Hanks film Here and the unsettling 'de-aging' technology keeping stars forever young

BBC

New Tom Hanks film Here and the unsettling 'de-aging' technology keeping stars forever young Sony Pictures The veteran actor's new movie Here sees him and Robin Wright looking like teenagers again. The mixed results so far Samuel L Jackson was de-aged throughout Captain Marvel to play the Nick Fury of the 1990s; numerous actors got the same treatment in Avengers: …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Tom Hanks and Robin Wright look decades younger in first look for Here

The Independent

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The first look for Here, the highly …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Tom Hanks and Robin Wright's first look from Here revealed as they reunite after Forrest Gump; new film spans a century

Hindustan Times

The first look stills of Tom Hanks and Robin Wright from Here have arrived. On Wednesday, Vanity Fair shared the first look pictures of the highly anticipated film, which will span over a century and see the stars de-aged to match the journey of their characters. Tom Hanks and Robin Wright in the first look photos of Here. Forrest Gump …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

'Here' trailer: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright in another epic saga after 'Forrest Gump'

India Today

The first trailer of Tom Hanks and Robin Wright-starrer Here is out. In the released promo, we see Hanks and Wright digitally de-aged with the help of an Artificial Intelligence tool called Metaphysic Live, where face swaps take place in real time. Watch the trailer of Here: As soon as the trailer was shared, excited fans flooded comment box, with …

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10 months ago

Robin Wright looks unrecognisable during TV appearance as she talks reuniting with Tom Hanks for new film and says it felt like 'no time had passed' 30 years after starring together in Forrest Gump

Daily Mail

Robin Wright looked unrecognisable during a TV appearance on Monday as she opened up about reuniting with the cast and crew of Forrest Gump, 30 years after the film came out. Robin and Tom, 67, have reunited on a new film, alongside Forrest Gump director Robert Zemeckis and writer Eric Roth. Robin Wright looked unrecognisable during a TV appearance on …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Tom Hanks on why he had doubts over Oscar winner Forrest Gump: ‘Is anybody going to care?’

The Independent

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Tom Hanks has admitted he had some …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Tom Hanks to be de-aged using AI in new film from Forrest Gump director Robert Zemeckis

The Independent

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Tom Hanks is set to be digitally de-aged using AI technology …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Review: Jiminy Cricket! A live-action ‘Pinocchio’

Associated Press

After a string of live-action remakes, from “Beauty and the Beast” to “The Lion King,” the Walt Disney Co. has finally gotten around to “ Pinocchio.” Along the way, there have been some nice performances, enormous heaps of CGI and, lest anyone forget, one very blue Will Smith. Zemeckis’ film opens with a reminder of how foundational “Pinocchio” has been …

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Transcending barriers at film festival

Transcending barriers at film festival

Here reunites Tom Hanks and Robin Wright with Forrest Gump director for time-travelling family epic

‘Here’ movie review: Join Tom Hanks in this living room at the end of the universe

What to watch this week: ‘Here’, ‘Vijay 69’ and more

Tom Hanks hurls expletive at movie critics after his $50m film Here bombed at box office

Tom Hanks and Robin Wright reunite with Forrest Gump director for Here, a love story spanning decades

Forrest Gump’s Robin Wright hits back at critics who called Jenny ‘anti-feminist’

Who Framed Roger Rabbit director Robert Zemeckis reveals why sequel will never see the light of day

'Here' reunites Tom Hanks, Robin Wright & Robert Zemeckis 30 years after Forrest Gump

Zemeckis' "Here" offers snapshots of history, but can it escape the "Forrest Gump" shadow?

Here's why we're disappointed with 'Here': It's more complicated than it is good

Review: ‘Here’ takes the elements of a ‘Gump’ reunion and flattens them into faux-cosmic tedium

Is Back to the Future 2 secretly the greatest sequel of all time?

‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ is here for you to hate (as intended?)

Daily Quiz | On July 3 events

New Tom Hanks film Here and the unsettling 'de-aging' technology keeping stars forever young

Tom Hanks and Robin Wright look decades younger in first look for Here

Tom Hanks and Robin Wright's first look from Here revealed as they reunite after Forrest Gump; new film spans a century

'Here' trailer: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright in another epic saga after 'Forrest Gump'

Robin Wright looks unrecognisable during TV appearance as she talks reuniting with Tom Hanks for new film and says it felt like 'no time had passed' 30 years after starring together in Forrest Gump

Tom Hanks on why he had doubts over Oscar winner Forrest Gump: ‘Is anybody going to care?’

Tom Hanks to be de-aged using AI in new film from Forrest Gump director Robert Zemeckis

Review: Jiminy Cricket! A live-action ‘Pinocchio’