HANKS NOT ONLY STARS IN
AN UPCOMING MOVIE BUT WROTE IT
TOO, HERE'S WHAT
17'S ENTERTAINMENT CRITIC RICK
BENTLEY HAD TO
SAY ABOUT THIS NEWLY RELEASED
FILM
THE CONTINUED CLOSURE OF MOVIE
THEATERS HAS
FORCED STUDIOS TO CHANGE THEIR
WAY OF THINKING WHEN IT COMES TO
THE RELEASING OF MOVIES. IT IS
SURPRISING TO THINK THAT THE
LATEST TOM HANKS MOVIE
THAT COST MORE THAN $50 MILLION
TO MAKE WOULD
NOT BE IN THEATERS BUT AVAILABLE
THROUGH A STREAMING SERVICE.
THAT'S WHAT HAS HAPPENED WITH
THE WORLD WAR II NAVAL DRAMA
"GREYHOUND." IT
WAS ORIGINAL SCHEDULED TO BE IN
THEATERS IN EARLY JUNE BUT YOU
CAN NOW WATCH IT AT HOME
STARTING JULY
10 ON APPLE TV+. "CONGRATULATI
ONS ON YOUR COMMAND. I WILL
ALWAYS BE LOOKING FOR YOUR EVIE,
EVEN IF I AM A THOUSAND
MILES AWAY."
"GREYHOUND" IS BASED ON THE 1955
NOVEL THE GOOD
SHEPHERD BY C. S. FORESTER. IT
DEALS WITH THE FIRST
COMMAND OF COMMANDER ERNEST
KRAUSE PLAYED BY TOM HANKS.
KRAUSE HAS
BEEN ASSIGNED TO ESCORT A CONVOY
OF SHIPS TAKING TROOPS AND
SUPPLIES TO
ENGLAND DURING THE WAR. THE AREA
BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND
ENGLAND
WHERE AIRPLANES LACKED THE RANGE
TO SUPPLY SUPPORT WAS A
PRIME SPOT FOR GERMAN U-BOAT
ATTACKS.
HANKS NOT ONLY STARS IN
"GREYHOUND" BUT HE ALSO WROTE
THE SCREENPLAY. AS ALWAYS, HANKS
TURNS IN A TOP-NOTCH
PERFORMANCE.
WHERE HE FALTERED WAS WITH THE
SCRIPT. HANKS STRIPPED OUT MOST
OF THE
EMOTIONAL ELEMENTS FROM THE BOOK
LEAVING "GREYHOUND" TO BE A
STANDARD MILITARY MOVIE. IF YOU
ARE A BIG TOM HANKS OR WAR MOVIE
FAN, YOU SHOULD FIND "GREYHOUND"
TO BE ENTERTAINING. IT WOULD
HAVE BEEN A BETTER FILM HAD THE
WRITING BY HANKS BEEN AS GOOD AS
HIS ACTING.
IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR SOME
MINDLESS ENTERTAINMENT, TAKE A
LOOK AT THE NEW USA NETWORK
SERIES "CANNONBALL."
"LOOK AT THIS MULLET FLAPPING IN
THE WIND, IT IS DRY BUT ABOUT TO
GET WET" THE SERIES, THAT AIRS 8
P.M. THURSDAYS ON THE CABLE
CHANNEL, PUTS CONTESTANTS
THROUGH A SERIES OF WATERY
CHALLENGES FROM SLIDING OFF A
100-FOOT WATERSLIDE TO ROCKETING
OFF ONE OF THE WORLD'S FASTEST
DROP TOWERS. THE LAST SURVIVOR
GOES HOME WITH A $10,000 CASH
PRIZE. PURE FUN.
AS ALWAYS, YOU CAN GO TO RICK'S
REVIEWS AT KGET.COM TO FIND
FEATURE STORIES ON MANY OF THE
TV SHOWS I HAVE TALKED ABOUT.
ALEX
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