Tag: Saving Private Ryan
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Martin Scorsese Nominated for Record 10th Director Oscar, Passing Steven Spielberg
Martin Scorsese has now earned more Oscar nominations for best director than anyone alive.The Academy nominated the 81-year-old icon for his film Killers of the Flower Moon with Tuesday’s Oscar nominations.Scorsese now has 10 best director nominations, surpassing Steven Spielberg, who has nine. Scorsese has won the category just once — for 2006’s The Departed.…
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‘The Pacific’ Ending Explained: Which Heroes Make It Home From WW2?
The Pacific has been soaring the charts on Netflix’s top television shows over the last week. The epic five-year account of the United States Marine Corps assault on Japan is delivered by the same creative team that brought us Band of Brothers with executive producers Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks anchoring another captivating story of…
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These 10 Minutes of ‘The Pacific’ Are the Series’ Most Heart-Pounding
It’s evident that Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks both have a tremendous amount of respect for the American soldiers who served in World War II. After their work together on the Academy Award-winning war film Saving Private Ryan, Spielberg and Hanks worked together to produce the game-changing HBO miniseries Band of Brothers. The ten-episode “event…
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10 Movies That Must Be Seen on the Big Screen, According to Reddit
Ever since The Great Depression, movies have been a means of escape for audiences who for a brief moment, are transported to another place away from everyday life through the magic of the cinema. While many will argue that they can still have the movie experience in the comfort of their home, the theater is…
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Kate Winslet Bares It All for Another Trip to the Oscars With Her Passion Project ‘Lee’ Following Its TIFF Premiere
“I’ve been the model. I’ve been the muse. I’ve been the ingenue. But I was done with that. I was good at drinking, having sex, and taking pictures. And I did all three as much as I could.” – Lee MillerWhen an elder Lee Miller, played by Kate Winslet, sits down with a young journalist…
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How ‘Saving Private Ryan’ Sparked a Trauma Hot Line
Steven Spielberg’s quintessential war film Saving Private Ryan was a phenomenon that swept the hearts and minds of people around the world. Despite being released in the summer, a period when filmgoers preferred escapist ventures rather than a serious picture about the horrors of war, the Tom Hanks-led film was a box office hit. Twenty-five…
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Tom Hanks Directed a Julia Roberts Rom-Com You Forgot About
Tom Hanks is many things. He’s America’s dad. He’s Woody the cowboy doll in Toy Story. He’s in Forrest Gump, Saving Private Ryan, A League of Their Own, and so many other classic movies. He can do anything from tell profane knock-knock jokes in Catch Me If You Can to make moviegoers cry with quiet…
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Does ‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’s Sound Problem Point to a Larger Issue?
It’s safe to say that when most of us sat down for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, we thought there was something wrong with the speakers in the theater. Particularly in the movie’s first scene when Gwen (Hailee Steinfeld) is narrating and playing drums at the same time, her voice is barely discernible, and the issue…
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Tom Sizemore dies aged 61 after brain aneurysm
Actor’s brother Paul and twin 17-year-old boys Jayden and Jagger were at his side.Tom Sizemore, the troubled actor whose film roles included Saving Private Ryan and Heat, has died less than a week after he was admitted to hospital following a brain aneurysm. He was 61.The actor’s representative Charles Lago confirmed the death occurred at…
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Tom Sizemore, ‘Saving Private Ryan’ Actor, Dies at 61
Tom Sizemore, the actor who played supporting parts in dozens of beloved ’90s films like “Saving Private Ryan” and “Heat,” died on Friday, March 3 in Los Angeles after being taken off life support. Variety first confirmed the news. Sizemore’s death comes more than a week after the actor suffered a ruptured brain aneurysm in…