Brown Motion

Coming to America 25 years back I did not know of this Tom Hanks. As it happened my introduction to this great actor was watching a Bob Zemeckis directed film called 'Forrest Gump'.  And it clicked.  It went on to win the Academy award for best picture and so on but I was introduced to a prolific character actor. Much like Forrest I consider myself somewhat dimwitted in many matters but am never one to back down form a challenge. The 'life is like a box of chocolates, you're never sure what you're gonna get' line resonates with me except it also takes the form of people I meet, or the kimchi I get or the donut that may or may not exist when I walk upto the checkout counter. The donut collection at a local boba tea place The pickled collection at a local Korean barbeque One of my favorite things... a sweet elixir from Hungary..the puttonyos or sweetness is what you want to watch.  My favorite is a six.  At the local warehouse store that ...

Simple, straightforward tale of bravery and integrity in the face of adversity and possible national disgrace, the lead role played by Tom Hanks is a most welcome movie watching experience.   Spielberg in the director's chair with Hanks and Rylance (a British stage actor I had never heard of who also won the Oscar for supporting role) acting out a Coen brothers written screenplay is good stuff. A story loosely based on some events of the cold war era portrays an insurance lawyer (Hanks) who is asked by the CIA to defend a Russian spy as his government provided counselor against a motivated and air tight case of the prosecution. Hanks defends him, risking his own life and that of his young family, as prescribed by the US constitution affording the Russian every right to a fair trial and even taking on the judge in private to consider all angles of his arguments. When found guilty of all charges Hanks continues to persuade the judge to be lenient on the sentencing for the spy,...