The Good in Movies ~ by Dominic Corry, Film Critic

The Best & Worst of Tom Hanks

In this blog entry for the Herald, timed to mark the release of the new Dan Brown adaptation, Inferno, I name the five best films Tom Hanks ever made. I also name his five worst movies. It was a very tough call at either end.

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Why the 2016 Horror Boom Is So Encouraging

Halloween release Ouija: Origin of Evil is merely the latest mid-sized 2016 horror to punch above its weight, box office-wise. In this blog for the Herald, I talk about why this year’s horror hits bode well for the future of the genre, and movies in general. And yet somehow I fail to mention The Witch.

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Return of the Lifestyle Thriller

In this blog for the Herald, I mark the release of the Emily Blunt-starring The Girl on the Train by celebrating the return of the glossy lifestyle thriller, a once dormant sub-genre revved back to life by the success of David Fincher and Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl.

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Five Awful Movie Presidents Preferable To Trump

In this blog for the Herald, I cite five of the worst Presidents ever offered up by Hollywood, and consider whether or not they’d be preferable to Donald Trump.

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Five Must-See Films at Show Me Shorts

Five films worth checking out from Show Me Shorts, the short film festival happening all around New Zealand, and Antarctica, from October 2nd.

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It’s Time For Found Footage Movies To Get Lost

In this blog entry for the Herald, I mark the release of Blair Witch by decrying the state of the once-promising ‘Found Footage’ sub-genre, which has had all its considerable potential squandered by innumerable less-than-creative entries.

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Renée Zellweger on her six-year break, social media and coming back to Bridget Jones

I chat to the star of Bridget Jones’s Baby about why she chose to return to her most famous role, the perils of premieres, the pitfalls of social media and what she’s been up to for the last six years.

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Five Great Father/Son (and Father/Daughter) Movies

In this blog entry for the Herald, I mark Father’s Day by citing five of the great Father/Son movies ever. And I also celebrate five great Father/Daughter movies.

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Clint Eastwood, Tom Hanks and not Aaron Eckhart on Sully

In this interview conducted for the Herald, I speak to screen legends Clint Eastwood and Tom Hanks, and Aaron Eckhart is also in the room. Tom addresses fame and Clint touches on Superman, Transformers (“Erector Set-looking people”) and Justin Bieber.

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Matthew McConaughey and Gary Ross on Free State of Jones

In this feature article for the Herald, I speak to writer/director Gary Ross and star Matthew McConaughey about their new American Civil War-era film Free State of Jones.

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