Films

When it comes to Tom Hanks, it's hard to think of many people who've had a better Hollywood career. His mere presence in a film is not only enough to secure bums on seats but almost single-handedly elicits a seal of approval that, no matter the film, you will not be wasting 2 hours of your time with old Tommy at the helm. 

It is a rare treat these days to go into a film knowing absolutely nothing about it. Yet I somehow managed just that when scrolling through Amazon Prime looking for things to watch in the wee hours of the night. Something about the tagline intrigued me and I, falsely, assumed that it was a wrestling movie based on the famous Hart family. How wrong I was.  

Released in 1977, this was Spielberg's much anticipated follow-up to mega-hit and undisputed all time classic, Jaws (1975). At this time Spielberg was not Spielberg and everyone in the entire movie world was curious to see if this young prodigy just struck lightning in the bottle with his first big effort, or was he really the talent that people suspected he might be. Thus this film, upon its release, was closely watched and, for the most part, proved the latter to be true.