Reviews: Hits and MissesHave you read a book you’d like to share with your neighbours? Do you have an opinion about a new movie that you just can’t keep to yourself? Are you looking for feedback on a CD before you decide to buy – or have you just heard the greatest new tune and you want to let everyone know about it? Well this is the place to express your thoughts on music, movies, theatre, books – whatever you’d like to review – and to find out what your neighbours think about what they are watching, listening to and reading.
The TerminalIn a low key satirization of bureaucratic loopholes, a visitor from Krakhozia (played flawlessly by Tom Hanks) is forced to live for months in New York’s Kennedy airport: unable to enter the US legally and unable to go home. With his uncanny ability to portray the everyday hero, Tom Hanks shows us the strength of character of a simple man in a foreign and often hostile environment, intent upon fulfilling his personal quest. And yet this man never loses his compassion for the people around him, nor does he allow his own single mindedness to jeopardize them. As always, Mr. Hanks has delivered a touching, funny, incredible characterization of the common man quietly triumphing over the machine of government. |
