Synopsis
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A Texan traveling across the wild West bringing the news of the world to local townspeople, agrees to help rescue a young girl who was kidnapped.
2020 Directed by Paul Greengrass
A Texan traveling across the wild West bringing the news of the world to local townspeople, agrees to help rescue a young girl who was kidnapped.
Tom Hanks Helena Zengel Michael Angelo Covino Ray McKinnon Mare Winningham Elizabeth Marvel Fred Hechinger Bill Camp Thomas Francis Murphy Gabriel Ebert Neil Sandilands Winsome Brown Chukwudi Iwuji Christopher Hagen Stafford Douglas Michelle Campbell Clint Obenchain J. Nathan Simmons Travis Johnson Andy Kastelic Jeffrey Ware Chris Bylsma Justin Tade Darrin Giossi Brenden Wedner Clay James Cash Lilley Jared Berry Truman Hanks Show All…
Ciarán Keenan Josh Sykes Wesley Froud Ian Fellows Jamie Wood Roni Rodrigues Jordi Alavedra Dayaliyah Lopez
Новости со всего света, Neues aus der Welt, 結叛同行, Relatos do Mundo, 读报人
more than anything this reminded me that i still need to finish red dead redemption 2
News of the World is a competently made, old-fashioned western road movie. It's predictable, you know where it is going but the subtle & graceful performance of Tom Hanks and the chemistry between him and Helena Zengel is what makes it work. It is Paul Greengrass' most visually striking & heartfelt film without being showy. James Newton Howard’s score was lovely. It's surprisingly timely movie too (the movie opens and ends with mention of meningitis/cholera virus outbreak and the spread of ‘fake news’ being a significant plot point).
I kind of get why this is doing so well this award season. Watching Tom Hanks for two hours is always a treat. Watching Tom Hanks protect a child with his life is even better.
Known for the visceral, “shaky-cam” immediacy of a vérité style that’s proven bracingly chaotic in some movies (“Captain Phillips,” “United 93”) and utterly nauseating in others (“The Green Zone”), director Paul Greengrass might seem ill-suited to direct a Western — to work in that most sweeping and stoic of American genres. But “News of the World” isn’t much interested in telling a story about the way this country tends to burnish its bloodiest chapters into myth.
Adapted from Paulette Jiles’ novel of the same name, this weary and unvarnished road trip through Reconstruction-era Texas tells the story of two lost souls who are struggling to free themselves from their memories and find a way to become whole in a dusty…
I see this relatively patient, clearly well-intentioned, handsomely-mounted story about reconciliation and reunification and forgiveness coming away from remarkable and ongoing trauma and division, of learning from past transgressions to move on from them, of busted capitalism (Hanx literally uses money as ammunition at one point), and so help me it's been a long time since I mined any intrinsic value from that sort of timeliness. The scene where he flips the crowd by reading the inspiring story of a coal fire just seems hopelessly naive.
This western by Paul Greengrass brings nothing new to the table but it's a slow burner adventure with another great performance by Tom Hanks.
A gorgeously shot, interestingly directed and fairly intense western, News of the World surprised me. Now, I don’t think this movie is exactly amazing or groundbreaking but it was sweet and did what it was trying to. The cinematography is absolutely stunning providing a clean and organized look on top of its gorgeous and intricate locations. Paul Greengrass really understands how to direct a movie, and especially knows how to utilize lighting perfectly. The sound design and editing are also very immersive and well done. Both Tom Hanks and Helena Zengel deliver fresh and compelling performances that strongly support the narrative. It definitely has some repetitive moments but I enjoyed it quite a bit, it’s a movie that feels really hard to truly hate. Glad to see a film reminiscing over classic westerns work.
This is a movie that seems like it shouldn’t be as entertaining and fun to watch as it is, but Paul Greengrass directed the hell out of it. I love the style he went for, it’s very reminiscent of classic Westerns but adds a lot of extra flare. That, in addition to the really impressive cinematography and production design make this one of the most visually appealing Westerns I have ever seen.
There’s also the plus of seeing Tom Hanks in prime Dad mode, borderline Grandpa mode (and it suits him very well).
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Today: News from the World
"To move forward you must first remember."
(Helena Zengel as Johanna)
Hi everybody, Paul Greengrass with his amazing original Bourne Trilogy and Tom Hanks, his amazing filmography, talent, charisma, are absolutely favorites of us, but it was Helena Zengel who immediately made us interested in this 19th-century Western, based on the book of the same name. Her performance in the social drama System Crasher was, even if you don't consider the young age, breathtaking, literally, she delivered such a painful, raw, magnetic and visceral execution of a sadly realistic, and not as uncommon as we would wish in our society, situation of a child who is not fitting…